# How is ScholarIQ different from ChatGPT?

ChatGPT drafts text from a prompt. Search modes change. The answer is not a screening record.

Site: https://chatgpt.com

## Where they differ

It drafts prose quickly. Use it to outline a section after the studies are chosen.

A chat transcript does not show which records you excluded, or the passage you used. ScholarIQ does.

| | ScholarIQ | ChatGPT |
|---|---|---|
| Access | Free tier. No department contract. | Free tier, plus a paid plan. |
| Search | 470 million articles from OpenAlex, ORCID and PubMed. | Depends on the mode. Not a protocol search. |
| Answer | Plain language, each claim linked to a source. | A draft. Sources vary by mode. |
| Screen | Named reviewer, time, rationale, source passage. | None. |

ScholarIQ is the better fit for Choosing the evidence set, and citing it.

ChatGPT is the better fit for Drafting, after the evidence set exists.

## How is ScholarIQ different from ChatGPT?

A chat transcript does not show which records you excluded, or the passage you used. ScholarIQ does.

## What does ChatGPT do that ScholarIQ does not?

It drafts prose quickly. Use it to outline a section after the studies are chosen.

## Who should use which?

ScholarIQ is the better fit for Choosing the evidence set, and citing it. ChatGPT is the better fit for Drafting, after the evidence set exists.

## Can I use ScholarIQ and ChatGPT in the same review?

Yes. Keep ChatGPT for Depends on the mode. Not a protocol search. Put the include or exclude in ScholarIQ. The record shows the named reviewer, the time, the rationale, and the source passage.

## Do I name ChatGPT in the methods?

Yes, if you searched there. Also name ScholarIQ if the decision sits there. A reader must be able to open the same record.

## Can a student start without a university license?

ScholarIQ does not need a department contract. ChatGPT: Free tier, plus a paid plan.

## What do I lose if I leave ChatGPT?

It drafts prose quickly. Use it to outline a section after the studies are chosen.

## Does either tool write the review?

No. ChatGPT returns A draft. Sources vary by mode. ScholarIQ returns a cited answer. You write the sentence.

## Where is the decision record?

On the ScholarIQ record: named reviewer, timestamp, rationale, source passage. ChatGPT: None.

## Can I upload a file from ChatGPT?

Yes, if it is a citation file. You then see that file in the same queue as the OpenAlex results.

## Which tool do I open first?

Open ChatGPT if you already have a list. Open ScholarIQ if you have a question and no file.

## Is the answer a substitute for the paper?

No. Open the citation. The passage is on the record so a second person can check the claim.

## What can a supervisor check?

The question, the search, each include or exclude, and the passage. You see the queue, the conflicts, and the agreement while the stage is still open.