About
The gap is the start, not the end
LacunaMind finds the missing space in a literature — and then helps you forge the hypothesis, theme and research question that fills it. Not just where the gaps are, but the process, evidence and interpretation behind them.
What LacunaMind is
Three analysis types over one research corpus: bibliometric analysis to map a field's structure, computational thematic analysis to surface what it is about, and meta-analysis to weigh how strong its evidence is. They share one memory of your literature, so the structure, the themes and the effect sizes are read together — not in three disconnected tools.
It is built for the work that follows a search: turning a pile of records into a defended picture of a field, and a clear answer to the question every researcher asks — where should my study be built?
What it stands for
Four commitments shape every screen and every number.
Real engines, never mock
Every statistic comes from an established engine — R's metafor and netmeta for meta-analysis, transparent native methods for bibliometrics and thematic analysis. No fabricated numbers, no decorative charts: if a value appears, an engine computed it from your data.
Cited interpretations, not guesses
Plain-language verdicts fire from explicit, documented rules and carry the statistical source behind them. An interpretation you can trace to a threshold and a citation — never an unattributable language-model guess.
Reproducible by design
Each run records its inputs, method contract and engine version behind a provenance seal, and exports a citation in APA, BibTeX or RIS. A reviewer can reproduce the exact result — the standard of evidence, applied to the tool itself.
The author has the last word
LacunaMind is an instrument, not an oracle. It computes, diagnoses and cites; it does not impose conclusions. The researcher reads the evidence and decides — the platform's job is to make that decision well-founded.
The three analysis types
Each is a full method family with a fixed, reproducible contract.
- Meta-analysis — pool effect sizes and weigh the evidence
- Bibliometric analysis — map a field's structure
- Thematic analysis — surface the themes in a corpus
Who it is for
Researchers who need a defended answer, not just an output.
Systematic reviewers and meta-analysts pooling evidence across studies.
Scholars mapping an unfamiliar field before committing a study.
Research groups and labs that need every figure to be reproducible and citable.
Part of a wider research toolkit
LacunaMind is developed within the Cortexis research-tools ecosystem, alongside sibling platforms built on the same principle: person- and data-grounded academic tools where the science comes first and the interface serves it.
See the platform work
Read the method guide, or bring a corpus and run a real analysis — reproducible from the first click.