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ScienceDirect AI

For Academic Researchers

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Empowering researchers to transform knowledge into breakthroughs, ScienceDirect AI harnesses the power of AI to turn data into insight, accelerating discovery and simplifying research in ways never before possible.

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Available to Academic Researchers in the US, Canada and Mexico only.

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ScienceDirect AI: Explore, compare and uncover insights from deep within quality peer-reviewed literature 

Trusted, deep content base

Advanced AI-powered search

Seamless integration within the research ecosystem

Responsible AI on a reliable platform

Easy search-and-verify process

What can you do with ScienceDirect AI?

Enhance your research journey like never before with ScienceDirect AI, providing the ideal blend of trusted, curated content and cutting-edge technology 

Enhance your research journey like never before with ScienceDirect AI, providing the ideal blend of trusted, curated content and cutting-edge technology 

Ask ScienceDirect AI

Quickly locate and summarize insights from across ScienceDirect AI’s underlying body of peer-reviewed full-text scientific papers and book chapters. 

Surface critical evidence and tie it directly to its original source, enabling both traceability and reproducibility - a must for trustworthy research. Learn more

Related Insights

Receive summaries of all references used to answer your research question and uncover related insights, helping you to quickly evaluate the most relevant resources to expand your research journey.

Reading Assistant

Have a conversation with any individual document you have access to in ScienceDirect.

Compare Experiments

Evaluate and compare multiple articles at experiment level, from methods and results to conclusions and limitations. This feature saves valuable time by making in-depth analysis, decision-making and evidence comparison faster.

Personalize your research with Mendeley connection

As limited-time early-adopter perk, try Reading Assistant in Mendeley to gain insights and answer questions within an uploaded PDF.

My Library

Save ScienceDirect references found through ScienceDirect AI to your personal library, so that you can refer to them later.

Empowering researchers to transform knowledge into breakthroughs, ScienceDirect AI harnesses the power of AI to turn data into insight, accelerating discovery and simplifying research in ways never before possible.