Litmaps creates interactive citation maps from academic papers and monitors them for new relevant publications. Unlike one-time literature searches, Litmaps 'seeds' stay live — when new papers are published that fit your research network, you're notified automatically. The map visualizes how papers cluster, which foundational papers are most central to a field, and how research has evolved chronologically. Team collaboration features let research groups share and annotate maps together. Integration with reference managers keeps existing libraries connected. For ongoing research projects where keeping current with a field matters as much as initial discovery, Litmaps' monitoring capabilities solve a problem that static literature review tools don't address.