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ScienceDirect AI, part of LeapSpace™

ScienceDirect AI is a workflow companion that enables researchers to instantly surface, cite, compare and explore trusted evidence from deep within the peer-reviewed literature. It makes knowledge discovery more efficient, practical and rewarding.

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ScienceDirect AI is an AI-powered research experience within LeapSpace, the research-grade AI workspace

LeapSpace is a research-grade AI-assisted workspace that lets researchers work faster, think deeper, and achieve more in a secure environment. Designed with the research community, it blends responsible AI and trust indicators with the most comprehensive collection of peer-reviewed, publisher-neutral full-text and abstracts. LeapSpace applies structured AI methods to trusted scholarly content. It combines capabilities from CODiE-Award winning ScienceDirect AI with publisher-neutral insights, author and funder data, Trust Cards and more.

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Goodbye wasted reading time. Hello relevance.

Transformative search

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Use your own words to instantly find what you need in the scientific literature.

Most GenAI tools predict likely responses based on web data. Not this one. ScienceDirect AI finds meaningful and citable responses exclusively from millions of high-quality, peer-reviewed, full-text research articles and book chapters. 

Unlike conventional search, ScienceDirect AI uses inbuilt intelligence to understand the logic behind your query. The responses come from deep within the full text, giving you more in-depth information and richer details. 

Want to compare? There’s no comparison.

Compare experiments

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Comparing and synthesizing literature can be a laborious task. ScienceDirect AI accelerates and enhances the process by providing a unique Compare Experiments tool.  

For relevant references, ScienceDirect AI can be used to extract the details that really matter and arrange them in a table – paper by paper, experiment by experiment. 

Dig deeper. Read smarter.

Reading assistant

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As you drill further down into your investigation, ScienceDirect AI’s Reading Assistant appears alongside the text of an article or book chapter.   

You can chat with it and interrogate the document. You’ll be able to pinpoint and save insights, as well as summarize sections. 

You can ask follow-up questions, and then more follow-up questions. Your queries are always saved, so you’ll never have to start over. 

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ScienceDirect AI wins Best Generative AI Solution at the 2025 CODiE Awards*

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The award recognizes how ScienceDirect AI helps researchers work more efficiently with trusted, peer-reviewed content and transparent, referenced insights, supporting better research outcomes.

*Established in 1986, the CODiEs remain the only peer-reviewed awards program recognizing excellence across education and business tech. Judged by expert educators and industry leaders, the process is as rigorous as it is respected.

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Built with you, for you.​

ScienceDirect AI has been designed with the real needs of researchers in mind. From hundreds of hours of interviews, through development testing with more than 70 organizations and over 30,000 users across the globe, every aspect of ScienceDirect AI can be traced back to a pain point you’ve told us about.  

Here are some of the things the research community have to say when they apply this new tech to their challenges: 

"These tools have significantly enhanced my research by streamlining literature reviews and providing insightful summaries, which saves time and improves understanding of complex topics." – Faculty member, Hong Kong

"I like the user-friendly interface and the easiness to using the tool. I find the reading assistant most valuable as it drastically reduces the reading time of articles and helps me to identify the most important parts within seconds." – Postdoctoral Researcher, Netherlands

"The summary of articles cut my reading time in half, and I love the comparison table of the articles. Excellent all-around tool!" – Faculty member, Trinidad and Tobago

"ScienceDirect's AI tool has transformed the way I work. Amidst AI tools that hallucinate or provide false information, this tool stands out for its precision. The quality of information spares me hours of search. Its effectiveness has allowed me to expand the scope of my research projects, investigate more diverse lines of research and produce superior work." - Professor Paulo Botelho Pires, CEOS.PP/ISCAP, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal

"What once took three weeks now takes just a week and a half—saving me over 50% of my time. Unlike keyword-based searches, ScienceDirect AI delivers well-structured references directly relevant to my research question."  – R&D Manager, a leading global food manufacturer.