LeapSpace

What LeapSpace is

LeapSpace is an AI-assisted research workspace for exploring scholarly literature and supporting research workflows. It is available on the web and serves academic and industry researchers, librarians, academic leaders, and research office teams. Its search tools handle complex questions across disciplines, follow-up questions, and returning to earlier queries. Deep Research creates reports that surface patterns, disagreements, and evidence gaps, and shows the steps behind each report. Writing Coach checks claims against recent research and helps locate gaps in support, without automatically changing text. Trust Cards connect claims to their cited sources, while Claim Radar shows how claims fit the broader research landscape.

LeapSpace draws on Scopus-indexed scholarly content, full-text articles and book chapters from Elsevier and participating publishers, and curated funding data. Users can upload up to five PDF files in a conversation. Reading Assistant works only with documents the user is entitled to access. Individual subscriptions include AI features in Mendeley Reference Manager; organization subscriptions list optional AI integration in Scopus where available, plus SSO/SAML, administration, usage analytics, customer success support, and customized onboarding and training. Elsevier says its security framework aligns with ISO 27001 risk-management principles and individual prompts are not used to train public AI models.

Who it suits

LeapSpace suits academic and industry researchers who need to explore research literature, check claims, and identify evidence gaps. It also caters to librarians, academic leaders, and research office teams, with organization-level administration and support capabilities.

Limits

The free plan is unlimited for 14 days, after which features have limits. The individual yearly plan does not include reading access to additional journal articles or books, and Reading Assistant applies only to documents the user is entitled to access; conversations allow up to five PDF uploads.

Getting started

1. Visit the LeapSpace website.
2. Choose the free 14-day plan, the individual yearly plan, or request organization pricing.
3. Use the web workspace to search scholarly literature and ask follow-up questions.
4. Upload up to five PDFs in a conversation if needed.
5. For organization subscriptions, use the listed institutional capabilities and integrations.

Verdict

Choose LeapSpace for research workflows that combine literature exploration, evidence checking, and reports that make their process visible. Individual subscriptions include Mendeley Reference Manager AI features, while organizations have administrative and support options. Look elsewhere if you need Reading Assistant for documents you cannot access or more than five PDF uploads in a conversation.