Elsevier launches ‘research-grade AI-assisted workspace’
LeapSpace, Elsevier’s “research-grade, AI-assisted workspace”, is now live and available to customers. The platform aims to help academic and corporate researchers uncover deeper insights, accelerate innovation, and collaborate seamlessly in one secure environment. It combines multi-model responsible AI with transparency and trust markers, industrial-grade data privacy and security, with the aim of making every insight explainable, traceable, and grounded in high-quality science.
Researchers are increasingly using AI but only 22% trust existing tools, with 86% saying AI can cause critical errors. General-purpose AI tools are often opaque and do not include peer-reviewed content, making it difficult for researchers to assess how answers are generated or whether they can be relied upon.
“LeapSpace stands apart from general AI tools as it is built on peer-reviewed scientific content and is designed to support research, not generic queries. For teams under pressure to deliver well-supported evidence, LeapSpace advances rigour and transparency by providing traceable citations in its responses,” said Victoria Ball, Associate Director, Global Library Services, at biopharmaceutical company Incyte.
“R&D teams need quick access to verifiable scientific evidence within tight timelines and strict compliance requirements. In my early experience with LeapSpace, I’m impressed by how it helps shorten the time spent on cross-checking references for regulatory readiness and broader research needs. With clickable sources and clearly structured tables, it saves users time when sharing reports and streamlines workflows.”
Elsevier says LeapSpace is already being used by thousands of researchers from the world’s top universities and leading R&D-driven corporations.
New licensing agreements have been signed with Emerald Publishing, IOP Publishing, NEJM Group, and Sage, with more publishers set to join in the coming months. The solution displays fully referenced article extracts in its responses, linking to the article on the publisher’s platform. The platform incudes 18 million peer-reviewed articles and books from Elsevier, and licensed subscription and open access articles from other leading publishers and societies, as well as research abstracts from Scopus (100+ million records, 7,000+ publishers).
Judy Verses, President Academic and Government at Elsevier, said: “Researchers rightly demand AI they can trust. LeapSpace puts researchers in the driver’s seat, drawing on the world’s broadest and highest-quality peer-reviewed research and providing full visibility into the evidence behind every insight. Our goal is to support critical thinking, helping impact makers succeed.”
LeapSpace is available now for institutions to purchase and will be available for individual academics and students to purchase in February 2026. For more information visit https://www.elsevier.com/leapspace/introducing-