Uploading your own papers
Bring any PDF into researchwith.ai, even if it isn't on arXiv.
Not every paper you want to read lives on arXiv or is openly accessible. Preprints from other servers, journal PDFs you have access to, lecture notes, or your own drafts can all be uploaded directly. Once a PDF is in, it opens in the Reader and works just like an arXiv paper: sections, chat, highlights, and notes all apply.
Uploading a PDF
On the home page, look for the Upload button in the toolbar below the search box. Click it to pick a file from your computer.
Only PDF files are accepted. If you select another file type, you'll get an "Only PDF files are allowed" message.
File size limits
The maximum upload size depends on your plan:
- Free: up to 20 MB per file
- Pro: up to 100 MB per file
If a file is over the limit, the upload is rejected before anything is sent, and you'll see a message telling you the size cap.
How many uploads you get
Uploads also count against a monthly quota:
- Free: 10 uploads per month
- Pro: 100 uploads per month
Uploaded papers behave like any other paper once they're open. You can chat with them, highlight passages, and take notes. They also appear in your Continue reading row.
Tips
- Text-based PDFs process faster than scanned ones, since scanned pages need full OCR.
- The file name (minus the
.pdf) is used as the paper's title; you can rename the paper later. - If an upload fails partway, just try again. Nothing is saved until processing completes.
- Close to your monthly quota? Pro raises both the size cap and the upload count.