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Find claims that need support, and papers that back them

Mark the sentences in a section that a reader would expect a source for, then find passages in your papers that support them.

Time
4 minutes
Steps
6

Reviewers notice a claim without a source. Claim support helps you catch them before they do, in three steps: it finds the sentences that read as claims, you choose which ones need a source, and it looks for passages in your papers that back them.

You'll find it in the Insight tab, in the Claims view, under Claim support. The three steps are shown at the top: Find claims, Choose and Find papers.

  1. The Claims view with the three claim support steps

    Step 1Open Claims in the Insight tab

    In the Writing lens, open the section, then the Insight tab on the right, and choose Claims.

  2. The Find claims that need support button

    Step 21 · Find claims that need support

    Press Find claims that need support. The AI reads this section only, not your papers, and marks sentences a reader would expect a source for. Each is labelled Claim, General statement, Statistic or Definition. In your text they are marked May need a citation. Your text is never changed.

    Once a section has been checked, the button reads Check the section again. A long section can be checked in parts: select the part you want in the text first, then press Find claims in selection.

  3. Choosing Find support or No citation needed for each sentence

    Step 32 · Choose

    Each sentence has a card with its kind, the sentence and why it may need a source. Choose Find support or No citation needed. Not every sentence needs a citation, and you decide. Find support for all chooses every open sentence at once, Undo takes a choice back, and Show in text takes you to the sentence. Your choices are saved with the section.

  4. Find supporting papers and its results

    Step 43 · Find supporting papers

    Press Find supporting papers; the button shows how many claims you chose and about how many credits it will use. For each claim you then see Your sentence and the results in groups:

    • In this project: passages from your project's papers, each quoted and checked on its page;
    • In your library · not in this project: passages from the rest of your Global Library;
    • Papers you don't have yet: on the Student and Researcher plans, papers found in research catalogues. Only short search keywords are sent there, never your sentences. Read the abstract before you cite one; you can Import it to your library.

  5. Step 5Cite a result

    Choose Cite to cite a passage from this project, or Add to project & cite for one from your library. The citation goes into your sentence marked Suggested until you accept it. See Suggested AI text.

  6. The Show uncited sentences switch

    Step 6Free option: show uncited sentences

    Turn on Show uncited sentences to mark every sentence without a citation in your text with No citation. It is free and is worked out in your browser, without AI. It is off by default, because not every sentence needs a citation.

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