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Discovery and recommendations

Chive helps you find relevant preprints through personalized recommendations, related paper suggestions, and citation networks.

For You feed​

The For You feed on your homepage shows personalized recommendations based on:

SignalWeightDescription
Your research fields60%Papers in fields you follow or publish in
Citation network25%Papers citing your work or cited by papers you've read
Semantic similarity30%Papers similar to ones you've engaged with

Customizing recommendations​

  1. Go to Settings → Discovery
  2. Adjust your preferences:
    • Follow fields: Add or remove research areas
    • Discovery mode: Balance between relevance and serendipity
    • Exclude sources: Hide papers from specific archives

Feedback loop​

Your interactions improve recommendations:

ActionEffect
Reading a paper (>30 seconds)Increases weight for similar papers
Downloading PDFStrong signal for related topics
Endorsing or reviewingStrongest positive signal
DismissingReduces weight for similar papers

Click the X on any recommendation to dismiss it and improve future suggestions.

Each preprint page shows related papers in the sidebar:

How similarity is calculated​

  1. Citation overlap: Papers that cite the same references
  2. Concept overlap: Shared fields, tags, and keywords
  3. Semantic similarity: Text similarity using SPECTER2 embeddings
  4. Co-citation: Papers frequently cited together

Click Filter above the related papers panel:

  • All: Default mixed ranking
  • Cites this: Papers that cite this preprint
  • Cited by this: References from this preprint
  • Similar methods: Papers using similar methodology
  • Same authors: Other papers by the same authors

Citation network​

Exploring citations​

On any preprint page:

  1. Click the Citations tab
  2. View Cited by (incoming citations)
  3. View References (outgoing citations)
  4. Click any paper to explore further

Citation graph visualization​

Click View Graph to see an interactive citation network:

  • Nodes represent papers
  • Edges represent citations
  • Node size indicates citation count
  • Color indicates research field

Navigate by:

  • Clicking nodes to center
  • Scrolling to zoom
  • Dragging to pan
  • Double-clicking to open paper details

Field browsing​

Exploring by field​

  1. Go to Browse → Fields
  2. Navigate the hierarchy
  3. Each field shows:
    • Recent papers
    • Trending papers
    • Top authors
    • Related fields

Field statistics​

Each field page displays:

  • Total papers
  • Papers this week/month
  • Top contributors
  • Most-cited papers
  • Active discussions

The Trending section shows papers gaining attention:

  • Based on views, downloads, and engagement in the last 24-48 hours
  • Weighted toward recency
  • Filtered by your followed fields (optional)

Most discussed​

Papers with active review threads and endorsements:

  • Sorted by recent activity
  • Shows discussion summary
  • Highlights key debates

Saved searches and alerts​

  1. Perform any search
  2. Click Save Search
  3. Name your saved search
  4. Choose notification frequency:
    • Real-time
    • Daily digest
    • Weekly digest

Managing alerts​

Go to Settings → Alerts to:

  • View saved searches
  • Edit notification preferences
  • Pause or delete alerts

Following​

Following fields​

  1. Go to any field page
  2. Click Follow
  3. New papers appear in your For You feed

Following authors​

  1. Visit an author's profile
  2. Click Follow
  3. Their new papers appear in your feed

Managing follows​

Go to Profile → Following to see and manage all your follows.

Discovery settings​

SettingOptionsDefault
Recommendation diversityLow / Medium / HighMedium
Include preprints fromAll sources / Selected sourcesAll
Show papers in languagesSelect languagesEnglish
Minimum endorsement threshold0 / 1 / 3 / 50

Privacy​

Your discovery activity is private by default:

  • Reading history is not shared
  • Followed fields are private unless you choose to display them
  • Dismissed papers are not disclosed