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title: ToolRouter — Workflow
description: A multi-tool workflow showing how to combine ToolRouter tools for a complex task.
url: https://toolrouter.com/workflows/scientific-review-builder
---
# Scientific Review Builder

Build a scientific review by systematically searching papers, establishing background context, synthesizing evidence, and visualizing research patterns.

This workflow accelerates the creation of scientific review papers by automating the most time-intensive parts of the process. It begins with systematic paper search using structured queries to ensure comprehensive coverage of the literature, then gathers background context from reference sources.

The deep research step performs evidence synthesis, identifying areas of consensus, conflicting results, and methodological trends across the collected papers. Publication timeline charts and citation distribution visuals help reviewers quickly grasp the landscape and evolution of research in their field.

**Tools:** academic-research, wikipedia-lookup, deep-research, generate-chart
**Category:** data

## Steps

### 1. Systematic Paper Search

Conduct a systematic search of academic databases using structured queries to find all relevant papers on the research topic.

- **Tool:** academic-research
- **Skill:** search_papers
- **Input:** Structured search queries with Boolean operators for the target research area
- **Output:** Comprehensive paper list with abstracts, citation counts, and publication metadata

### 2. Background and Definitions

Retrieve detailed encyclopedic articles to establish background knowledge, standard terminology, and historical context for the review.

- **Tool:** wikipedia-lookup
- **Skill:** get_full_article
- **Input:** Core scientific concepts and terminology for the review topic
- **Output:** Full reference articles providing definitional and historical context

### 3. Evidence Synthesis

Synthesize collected papers into a structured scientific review, identifying consensus findings, conflicting results, methodological patterns, and evidence gaps.

- **Tool:** deep-research
- **Skill:** research
- **Input:** Paper abstracts, background context, and research area scope
- **Output:** Structured scientific review with evidence synthesis, quality assessment, and identified gaps

### 4. Research Visualizations

Create visualizations showing publication trends, citation networks, key findings comparisons, and evidence distribution across the reviewed literature.

- **Tool:** generate-chart
- **Skill:** create_chart
- **Input:** Paper metadata, citation data, and synthesized findings
- **Output:** Scientific charts including publication timeline, citation distribution, and findings summary visuals

## Benefits

- Conducts systematic literature searches across academic databases
- Establishes clear background context and definitions
- Synthesizes evidence with structured analysis of findings
- Visualizes publication trends and citation patterns
- Identifies evidence gaps and areas for future research
