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ScienceDirect 25

25 years of discovery

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25 years of supporting your institution’s research and education missions

2024 marks a milestone in ScienceDirect’s distinguished history: the celebration of 25 years of scholarship, research and discovery.

Serving higher education’s information needs

As the needs of scholars, researchers and librarians, their ecosystems and the technologies they use have changed since its launch, ScienceDirect continues to support their work by:

  • Expanding literature formats beyond journal articles

  • Broadening subject coverage

  • Developing tools that enhance the user experience

  • Updating technologies that simplify access and workflows

  • Embracing reporting standards, accessibility and open access

And we are poised to do even more in the months and years ahead.

Jeferson Luis Franco

Learn how ScienceDirect evolved in the past 25 years from the launch of ScienceDirect.com in 1999 to expanding value through content partnerships, integrations and GenAI features in 2023 and 2024.

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“The digitization of science has significantly expanded research dissemination, accelerating the discovery and sharing of new knowledge. Over 25 years, ScienceDirect has evolved from a website hosting a few hundred journals to a global platform serving tens of millions of researchers every year. This success and our commitment to strive for excellence and innovation in scholarly publishing is fueled by the trust and usage of ScienceDirect within the research community. Together, we strive to advance science and enhance healthcare outcomes for a better world”

- Rose L'Huillier, Senior Vice President, Researcher Products, Data Science and Analytics

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ScienceDirect Today

ScienceDirect has grown and evolved to support the multidisciplinary information needs of students, teachers and researchers with authoritative, peer-reviewed information from:

  • 21M articles

  • 2,900 journals

  • 46K books

  • 180K articles from scholarly publishing partners

Plus, more than 3.3M articles and book chapters are available as open access.

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“… the first contact I had with ScienceDirect was during one of the companies I worked for. I was a member of the R&D area, and we accessed the website on a regular basis. Since then, this is my preferred source of information.”

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Mauro Da Silva

Graduate Student, Physical Sciences, at Universidade Federal do Pampa Campus São Gabriel, Brazil

How can today’s ScienceDirect help your institution? 

Contact us today and learn more about how one of the most highly regarded and valued information resources can support your institutional users in their quest to advance research for the benefit of society. 

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