About ScienceDirect | Premier platform for discovering peer-reviewed scientific, technical and medical information

Moving science forward

ScienceDirect combines authoritative, full-text scientific, technical and health publications with smart, intuitive functionality so that users can stay informed in their fields and can work more effectively and efficiently.

With high-quality books and reference content and journals, the ScienceDirect platform uniquely supports an uninterrupted workflow so researchers move seamlessly between books and journals, and across topics and disciplines. It helps researchers in academia, government and corporate organizations make smarter and faster decisions.

Usage and analysis has shown that books enhance the value of journals and users get a bigger return on investment when they have access to both. Learn more about the platform.

Physical Sciences & Engineering publications cover a range of disciplines, from the theoretical to the applied.
Life Sciences journal articles and book chapters feature original research, insightful analysis, current theory and more.

Social Sciences & Humanities journals and books highlight historical context, current developments, theories, applications, trends and more.
Health Sciences collections — covering education, reference information and decision support — keep you up-to-date on medical developments to stimulate research and improve patient care.

Latest titles for researchers

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Open access publications

Search peer-reviewed, free to read and download articles

Transformative agreements

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Free Nobel Prize papers

Honoring the 2022 Nobel Prize laureates with free access to their research

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articles & chapters

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peer-reviewed journals

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topics pages

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open access publications

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ScienceDirect provides me [with] detailed information about my topic in a very short span of time. All the content is authentic, so I need not waste time looking for the verification of it, increasing yield tremendously.

— Neurosurgeon, from a hospital in India

ScienceDirect Platform Features

Remote access

Access ScienceDirect anytime and from anywhere, without being limited to an IP range. Be sure to register and then sign in to activate your remote access.

Read how to get remote access on the ScienceDirect Support Center.

Search & alerts

ScienceDirect’s sophisticated, intuitive search and retrieval tools make it easy to discover more relevant journal articles and book chapters.

Quick search

Simply use the search bar on the home screen for quick search results.

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Advanced search

Use our Advanced search feature to help narrow the list of results. As you type, ScienceDirect lets you know if your search will produce no results.

View our 2-minute Advanced Search video tutorial

Learn more about using advanced search

Alerts

Set up alerts to ensure you always know about the latest research and never miss updates to publications in your field.

Watch our 3-minute Using Alerts video tutorial

ScienceDirect Topics provides introductory overviews to help you understand and interpret scientific literature;

Enhanced reader

Make reading easier with our enhanced PDF article viewing. It shows outlines, citations, recommendations, in-article references and author links for a richer reading experience. Improve your ability to:

Evaluate content relevancy
Understand the experimental methods and data contained within the article
Uncover related discovery opportunities
Support your own writing process with improved annotation and note-taking capabilities

View 4-minute video tutorial: Reviewing documents on ScienceDirect

Learn more about our PDF Reader

History

Never lose track of an article again. Simply register and then sign in to your ScienceDirect account to keep track of your reading history. This feature ensures you can always find useful articles when needed by following your activity. It keeps track of the 100 most recent articles or book chapters you have viewed, sorted by date and time. You can save and delete items or download the full list of entries.

Learn more about using our History feature

Recommendations

Need to know what else to read but short on time to spend searching? ScienceDirect combines your reading history with articles your peers have read and Scopus citation data to recommend other relevant information to you. Quickly review these recommendations and decide what more to read, making both efficient and effective use of your time.

As a registered and signed in user, ScienceDirect is responsive to your recent signed-in activity. Recommendations appear in a “My recommendations” section in your Profile, plus, you can have article recommendations emailed to you on a weekly basis.

Saved me time searching, exposed me to new research in my area of interest, and [I] was able to find an answer to a problem about specific dosage and protocol. Very helpful!

— PostDoc, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)

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Get technical support anytime

ScienceDirect users can visit our Support Center for resources about using any of the platform’s features mentioned on this page, get help troubleshooting an issue, ways to contact our Support Team directly and more.

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