This makes sense, as ChatGPT has been trained to generate language, not look up citations. The latest model can search the web, but it isn’t a search engine.
The picture above is an example we experienced of ChatGPT recommending a book, but then admitting the book doesn't actually exist (though the authors do!).
However, there are apps that harness AI to help you find relevant publications and quickly get the key points so you can choose which ones to dig into further.
Instead of ChatGPT, if you’re looking for research papers on a topic, try:
ResearchRabbit: free; maps papers with related citations
SciSpace and Elicit: free for limited features; they translate natural language into search terms and then identify and summarizes relevant papers, and generate a mini literature review
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