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Your Research Pipeline
By Step 8 you will have real papers, identified gaps, and a structured manuscript. Each step feeds the next.
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Topic
Describe what you are researching
What you are doing
Tell the system what you want to research in one or two sentences.
Why it matters
This becomes the foundation for every search, every paper, and every gap the system finds. Vague input produces vague results. Be specific.
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Keywords
Build your search combinations
What you are doing
You are giving the system three building blocks to construct your search combinations. Your core topic is the main subject. Your context is who or where it applies. Your angle is the specific question you are investigating.
Why it matters
The system combines these three inputs to build dozens of targeted search queries simultaneously. This is what makes it a systematic review instead of a basic search.
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Preview
Review and refine your subgroups
What you are doing
Reviewing the search combinations the system built from your inputs before running the full search.
Why it matters
This is your chance to cut subgroups that do not fit and add ones that are missing. Fixing it here saves time later.
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Build
Run the search across 270M papers
What you are doing
Running the actual search across 270 million papers using the subgroups you approved.
Why it matters
The system runs every subgroup simultaneously and retrieves real citable papers. Some subgroups will return zero papers. Do not worry. Zero results are data. They become your gap evidence in Step 7.
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Foundation
Find your must-read papers
What you are doing
Reviewing the papers that appeared across the most subgroups.
Why it matters
These are the works your field keeps returning to across multiple contexts. Your committee and reviewers will expect you to know these. Read these first. Everything else builds on them.
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Draft
Generate your manuscript sections
What you are doing
Generating a structured written document from your literature, organized by section.
Why it matters
The system maps your foundation papers to each section and pre-writes the Methods section based on your search protocol. You edit and refine. You do not start from a blank page.
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Gaps
Identify research opportunities
What you are doing
Identifying where the research does not exist yet.
Why it matters
Every subgroup that returned zero or very few papers is a potential research opportunity. This is what grant panels and dissertation committees are looking for when they ask what does this add to the field.
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Poster
Build your conference poster
What you are doing
Converting your search results and gap findings into a structured academic poster.
Why it matters
The system organizes your key papers, gap findings, and research significance into a presentable format. You bring the design preference. The system brings the content structure.
SLR Studio
SLR Studio · Dr. Terry Oroszi

Find your field.
Find the gaps.

Every project starts the same way: keyword search → foundation papers → gap analysis. That foundation drives everything — your manuscript, dissertation, poster, grant, or book. Pick your output below and we'll build it together.

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Start here — choose your output
Click the research output that matches your project from the options on the right. This can be changed at any time.
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Keyword search → foundation papers
Describe your topic and SLR Studio builds your keyword architecture and searches the literature — FREE
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Gap analysis → draft your output
Screen your papers, confirm where the research doesn't exist, then draft — manuscript, thesis, grant, poster, case study, or book
AI-Assisted · Not AI-Authored
Students think, decide, interpret, and write. This tool provides structure, evidence, and scaffolds.
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What can you build with SLR Studio?
THE ENGINE — START HERE
This is why you're here.
Enter a topic. SLR Studio searches the literature, surfaces your foundation papers, identifies the gaps in the science, and writes your first draft — all connected, all cited. A manuscript, a grant, a book chapter. In the time it takes you to drink a cup of coffee (or tea, we don't judge).
OLD SCHOOL
I already have my research. I just need the template.
Engine Only
Requires the full research pipeline
All Paths
Going Old School? Click a card to open the template now. Ready for the Engine? Wait for the keyword search and experience the SLR Engine doing its magic.
Grade Level
SLR Studio uses your grade level to apply the right rubric — so your papers and posters are evaluated against the standard that actually applies to you. Professors love this.
Step 2 — Describe your research topic
📖 Mode: Narrative Literature Review
Your Research Topic
Write a sentence or two. Include your main subject, the context or domain, and any specific angle you are investigating. The more specific you are, the better your keywords will be.
Example topics — click to use
"I am researching high-stakes decision-making in crisis leadership across healthcare and homeland security contexts."
"I am studying the effectiveness of AI-assisted diagnosis tools in emergency medicine settings."
"I am investigating how trauma-informed care practices affect patient outcomes in pediatric settings."
"I am researching the intersection of climate change policy and public health preparedness at the community level."
Step 3 — Generate your keywords
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SLR Studio is powered by OpenAlex, an open-access scholarly database that indexes more than 200 million scientific works across every discipline. OpenAlex aggregates from PubMed, PubMed Central, arXiv, Crossref, DOAJ, and more — the open-science alternative to subscription databases like Web of Science and Scopus, and recognized by Nature as an ambitious free index of scientific documents cataloguing publication sources, author information, and research topics.
Describe your topic above to generate keywords

Your Keyword Architecture

Generating keywords from your topic. Select the terms that fit your research direction. Steer the modifier pool toward your exact disciplinary angle.

Analyzing your topic
Extracting anchor term · Identifying secondary anchors · Building modifier pool

Your 25 Subgroups

Review the subgroup combinations before running the search. Delete any that don't fit. Drag to reorder. When ready, launch the build.

Anchor (every SG) Secondary anchor Modifier
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SG Keywords (progressive) # Papers Status
SLR Table
Building... Available when complete
Authors Table
0 authors tracked Updates as search runs
Foundation Papers
0 in 2+ SGs Available when complete
Journal Options
0 journals tracked Updates as search runs
Findings Emerging 0
05 Foundation Papers
Search Complete — Your Field Has Spoken

These are your foundation papers.

