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Bring confidence and agility to R&D with ScienceDirect

Great decisions are made of great insights. Empower your teams by connecting them to the world's leading database of peer-reviewed, full-text scientific, technical and health literature. Answer critical research questions, pivot quickly, and stay ahead of the competitive landscape with ScienceDirect.

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The research platform for strategic innovation

The ScienceDirect platform connects your organization to the literature and insights it needs to move quickly, remain agile and constantly be prepared for the next R&D challenge.

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

Optimize R&D investments and boost your strategic advantage: Identify trends, unmet needs and advances in your research area to improve decision-making.

Improve speed to market: Avoid delays, build strong technical memos and provide necessary evidence for regulatory reviews to expedite market entry.

Reduce business risk: Utilize reliable, science-based research and data to support your project and experimental decisions.

Pivot quickly with interdisciplinary content: Keep your workforce prepared for tomorrow’s innovation needs today with immediate access to ScienceDirect’s vast library of content.

A leader in scientific content

Journals

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.

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Books

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

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Topic Pages

Embedded topic pages spotlighting articles and book chapters offer comprehensive, interdisciplinary knowledge that answers research questions, deepens users’ understanding of specific topics and helps users get up to speed.

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Elsevier’s content is most chosen for breadth, depth and quality.

Elsevier holds the largest share of publications, citations and patents among all publishers.

  • 21M articles and chapters

  • 2,900 peer-reviewed journals

  • 46.5K books

  • 275K topic pages

  • 800 open access publications

  • 3.3M open access articles

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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Elsevier Datasets

Full-text journals data to support AI projects

Go beyond abstracts and open-source data and get the full story. Datasets from full-text scientific literature give you comprehensive, direct access to the most impactful research for your industry. Unlock the full potential of your AI and advanced analytics projects.

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