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ScienceDirect for R&D: Elsevier's research platform for strategic innovation

In today's R&D environment, you need access to trusted full-text content quickly in order to advance innovation outcomes. Empower your teams with the world's leading database of peer-reviewed, full-text scientific, technical and health literature. Go further, faster with ScienceDirect.

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Trusted content and technology to help R&D teams succeed

ScienceDirect connects your organization to the content and critical insights it needs to support your research goals.

Support innovation outcomes: Identify industry whitespace, assess how novel or "patentable" an idea is and strengthen patent applications.

Optimize investments: Boost your strategic advantage by identifying trends, unmet needs and advances in your research area faster.

Strengthen confidence and reduce risk: Trusted content quality supports expedited market entry and reduced business risk

Advance and pivot quickly: Access to interdisciplinary content keeps your workforce prepared for tomorrow's innovation needs.

"Without full-text literature — especially the details in the literature [such as] the tables, the charts, the numbers [and] how somebody actually did the experiment — you’re limited to your team’s knowledge [and] that’s it. You will not be able to tap into the broader knowledge set that the world has."

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Bring confidence and agility to R&D with ScienceDirect

Instant access to scientific content with the highest information integrity

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Facilitate interdisciplinary research and scholarship across 2,900 peer-reviewed journals. This includes highly cited titles across subject areas such as The Lancet, Cell, Polymer, Chemical Engineering Journal and much more. Also, get advanced access to Articles in Press and peer-reviewed articles accepted for publication in an Elsevier journal.

Support your researchers with the foundational knowledge they need

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Provide your researchers with the established content that they require to get up to speed in new areas. Access leading Elsevier book publications including monographs, major reference works (MRWs), textbooks and book series, serials and handbooks.

Get up to speed quickly on trending research topics

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Access comprehensive, interdisciplinary knowledge with ScienceDirect's embedded topic pages. Explore articles and book chapters that answer research questions, deepen understanding of specific topics and help users get up to speed.

Introducing ScienceDirect AI: Eureka, every day

ScienceDirect AI is a workflow companion that enables researchers to explore, compare and uncover insights from deep within the full text of Elsevier's trusted peer-reviewed literature, with one click. ScienceDirect AI surfaces critical evidence and ties it back directly to its original source, ensuring traceability and reproducibility—a must for trustworthy research. Surface the critical insights that truly matter, quickly and confidently, with ScienceDirect AI.

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The business challenges addressed by ScienceDirect AI

In an Elsevier survey of corporate researchers, 96% of respondents said they believe AI will accelerate knowledge discovery and enable them to focus on higher value projects. ScienceDirect AI can help address the challenges that R&D-intensive businesses face every day, including project delays, wasted resources and lost market opportunities.

  • Save research time: AI-powered search and summarization reduce time spent sifting through literature. 

  • Improve research confidence: AI-driven insights and trusted content combine to help researchers and innovators make better-informed decisions. 

  • Enhance productivity: Streamline time-intensive literature reading tasks, freeing scientists to focus on innovation and other critical projects. 

  • Gain a competitive edge: The inability to innovate effectively can result in lost market opportunities. AI-driven research can help companies innovate faster. 

By combining trusted content with the power of GenAI, R&D teams can streamline their research process, allowing them to focus more on advancing breakthrough ideas and driving innovation forward efficiently. 

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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.

Introducing ScienceDirect AI

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R&D Manager, leading global food manufacturer and ScienceDirect AI user

Elsevier Datasets

Full-text journals data to support AI projects

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One of the biggest challenges R&D-intensive companies face is to quickly and reliably extract meaning from a vast and growing sea of scientific data. Datasets from full-text scientific literature give you comprehensive, direct access to the most impactful research for your industry. Go beyond abstracts and open-source data to unlock the full potential of your AI and advanced analytics projects.

Connected, configurable solutions to innovate in R&D

Advance your R&D with Elsevier’s ScienceDirect and a portfolio of solutions to support and optimize innovation outcomes. Navigate your R&D journey with confidence, supported by:

  • Trusted content from peer-reviewed scientific literature to regulatory data

  • Innovative technology that prepares data for machine consumption

  • Expertise to capture scientific knowledge in computational formats

Information integrity is essential to your progress. Discover trusted data and tools that transform complexity into scientific insight. Let's shape progress together.

Customize a ScienceDirect subscription for your business size and industry

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