Find research collaborators outside your network.
Describe the co-investigator you need. Get researchers who match, including people three degrees outside your current network.
3 free searches — discover 60-150 matching professionals, no signup required
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You co-author with people you met at conferences, who studied with the same advisors, who work at institutions in your orbit. The collaborator who would unlock your next research question is three degrees outside that network, at an institution you have never visited.
The strongest grant proposals don't come from the deepest single-discipline teams. They come from teams with complementary blind spots. The computational biologist who brings methods your lab lacks. The social scientist whose framework reframes your data. Traditional discovery tools can't find this because Google Scholar shows citation networks, ResearchGate connects people who already cite each other, and conference attendance requires travel budgets and calendar alignment.
Describe the researcher profile you need: methodological background, domain expertise, career stage, institutional type. CloneICP finds 20-50 matches outside your citation network. Especially valuable for interdisciplinary proposals and early-career researchers building their first collaborative teams.
Same research question. Complementary methods. Stronger proposal.
What You Get
What You'll Get
Every search returns clear output in under 60 seconds.
20-50 Matched Researchers
Academics and research professionals whose expertise, methodology, and career trajectory match the collaborator profile you described.
Match Scores
Each researcher ranked by how closely they match your described expertise and methodological requirements.
Why They Match
See specific signals: research focus, institutional affiliation, methodological expertise, career stage.
CSV Export
Download your list. Cross-reference with publication databases before reaching out.
How It Works
Describe Your Target
Tell us who you're looking for in plain language.
AI Finds Matches
We analyze signals and find matching professionals.
Export Results
Up to 50 matches, ready for your enrichment tool.
How This Is Different
You know the tools. Here's what changes.
- Citation-based discovery reinforces existing network bubbles
- Conference networking limited by geography and travel budgets
- Departmental websites require knowing which department to search
- No way to search for 'complementary methodology' or 'interdisciplinary overlap'
- Describe the expertise profile you need, not keywords from a paper title
- Find researchers outside your citation network and conference circuit
- Discover interdisciplinary collaborators in departments you'd never browse
- Each result explains the specific expertise and trajectory match
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