Research Solutions, Inc., a provider of AI-powered scientific research tools, has announced that Scite's Smart Citations technology has won the 2025 Gold Award for Excellence in Publishing by the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) in the Hosting Platforms Feature category. The award recognizes the innovation’s role in improving citation transparency and reproducibility in scholarly publishing.
Research Solutions builds its Smart Citations technology through direct partnerships with dozens of leading publishers. These agreements enable comprehensive, cross-disciplinary indexing and provide tools for assessing the reliability and context of cited research, regardless of institutional access or funding. The model supports the delivery of accurate, publisher-verified citation analysis across disciplines.
Smart Citations analyze how research is cited, indicating whether findings are supported, contradicted, or mentioned, and are powered by partnerships with leading publishers and enriched with metadata from sources such as CrossRef, DataCite, and OpenAlex. This enables wide disciplinary coverage and nuanced insights for researchers.
Detailed citation analysis helps researchers cut through the noise, combating prevalent scholarly publishing issues like citation manipulation, superficial referencing, and the proliferation of unreliable research. This technology provides a richer understanding of the research landscape, far beyond what traditional metrics offer—a critical advantage as researchers struggle to keep pace with the ever-growing volume of new publications.
The SSP's EPIC Award for Smart Citations validates Research Solutions' core mission: to enhance the quality and accessibility of scientific research through innovative technology and strategic publisher partnerships. Smart Citations are just one part of our comprehensive suite of research tools, all designed to support evidence-based decision-making in academic, industry, and policy settings.
This recognition from the scholarly publishing community signals a clear acknowledgment: more sophisticated tools are vital for navigating the intricate research ecosystem. With mounting concerns over research quality and reproducibility, solutions like Smart Citations are becoming essential infrastructure, ensuring public trust in scientific research while championing the broader goals of open science and evidence-based practice across all sectors.
Publishers and researchers can review journal-specific coverage details at https://scite.ai/journals.
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