Full manuscript first. Everything else is an add-on.

Complete research document

This is what EthosWrite is built for. You start a research session and the system runs the full drafting arc—typically introduction, literature review, methodology, results, discussion, and conclusion—using your institution’s chapter map when we have it in the database.

Retrieval runs first: real papers from Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, and Crossref enter a verified pool. Each chapter is drafted only from that pool, citations are grounded, then the humanise pass runs so the whole manuscript reads like one supervised document—not a pile of separate exports. If you are on primary data, the pipeline can stop after the first three chapters until you have results; secondary-data work usually continues straight to the conclusion.

• End-to-end chapter stack in a single workspace
• Same retrieve → draft → cite → humanise chain on every section
• Institution and level steer structure and tone
• Optional pause after early chapters for data collection
• Add-on tools available for proposals, SLR, single sections, and more

Research Proposal Writer

Use this when you need a standalone proposal document—not the full thesis pipeline. Generate title page, abstract, introduction, literature review, methodology, expected outcomes, and references from a single topic input.

The same retrieval and verification rules apply: 30–150 sources, DOI-checked, written only from the verified pool. Runtime is typically 3–6 minutes.

• Word counts from 5,000 to 25,000 depending on plan
• All six citation styles supported
• Quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods scaffolding
• Custom research questions or auto-generated

Systematic Literature Review

A standalone systematic review flow—identification, screening, eligibility, inclusion—when the lit review is its own deliverable alongside (or before) the full manuscript.

You set the inclusion criteria, date range, and databases. The tool runs the search, screens abstracts, applies your criteria, and produces both a flow diagram and a table of included studies.

• Querying Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, Crossref
• Configurable inclusion / exclusion criteria
• Auto-generated PRISMA flow chart
• Included-studies table for your appendix

Section / Chapter Writer

When you do not need the full arc, pick one of seven section types—introduction, literature review, methodology, results, discussion, conclusion, or abstract—and get the same retrieval-backed quality as the core pipeline.

Each generation accepts a citation style, methodology type, word target, and free-text instructions. Output appears in a result panel with both DOCX download and Open in Editor options.

• Seven section types, all citation styles
• Section-aware placeholders guide your input
• Word targets from 500 to 8,000
• DOCX download or load directly into the editor

Paper Enhancement

Upload your paper; the tool treats your text as canonical. It adds citations to uncited claims, restructures weak sections you flag, and improves prose without rewriting your argument.

Best for: tightening a draft before submission, adding citations to a literature review you wrote yourself, or polishing a chapter your supervisor flagged.

• Upload PDF, DOCX, or plain text
• Citations added only where missing
• Your structure and arguments preserved
• Track-changes-style review of every edit

Journal Conversion

After the core manuscript (or any draft) is ready, convert it toward Nature, IEEE, Elsevier, BMJ, PLOS, JAMA, and 30+ more—citation style, section structure, word counts, and references.

Original is preserved. Conversion is non-destructive — switch between original and target-journal versions in the editor at any time.

• 30+ journal templates (admin can add more)
• Citation style auto-converts
• Section structure adapts to journal requirements
• Word-count flags if any section exceeds the limit

Zotero Sync

Pull Zotero into any session as supplementary or primary sources. The writer prefers your items over web-retrieved sources when both are equally relevant.

Setup takes one minute — you generate an API key on zotero.org and paste it into your account settings. After that, every new session can opt into pulling from your library.

• Standalone option — works whether you upload or write from scratch
• Pulls up to 1,000 most recent items
• Tags and notes used for relevance scoring
• Available on PhD Pro and Institutional plans

Questionnaire & instruments

Inside a session, generate a structured questionnaire—sections, Likert scales where appropriate, hypotheses tied to items—for ethics appendices, pilots, or methodology chapters.

You stay in control: edit items in the UI, regenerate parts you do not like, and export a clean DOCX when your supervisor asks for the standalone instrument file.

• Grounded in the same research context as your draft
• Likert scale and research-type aware scaffolding
• Persists with the session for later revisions
• DOCX download for committee or IRB packets

Quantitative data analysis

Upload CSV or Excel, map columns to constructs, and get tables plus wording for your results chapter. Not a full SPSS replacement—enough for many coursework and thesis workflows alongside the main document.

Figures and tables are formatted so you can paste them alongside the narrative the section writer produces, instead of retyping p-values from a screenshot.

• CSV and Excel ingestion with column mapping
• Construct-level previews (e.g. Cronbach alpha where applicable)
• Outputs phrased for academic reporting
• Works alongside chapter generation in one project

Inline writing assistant

Sidebar help for the section you are in—expansions, phrasing, citation hints. It speeds up polishing; it does not replace the core chapter pipeline.

Turn it on when you are tightening a discussion chapter or answering reviewer comments—leave it off when you want zero distractions.

• Context from the active section and selection
• Quick actions for expand, cite-suggest, tone, and concision
• Stays separate from the main pipeline runs
• Respects the same session and citation style