New Agentic Capabilities for Tasks Across the Complete Research Workflow

Officials at Elsevier say the company is expanding LeapSpace, a research-grade AI workspace, with new agentic capabilities that help “researchers carry out an even greater range of tasks within their complex workflow to drive better outcomes with confidence.”

Designed specifically for the end-to-end research workflow, LeapSpace was created to accelerate discovery, help researchers calibrate the strength of the evidence, and support critical thinking. LeapSpace draws on 20+ million full-text peer-reviewed articles and books from Elsevier and over 1,000 new content licensing partners, including Sage Publishing, Emerald Publishing, IOP Publishing, and NEJM Group. as well as 100+ million scientific records from 7,000+ publishers on Scopus.

Results are grounded in peer-reviewed literature, citations are traceable to sources, Trust Cards help researchers calibrate the strength of evidence, and the researcher remains in control, with every recommended change requiring approval, notes an Elsevier spokesperson.

General-purpose AI tools can generate text, summarize articles and automate some tasks. But researchers require something more demanding: the latest trusted peer-reviewed content, verifiable citations, transparent reasoning, research integrity safeguards, and enterprise-grade security and privacy, according to Stuart Whayman, president, corporate markets, Elsevier, adding that this is what LeapSpace is built for.

Built with research-grade AI, LeapSpace is already delivering results for thousands of researchers around the world: 97% report time savings, with more than half saving over 50% of their research time, points out Whayman, LeapSpace is now extending support to writing—the task researchers most want AI to help with: more than half find writing clearly and concisely to convey complex ideas a challenge, rising to 60% among students and early-career researchers.