Elsevier launches ScienceDirect AI

London, March 12, 2025 - Elsevier, a global leader in scientific information and analytics, today announced ScienceDirect AI, a cutting-edge generative AI tool for researchers. The tool aims to transform research by enabling researchers to quickly extract, summarize, and compare trusted insights from over 10 million full-text scholarly articles and book chapters on ScienceDirect, the world's largest platform of peer-reviewed literature. Researchers need to quickly extract reliable and accurate insights from the ever-growing volume of information. Research shows that researchers spend 25-35% of their time searching the literature. ScienceDirect AI addresses this challenge by instantly generating accurate summaries from the widest range of specialized content available -- over 10 million full-text peer-reviewed scholarly articles and book chapters -- making key insights easier to find. It also provides a complete bibliography to ensure research is reproducible and trustworthy. Key features include: Combining the broadest, most specialized, validated content with generative AI: ScienceDirect AI extracts insights from the world's largest corpus of peer-reviewed full-text academic articles and book chapters. Presenting traceable claims based on scientific evidence in context: Information traceability and reproducibility are essential to ensuring the credibility of research. To ensure reliable findings are reproducible, ScienceDirect AI provides links to sources and origins of claims, including relevant passages within research articles, allowing users to explore the information further. Responsible AI: ScienceDirect AI is built to ensure accuracy and reduce the risk of hallucination and bias. Users are made clear how the answers provided were obtained. Developed with researchers, designed for researchers: Over 30,000 researchers and librarians from 70 universities and R&D aggregators worldwide have been involved in the testing and development of ScienceDirect AI. By incorporating their feedback, the tool reduces literature research time by 50% and helps improve the quality of research. ScienceDirect AI includes the following features: "Ask ScienceDirect AI": Search and summarize full-text academic papers and book chapters Search and get answers from 14 million full-text academic papers and book chapters by entering your desired information and purpose in your own words. ScienceDirect AI searches over 10 million documents in the index and provides referenced summaries, excerpts from each reference, and short summaries of related findings, along with links to the original documents. "Reading Assistant": Chat with ScienceDirect documents This chat feature answers questions about the content of a specific full-text academic paper or book chapter and allows researchers to ask further questions about the content of that document. Click on a reference in the abstract to jump to the corresponding part of the article where the answer originates. It also suggests research questions. "Compare Experiments": Presents experimental summaries in a table. Comparing and synthesizing literature can be time-consuming. ScienceDirect AI's unique experiment comparison tool, Compare Experiments, takes a set of papers and categorizes and tabulates each experiment described within, extracting key elements such as their objectives, methods, and results. Judy Verses, President of Elsevier's University & Government division, said: "Feedback from users around the world shows that ScienceDirect AI has the potential to be a game-changing tool for researchers who struggle with information overload and want to quickly access reliable, accurate insights. ScienceDirect is a trusted platform for millions of researchers worldwide, and this new generative AI tool will seamlessly integrate into their current research activities, empowering researchers to spend more time on their research and achieve greater results. We will continue to collaborate with researchers to develop innovative solutions that support the advancement of science and humanity." Matías Montero, a PhD student in Education at the University of Oxford, who participated in the ScienceDirect AI test, said: "I've been thinking for a long time about how much time ScienceDirect AI has saved me. The main features I use are search, Reading Assistant, and the ability to upload and query my own PDFs. I estimate that all of this saves me about an hour of time each day in my research workflow, which is extremely valuable. It allows me to delve deeper into relevant and important papers, meaning I can spend more time writing rather than wasting time searching and extracting key points," said Professor Paulo Bothelho Piers of Porto Accounting and Business School, who participated in the ScienceDirect AI test. "ScienceDirect AI tools have transformed the way I work. In an ecosystem of AI tools that includes hallucinations and misinformation, this tool stands out for its accuracy. The high quality of the information I receive has saved me hours of searching. This tool has allowed me to broaden the scope of my research projects, investigate more diverse research questions, and produce better research outcomes."

Elsevier is working with the research community to develop solutions powered by responsible AI that enable researchers to more easily discover, analyze, and synthesize research using trusted content. Scopus AI, launched in January 2024, is based on Scopus' compiled research datasets and abstracts from over 7,000 publishers worldwide. Scopus AI provides a telescopic view of research and helps make connections across disciplines to support strategy and planning. ScienceDirect AI serves as a complementary platform, digging deep into over 10 million full-text academic articles and book chapters for in-depth analysis. By integrating trusted, high-quality content, data, and responsible AI on our platform, Elsevier aims to advance science and advance human progress. ScienceDirect AI was developed in accordance with our Responsible AI Principles and Privacy Principles, ensuring the highest standards of data privacy and security. ScienceDirect AI's use of third-party LLMs (large-scale language models) is private, and no information is stored or used to train public models. All data is stored exclusively in a secure, private environment dedicated to Elsevier. ScienceDirect is also ISO 27001 compliant. For over a decade, Elsevier has been integrating AI and machine learning technologies into its products, combining them with unique, peer-reviewed content, extensive datasets, and sophisticated analytics to help researchers, clinicians, students, and educators achieve their goals. ScienceDirect AI is now available for sale to customers. For more information and contact information, please visit http://elsevier.io/sciencedirect-ai. Notes to editors: Data taken from UK and Australian studies.

About Elsevier Elsevier is a global information analytics company, empowering researchers and healthcare professionals to advance science and medicine for the greatest benefit to society. We achieve this by providing trusted, evidence-based content and innovative solutions powered by advanced AI-enabled digital technologies to support knowledge generation and critical decision-making. With 9,700 employees worldwide, including over 2,300 engineers, Elsevier has been supporting the vital work of our partners in research and healthcare for over 140 years, including researchers, librarians, academic leaders, funders, governments, R&D-intensive companies, physicians, nurses, future healthcare professionals, and educators. Our portfolio of more than 3,000 scientific journals and leading reference works includes leading titles in their fields, including The Lancet, Cell Press, and Gray's Anatomy. Through our work with the Elsevier Foundation, we partner with the communities we serve to improve inclusion and diversity (I&D) in medicine, research, and healthcare around the world, including in developing countries. Elsevier is part of the RELX Group, a global provider of information analytics and decision-making tools for professionals and businesses. For more information about Elsevier's business, digital solutions, content, and more, visit www.elsevier.com. Contact Us (English) Elsevier Global Communications Asia Pacific Jason Chan [email protected] Inquiries regarding this release (Japanese) APCO LLC (Elsevier Japan PR Representative) Zhou and Shinoda [email protected]