ArxivLens is an academic research discovery and reading platform designed to help users find papers and understand them more quickly. It searches more than 3.6 million research papers across arXiv, PubMed, bioRxiv, medRxiv, and other indexed sources, with listings updated continuously. Users can explore research by source, browse recent and trending papers, search topics, and review author and citation information.

The platform offers AI-powered paper summaries and key findings, with sections covering aspects such as methodology, results, significance, technical contributions, novelty, limitations, and future work. Its research tools include paper comparison, citation support, PDF summarization, conversion of arXiv papers to Markdown, Chinese translation, and literature review assistance. Users can save papers, build collections, receive recommendations, and access RSS feeds and research guides. ArxivLens also publishes reports, weekly summaries, and explanatory articles about research trends. The service is presented as free to use, with an optional account that unlocks additional features. By bringing search, discovery, and analysis tools together, ArxivLens aims to make academic literature easier to navigate and interpret.