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BibliZap
Finds related records by citation chasing in both directions
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Overview
BibliZap is an open-source, fully automated citation searching engine designed to support systematic, bidirectional citation searching with multi-level expansion. The tool is implemented in Rust, a modern, memory-safe programming language optimized for performance and reliability, enabling efficient processing of large citation networks. It leverages the Lens platform (https://www.lens.org), which aggregates citation data from CrossRef, OpenAlex, PubMed, PubMed Central, and CORE.
Used in published research
1 published study used this tool.
- BibliZap: An exploratory evaluation of an automated multi-level citation searching tool for systematic and rapid reviews
Research Synthesis Methods, 2026 · Evidence: comparative evaluation