The literature found these works across the most subgroups. They are the connective tissue of your field. Read these first.

25 Subgroups Searched
Papers Retrieved
In Multiple SGs
Gaps Identified

A low paper count is not always a gap. It can also reflect the database in use. Different databases index different disciplines — results that look thin in one database may be well-represented in another. If OpenAlex was unreachable, PubMed was used as a fallback. Consider running again when OpenAlex is available before drawing conclusions about your field.

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Every paper here is real. Pulled from OpenAlex and PubMed. Every DOI is live. Ask an LLM to write your lit review and it will invent citations. This doesn't.

Build My Manuscript Outline
Generate a section-by-section outline with your foundation papers already mapped to each heading. Methods section pre-written. Exports as a Word document scaffold.
Generate outline →
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Mine the Gaps
Explore every zero count and dramatic drop. Each gap becomes a research opportunity card with suggested questions, study designs, and adjacent literature.
Explore gaps →
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Systematic Review / Meta-Analysis
PRISMA 2020-compliant. Full screening protocol, flow diagram, publishable methods section.
RESEARCHER TIER
3 cr/section · 20 cr full doc →
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Narrative Literature Review
Synthesize what exists. Find foundation papers. Build a publishable manuscript.
3 cr/section · 20 cr full doc →
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Case Study
Build a structured clinical or academic case narrative with evidence-backed sections and gap analysis.
2 cr/section · 20 cr full →
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Thesis & Dissertation Development
Build your literature foundation chapter by chapter. Foundation papers mapped to your argument structure, gaps identified, and a defensible framework generated.
Build thesis foundation →
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Academic Poster Creation
Turn your search into a structured, evidence-backed poster. Key papers, gap findings, and research significance organized into a presentable format.
Build poster →
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Grant Significance & Innovation
Convert your confirmed gaps and foundation papers into NIH, NSF, or HRSA-ready Significance and Innovation sections. Includes Specific Aims framing and prior work narrative.
Build grant sections →
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Book Chapter
Structure a focused academic argument around existing evidence. For edited volumes and academic handbooks.
3 cr/section · 20 cr full →
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Nonfiction Book
Import what you have. Cleo organizes your drafts, reframes your work, and adds references. Est. ~$55 for a full book, varies by chapter count and length.
Free outline · 20 cr/chapter draft →
Have papers the search didn't find? Upload PDFs directly. We extract the text and add them to your pool.
SLR Studio
Manuscript Sections
Citation Style
Reference List
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citations selected
Module 3 — Guided Paper Draft

Select a section to begin

Choose a section from the left navigator. Select the papers you want included. Click Generate to write that section with in-text citations.

Papers for This Section
Select a section to see relevant papers.
Gap Analysis

The Research Frontier

Type:
Cost:
Literature Network Map
Nodes sized by paper yield. Edge thickness = shared foundation papers. Click any node to inspect its papers.
Hub (high connectivity)
Connected
Gap (isolated)
Thin coverage

Research Agenda

Priority Gap Suggested First Study Design
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Academic Poster Builder
What type of poster?
Sections and paper suggestions adapt to your poster type.
Import from Search
Poster Size
Custom size (inches)
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Logo
Placement
Color Scheme
Section Editor
Click a section on the poster to edit it.
Papers for This Section
Click a section above to see relevant papers.
Upload your photo. Pick a scene. See yourself at your poster presentation.
SLR Studio · Research Tools

Research Tools

Standalone tools for every stage of the research process. No search required.

Methods Coach
Describe your research design. Get strengths, weaknesses, common reviewer criticisms, how to defend it, and how to write it up.
Module 4 — Case Study Builder
Step 1 of 7
Select a Specialty
Choose the medical specialty for this case study. Condition categories and case structure will be tailored to your selection.
Book Chapter
OLD SCHOOL · TEMPLATE
Sections
Section
Select a section
Grant Significance & Innovation
OLD SCHOOL · TEMPLATE
Sections
Section
Select a section
Thesis & Dissertation
OLD SCHOOL · TEMPLATE
Chapters
Chapter
Select a chapter
Narrative Literature Review
OLD SCHOOL · TEMPLATE
Sections
Section
Select a section
Help Me Choose
Answer 3 quick questions and we'll recommend the best specialty for your case study.
Click a specialty to select it and continue
Step 1 of 4 — Welcome
Welcome to SLR Studio
The complete research intelligence platform — from literature discovery to manuscript draft, in one workflow. This quick setup takes 60 seconds.
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Find Papers
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Mine Gaps
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Draft Output
Step 2 of 4 — Your Role
What describes you best?
We'll highlight the tools most relevant to your work.
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Graduate Student
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Academic Researcher
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Faculty / Advisor
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Clinician / Practitioner
Step 3 of 4 — Your Goal
What are you working on?
Tell us your primary project type so we can surface the right starting point.
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Literature Review
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Systematic Review
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Case Study / Report
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Grant Proposal
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Thesis / Dissertation
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Academic Poster
Step 4 of 4 — Platform Tour
Here's what to know
Two things that make SLR Studio different:
📖 8-Step Research Pipeline
Each tab at the top is a module — Topic → Keywords → Papers → Gaps → Design → Draft → Poster. Work linearly or jump to any step.
💾 Your Work Is Auto-Saved
Sessions are saved to your browser. Use the Export buttons on each screen to download Word docs, PDFs, and posters at any point.
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