Question Miner (QM)
Discover Research Gaps 10x Faster
QM mines citation + reference contexts to surface scientifically defensible questions. From a single title, you receive structured questions, rationale, and opportunity tiers—no manual reading required.
3 Minutes or So
Start Your Research Sooner
Skip manual reading and get a structured list of research questions in minutes—so you can dive straight into critical thinking and experimental design.
Variable, High‑Value Output
Insights Tailored to Each Paper
Our system adapts to the signal richness of every article, delivering a curated set of relevant questions—no noise, just meaningful starting points for your work.
Impact‑Based Opportunity Tiers
Focus on What Matters Most
Each question is ranked High/Medium/Low based on impact and feasibility—helping you confidently invest effort where it counts.
—Validated across academic and industrial research workflows.—
What Question Miner Does
From a single paper title, QM reconstructs:
- Abstract-level semantic metadata
- Citation-context patterns ("how similar work tends to be cited")
- Reference-context patterns ("what this class of work tends to build upon")
- 12 categories of signals: limitations, assumptions, contradictions, boundaries, scope gaps, methodological anchors, and more.
QM then transforms these signals into structured research questions and ranked opportunity tiers, allowing you to identify meaningful research directions without manually reading dozens of papers.
How Question Miner Works
Signal Identification
Extract 12 types of citation + reference signals (limitations, contradictions, assumptions, boundaries) from paper titles and reconstructed contexts.
Question Structuring
Convert signals into structured scientific questions with explicit Scope, Limitation, and Desired Impact—ready for research planning.
Opportunity Ranking
Score each question by Impact × Feasibility to highlight High/Medium/Low opportunity tiers, helping you prioritize research efforts.
Why Signal-Driven Gap Discovery Matters
Manual literature review is slow, inconsistent, and constrained by human attention.
Signal-driven analysis offers three key advantages:
- Uncovers problems invisible to keyword search
- Avoids bias from reading a narrow set of papers
- Highlights contradictions and boundary tensions across the field
- Generates structured, defensible reasoning usable in proposals, internal reviews, and topic selection
QM turns research problem discovery from trial-and-error into a systematic, reproducible process.
Who Uses Question Miner?
- PhD Students — Selecting dissertation topics with defensible, literature-aligned justification.
- Postdocs — Scanning new domains and identifying scientifically meaningful problems quickly.
- PIs & Lab Leads — Managing early-stage idea screening and guiding junior researchers.
- Grant Writers — Building problem-driven proposal foundations grounded in real literature signals.
- Corporate R&D & Innovation Units — Validating whether a problem is real, under-explored, or worth pursuing.
- Innovation Consultants — Running scientific landscape scans without manually reading dozens of papers.
Want to Learn How to Use QM Effectively?
Read our complete guide on extracting research gaps, understanding QM outputs, and integrating results into your workflow.
Read the Complete GuideFrequently Asked Questions
What input does Question Miner require?
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Do I need to read the papers myself?
What if the paper is very new with few citations?
What if the paper has hundreds of citations?
Is the number of generated questions predictable?
Can QM work across disciplines?
Does QM replace full literature review?
How reliable are the questions?
How do I interpret the Validation tags?
I want to learn more about using QM effectively
We have a comprehensive guide that covers how to use QM, interpret results, and integrate outputs into your research workflow. Read our detailed guide: How to Use Question Miner (QM) to Extract Research Gaps and High-Value Questions.
Does QM store or reuse my data?
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