AI Paper Analysis (DOI)

BioNodulo can read a scientific paper and help you reproduce its computational pipeline. Paste a DOI (or upload a PDF) and the platform downloads the paper, extracts its methods, identifies the tools used, and suggests a BioNodulo workflow that mirrors them.

Entry points

DOIs are URL-encoded in the path, e.g. bionodulo.com/doi/10.1038/s41586-021-03819-2.

How it works

1. Resolve the DOI against CrossRef to fetch title, authors, abstract, and journal metadata.
2. Check open access via Unpaywall; download the open-access PDF when available, or use institutional access (SSO) for closed-access papers.
3. Store temporarily. The PDF is held in encrypted object storage with a 24-hour TTL and deleted automatically afterward.
4. Extract text from the PDF.
5. AI processing identifies the computational methods, the software tools mentioned, the input/output data types, and the parameters described.
6. Suggest a workflow — a draft BioNodulo graph wiring together the matching nodes, ready for you to review, adjust, and run.

What you get

• A structured methods summary of the paper’s computational analysis.
• A list of detected tools mapped to BioNodulo nodes (e.g. “BWA-MEM → Alignment node”).
• A suggested workflow you can open in the editor with one click.
• Extracted parameters pre-filled where the paper specifies them.

AI suggestions are a starting point, not a guarantee. Always review the generated graph and parameters before running — papers omit details, and tool versions matter for reproducibility.

Pricing

AI analysis is billed separately from compute credits:

Included monthly analyses by tier: Starter 10, Professional 50, Team 200, Enterprise unlimited. (Free tier does not include AI analysis.)

Privacy

Downloaded PDFs are encrypted at rest, restricted to your account, and purged automatically after 24 hours. Extracted results (summaries, suggested workflows) are stored with your account so you can revisit them.

See also

• Billing & Credits
• Your First Workflow