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VOSviewer vs ResearchRabbit: catalog facts
VOSviewer	ResearchRabbit
Free Free to download; the software is proprietary, not open source.	Free Free to sign up and use.
Windows	Web
Purpose-built for bibliometric network maps Developed and maintained by an academic research centre	Finds related papers from a single seed paper Visual citation maps of how papers and authors connect
Closed source The website was compromised on August 31 and briefly served a malicious Windows build	Requires an account Web only, with no offline use
Downloadable app	Web application
Closed source	Closed source
License: Proprietary	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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