Public Category Leaderboard

AI Research Assistants DeepSeek AI Rankings

Current Champion

Elicit

AI Index 91.2

Podium Snapshot

#1 Elicit · #2 Semantic Scholar · #3 Scite

Latest Refresh

Aug 12, 2026

10 tracked engines and 19 entities in the latest public snapshot.

Category Overview

AI Research Assistants tracks which products are most consistently surfaced by AI answer engines in this category. In the latest public snapshot, Elicit, Scite, and Semantic Scholar lead the overall ranking across 8 engines. The overall AI Index combines ranking strength and mention-rate signals. Elicit ranks #1 with a 92.6 AI Index and 93.5% mention rate, leading Scite by 2.8 points. Use the engine tabs to see where that position comes from. The overall view shows the combined category ranking, while engine-level views show whether a product is broadly visible or depends on strength in only a few answer systems.

Elicit is the current #1 entity in AI Research Assistants, with a 92.6 AI Index and 93.5% mention rate. Within this public leaderboard snapshot, it is the clearest benchmark for how tracked AI systems answer AI Research Assistants comparison prompts. Scite ranks #2 and trails Elicit by 2.8 AI Index points. That gap is the first number to check when deciding whether the top of the category is leader-dominated or closely contested. Semantic Scholar ranks #3 and completes the current podium. Comparing the top three across individual engine tabs helps separate broad recommendation consistency from single-engine strength. The latest public snapshot refreshed on 2026-04-28, covering 8 engines and 19 entities. Freshness matters because AI recommendations can shift as models, retrieval sources, prompts, and category evidence change.

Use the engine tabs to compare how ChatGPT, gemini, Grok, and Claude rank brands differently. Some engines reward category authority while others emphasize popularity or recommendation style, so individual rankings can diverge from the overall leaderboard.

This DeepSeek rankings page is scoped to AI Research Assistants: it shows how entities appear inside one answer engine using mention rate, recommendation strength, and latest snapshot signals. For model-level DeepSeek rank tracking across industries, use the DeepSeek benchmark hub. Use the private AI rank tracker when you need recurring monitoring for your own prompts, competitors, saved answer history, actions, validation, and report readiness.

Why This Matters

The overall ranking gives a fast read on which products AI systems currently surface most often for AI Research Assistants prompts. The engine tabs add the important detail: they show where visibility is broad, uneven, or concentrated in one answer system. Rank alone is not enough. Mention rate, score gaps, refresh date, and engine-level outliers help show whether a product's position looks durable or depends on a narrower set of prompts and engines. Read this page as AI visibility evidence, not as a product-quality, compliance, safety, or market-share ranking.

Current Ranking Takeaways

Elicit is currently #1 in the AI Research Assistants DeepSeek public rankings benchmark, with a 94.5 AI Index and 96% mention rate. Treat this as market context for private prompt and competitor selection.

SciSpace is the nearest visible challenger on DeepSeek, trailing Elicit by 2 points. That gap helps separate engine-specific visibility from broader cross-engine strength.

The DeepSeek benchmark refreshed on Apr 28, 2026, so it should be read as a public engine snapshot rather than a private recurring tracker run.

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Ranking Methodology

How this AI product leaderboard is calculated

AI Index

The combined visibility score used to sort the default public leaderboard view.

Mention Rate

How often tracked AI engines mention each product inside completed public runs.

Recommendation Strength

How strongly the answer positions, first mentions, and recommendation signals support each ranking.

Engine Coverage

Compare overall visibility and engine-specific rankings

AI Research Assistants currently compares products across 10 tracked AI engines, including Perplexity, MiniMax, GLM, Qwen, Grok, and ChatGPT and 4 more. Use the tabs below to separate broad AI visibility from engine-specific outliers.

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DeepSeek

Latest collection-scoped AI rankings for DeepSeek.

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RankEntityAI IndexMention Rate
👑 #1
Elicit
94.5
96.0%
🥈 #2
SciSpace
92.5
94.0%
🥉 #3
Semantic Scholar
92.0
92.0%
#4
Scite
91.2
90.0%
#5
Consensus
91.2
91.0%
#6
Scopus AI
89.3
88.0%
#7
ResearchRabbit
88.2
87.0%
#8
Undermind
88.1
89.0%
#9
87.5
86.0%
#10
Keenious
85.4
85.0%

FAQ

How is this leaderboard calculated?

Overall ranking combines the latest AI visibility signals across tracked engines for this industry.

Why do rankings differ across engines?

Each AI engine can prefer different brands, evidence, and recommendation patterns, so engine-specific rankings can vary.

How often is this industry updated?

This industry page updates whenever new completed leaderboard runs are available.