# Scopus AI review (2026): is it worth it? > Elsevier's AI summaries and concept maps over the Scopus database Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Scopus AI, now presented as Scopus with AI, adds generative AI to Elsevier's Scopus abstract and citation database. A question returns a topic summary with references, follow-up questions, a concept map and emerging themes. It is sold to institutions and the page gives no price. - **Category:** AI Research Tools - **Made by:** Elsevier - **Website:** https://www.elsevier.com/products/scopus/scopus-ai - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you are an individual, as it is sold to institutions through Elsevier sales. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing Scopus AI's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. ## Key features - **Topic and expanded summaries:** A query returns summaries with references to the Scopus documents used and an indication of the tool's confidence in their relevance. - **Follow-up questions:** Suggests Go deeper questions and takes conversational follow-ups, with a history of earlier topics to resume. - **Foundational documents:** Lists high-impact papers cited by the papers behind the summaries, mined from the full Scopus database. - **Concept maps:** Keywords from research abstracts produce an interactive map of a topic and its links to neighboring research areas. - **Emerging themes:** Groups a query's themes as established, rising or novel, to point to gaps for publications, collaborations and funding. ## Good for - Universities that already subscribe to Scopus - Researchers who want answers tied to curated peer-reviewed content - Teams scoping a new topic or looking for research gaps ## Worth knowing - No price is published; the page's call to action is Contact us, so it is sold through Elsevier sales. - Answers draw only on content in Scopus, not on the wider web. - The page says it uses OpenAI's model hosted on Microsoft Azure, with an agreement against training use. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Scopus AI is Elsevier's AI layer over the Scopus database, giving topic summaries, concept maps and emerging themes. No price is published, it is sold to institutions through sales, and answers draw only on Scopus content. - **Value for money: C.** No price is published, and the page's call to action is Contact us. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan and no trial are listed, so nothing can be tried without paying. - **Features: C.** Summaries, follow-up questions, foundational documents, concept maps and emerging themes. Answers come only from Scopus content. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. It sits inside an institutional Scopus login. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with no integrations or apps listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Elsevier's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among AI research tools - Scopus AI's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 1 of the 69 other AI research tools we grade, and level with 3. - It stands best on value for money (C, above 10 of 69) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ai-research ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Scopus AI you would be making a library of papers and sources to search. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 65 of the 69 other AI research tools grade higher. - You could not: A library of papers and sources to search. - You could not: A search engine with an AI model behind it. - You could not: An AI model, which you can rent by the request but not make. - You could not: Citation records for millions of papers. - You could not: Sharing with other people, which means accounts and invitations. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Research, AI search, Chat assistant, Citations, AI features ## Alternatives - [Dimensions](https://toolgpa.com/tools/dimensions): Linked research database of publications, grants and patents. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/dimensions-vs-scopus-ai) - [Elicit](https://toolgpa.com/tools/elicit): AI research assistant for literature search and systematic reviews. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/elicit-vs-scopus-ai) - [Scite](https://toolgpa.com/tools/scite): Research assistant that shows how papers have been cited. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/scite-vs-scopus-ai) - [Consensus](https://toolgpa.com/tools/consensus): AI search engine that answers questions from peer-reviewed papers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/consensus-vs-scopus-ai) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.elsevier.com/products/scopus/scopus-ai Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/scopus-ai Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).