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Research Solutions

Scientific literature discovery, access, and AI-powered research insights for researchers, institutions, and R&D teams.

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Overview

Research Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: RSSS) is a publicly traded, cloud-based technology company dedicated to streamlining the way researchers discover, access, manage, and analyze scientific content. Serving more than 1,800 corporate customers and over 206,000 active users worldwide, the company has established itself as a trusted partner for the global research community, with more than 70% of the world's top pharmaceutical companies, prestigious universities, emerging life science firms, and other R&D-driven organizations relying on its family of products for one-click access to scientific literature delivered within seconds.

Research Solutions serves a broad range of customers including corporate R&D teams, universities and colleges, government and public sector agencies, and independent researchers. The platform's suite of integrated tools is designed to reduce friction across the entire research workflow—from initial literature discovery through access, organization, and AI-powered analysis—enabling scientists and knowledge workers to produce faster, higher-quality results.

Core Products

  • Article Galaxy — A platform that gives research teams streamlined, compliant access to full-text scholarly articles, book chapters, and conference papers. It optimizes costs, reduces redundant purchases, and centralizes literature discovery, access, and management for corporate and enterprise research organizations.
  • Article Galaxy Scholar — A library-supplement tool designed for academic institutions, providing instant access to over 33,000 journals. It allows institutions to customize access by department or publisher, tracks usage to guide budgeting decisions, reduces reliance on interlibrary loan, and integrates seamlessly into existing library workflows.
  • Scite — An AI-powered research tool that shows how scientific claims are supported or challenged across the literature. Scite provides citation-backed insights, research metrics, and a natural-language synthesis tool called Scite Assistant, enabling researchers to verify sources and accelerate literature reviews and discovery.
  • References — A centralized reference management solution that helps organizations organize, share, annotate, search, and securely collaborate on their scholarly literature collections. It improves efficiency, version control, compliance, and workflow integration across research teams.
  • APIs & MCPs — A suite of plug-and-play integrations that connect trusted content and research functionality to AI tools and internal systems. Capabilities include article delivery, rights clearance, Scite's citation data, and research datasets, enabling seamless, high-performance workflows for organizations building custom research infrastructure.

AI-Powered Research Capabilities

  • AI Assistant — An AI-powered assistant grounded in scholarly content that provides evidence-based answers to research questions, accelerates literature reviews, and helps researchers efficiently explore new topics. It leverages comprehensive access to scientific literature to deliver verifiable, trustworthy insights.
  • Full-Text Search — Advanced search functionality that allows researchers to filter through millions of papers by title, author, journal, publication date, and more. Precise query capabilities support both targeted searches and broader topic exploration across the scientific literature.
  • Smart Citations — A context-rich citation analysis feature that goes beyond traditional citation metrics by showing how papers are cited—whether they are supported, contrasted, or merely mentioned. This enables researchers to quickly evaluate a paper's influence and reception within the scientific community, supporting more informed research decisions.

Sustainability and ESG Commitments

  • Research Solutions participates in the UN SDG Publishers Compact, advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through collaborations with publishing partners.
  • The company's emissions reduction targets are validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), aligning its climate action with the latest climate science.
  • Research Solutions engages with the CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) to measure and manage its environmental impacts.
  • Sustainability performance is independently assessed by EcoVadis, providing transparent, third-party validation of the company's ESG practices.

Company Culture and Values

  • Take Initiative — Team members actively seek opportunities to create impact and solve problems without waiting to be directed.
  • Think Critically — Decisions are grounded in logic, evidence, and common sense, with a culture of questioning assumptions and staying curious.
  • DTE: Do the Experiment — The company embraces bold ideas and rapid testing, using small, smart experiments to gather real-world data and iterate with purpose.
  • Be Accountable — Ownership of responsibilities, open communication, and consistent follow-through are foundational to how the team operates.
  • Be an Owner, Not a Renter — Team members invest deeply in what they build, treating every project with pride and focusing on outcomes rather than tasks.

With an NPS score of over 60—above the industry average—and a globally distributed team united by a mission to advance the world's knowledge, Research Solutions continues to be a leading force in empowering the scientific and research communities that drive breakthroughs in science, technology, and medicine.