Use case overview
Research analysis with GraphRAG enables:- Entity extraction - Identify researchers, institutions, concepts, methods, and findings
- Citation networks - Map how papers reference and build on each other
- Concept relationships - Discover how scientific ideas relate and evolve
- Trend identification - Identify emerging research themes and patterns
- Gap analysis - Find underexplored connections and research opportunities
Example: Analyzing AI/ML research papers
Let’s walk through analyzing a corpus of machine learning research papers.Data preparation
Create custom prompts
Define research-specific entities and relationships:
prompts/research_entity_extraction.txt
Research queries
Once indexed, you can ask sophisticated questions about your research corpus:Global search queries
For high-level insights across all papers:Identify research trends
Identify research trends
Key institutions
Key institutions
Evolution of concepts
Evolution of concepts
Research gaps
Research gaps
Local search queries
For specific details about entities:Researcher profiles
Researcher profiles
Model details
Model details
Concept relationships
Concept relationships
Dataset usage
Dataset usage
DRIFT search queries
For complex multi-hop analysis:Advanced analysis
Temporal analysis
Track how research evolves over time:Citation network analysis
Collaboration analysis
Specialized analyses
Literature review generation
Research gap identification
Methodology tracking
Integration with research tools
Export to visualization tools
Integration with reference managers
Best practices for research analysis
Use abstracts and full text
Include both for comprehensive extraction; abstracts for overview, full text for details
Maintain metadata
Keep year, venue, citations for temporal and impact analysis
Normalize entity names
Handle author name variations (“J. Smith” vs “John Smith”)
Update regularly
Re-index as new papers are published to track emerging trends
Example outputs
Sample entity extraction
Multi-domain research
For cross-disciplinary research:Troubleshooting
Inconsistent entity extraction
Inconsistent entity extraction
Solution: Use auto prompt tuning with your research corpus to adapt entity recognition.
Missing citations
Missing citations
Solution: Ensure citation information is in your input data or extract from full text.
Author name variations
Author name variations
Next steps
Document Q&A
Build question-answering systems for research
Custom prompts
Refine prompts for your research domain
Enterprise knowledge
Apply to internal research and knowledge bases
Visualization guide
Visualize research networks