Find the research gap before you start writing
Type a field or a rough idea. Gap Radar pulls hundreds of papers from OpenAlex, groups them into topic clusters and measures how fast each one is growing and how much it is cited. You see which areas are rising, which are saturated and which are underexplored, then turn a gap into concrete research questions.
How it works
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Describe your area
A field, a keyword or a half-formed idea. Typos and vague terms are refined automatically.
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See the map
Topic clusters plotted by growth and citations, with a cluster-by-year heatmap.
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Pick a gap
Generate research questions for an underexplored cluster and start a paper from it.
What you get
Real publication data
Built from OpenAlex records, not guesses. Every cluster lists the papers behind it.
Rising vs saturated
Growth rate and citations per year show where attention is moving.
Underexplored topics
Spots clusters with growing interest but few papers: good places to contribute.
Research questions
Azora AI turns a gap into specific, answerable research questions.
Straight into writing
Send a gap to the paper writer with its sources already attached.
Literature review head start
See the key papers in each cluster to seed your related-work section.
Frequently asked questions
How is a research gap identified?
We cluster recent papers on your topic, then compare each cluster's growth in publications with its size and citation rate. Fast-growing, thinly covered clusters are flagged as underexplored.
How many papers does it analyse?
Usually several hundred, depending on the topic. If too few papers match, the query is widened automatically.
Can I use it for a thesis topic?
Yes. It is useful for choosing a thesis or dissertation topic and for justifying it with data in your proposal.
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