Stork

Stork is an AI research assistant that monitors the literature in your field and delivers the most important new papers to your inbox.

Overview

Stork (from the makers of the academic search engine) watches millions of papers across biomedical and scientific databases and emails you a ranked digest of what matters in your field. Its ranking algorithm weighs relevance and impact so that you see the few papers that deserve attention, not an avalanche of alerts. Keyword and author tracking let you follow specific research threads, and one-click access routes through your library’s subscriptions. It is a low-effort way to stay current.

How It Works

Enter the keywords and authors you want to follow and choose your digest frequency. Stork monitors the literature and emails ranked updates; click through to full text via your institution’s subscriptions.

Key Features

• Ranked daily/weekly digests of new papers
• Keyword and author tracking across databases
• Relevance and impact weighting to reduce noise
• Institutional full-text link integration
• Simple email-based delivery with zero app switching
• Coverage across major biomedical and science databases

Pricing

Stork is freemium: basic monitoring and digests are free, while premium plans add more tracked keywords, higher alert frequency and advanced filtering.

Who Is It For

Researchers, clinicians and scientists who want passive, high-signal literature monitoring without building complex alert systems.

Common Use Cases

• Passive monitoring of research niches
• Tracking competing labs’ output
• Following methodological developments

FAQ

Is Stork free to use?

Yes. Stork’s core literature monitoring and email digests are free; premium plans expand tracking capacity and filtering options.

Does Stork offer an API?

Stork is delivered as an email and web service; it does not currently offer a public developer API.

How does Stork compare to alternatives?

Compared with manual database alerts (PubMed etc.), Stork ranks and compresses results; compared with R Discovery, it is more passive and email-first.

What should I know before adopting Stork?

Stork is a monitoring layer, not a search engine — it keeps you current but won’t replace deep literature reviews. Free-tier keyword limits may constrain broad research programs.

Which databases does Stork monitor?

Stork draws from major scholarly databases including PubMed and other biomedical and scientific sources, aggregating new papers relevant to your tracked keywords and authors. Digests arrive by email ranked by relevance and impact, with one-click access routed through your library’s institutional subscriptions.

How often will I receive digest emails?

Digest frequency is configurable — daily or weekly — and premium plans add higher alert counts and finer filtering to reduce noise.