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Combining quality scientific information and data sets with innovative technologies to deliver critical insights
Explore the 2026 roadmaps for Elsevier R&D Solutions and gain early insight into the new features, technologies and content enhancements designed to power your success.
From next-generation AI capabilities and expanded datasets to optimized infrastructure and improved accessibility, our latest advancements are focused on helping you move from question to answer faster.
Upgrades to ScienceDirect in 2026 include:
Enhanced ADA accessibility
Re-platformed infrastructure to improve scalability and agility
Free book previews
A redesigned article interface to make it easier than ever to discover relevant research quickly
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Scopus expands AI-assisted discovery capabilities throughout 2026, accelerating horizon scanning, literature reviews and white space analysis by enabling analytics at scale. Scopus moves toward a unified Scopus experience with AI embedded directly into core workflows. Updates include:
Improved relevance through smarter recommendations
New features that support export and advanced analytics
Build a more complete picture and uncover hidden connections with:
Expanded dataset coverage including additional clinical trials content in our biomedical dataset from Embase
Enhanced API onboarding and delivery experiences that make it easier to integrate Elsevier data into your internal pipelines
Faster, more intuitive chemistry discovery is the focus of Reaxys development priorities this year. Priorities include:
Enhance document search and summarization with AI-powered capabilities
Accelerate high-quality chemical data availability at scale through AI-driven extraction
Expand route generation capabilities and strengthen synthesis planning models
A faster time to market and reduced risk are the focus of Knovel development priorities this year. Priorities include:
Materials Explorer, a material-first workflow that consolidates millions of data points on thousands of materials into a unified workspace
Vector Search
AI summaries grounded in context
Accessibility improvements to meet ADA Title II requirements across platform tools
LeapSpace, Elsevier’s research-grade AI workspace, launched in January. It combines comprehensive trusted, peer-reviewed content with Responsible AI in a single secure environment to help researchers work faster, think deeper and achieve more. Existing ScienceDirect AI customers will continue to access LeapSpace under their current subscription. The “Ask” ScienceDirect AI page remains available until March 31, 2026; after that, LeapSpace becomes the default AI experience. Compare Experiments and Reading Assistant are included in LeapSpace.
Coming soon: the LeapSpace 2026 product roadmap
