Research Solutions Adds Scite to Microsoft Copilot

Scite and Article Galaxy integrations let users search, evaluate, and access scientific literature within Microsoft 365.

Updated on Nov. 4, 2026 in Artificial Intelligence

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Research Solutions has integrated Scite and Article Galaxy with Microsoft Copilot, enabling users to search and evaluate scientific literature inside Microsoft 365. Both integrations became available through Microsoft Marketplace.

Why it matters

The integrations bring research evaluation and article access into everyday productivity tools, allowing users to check claims in documents and emails against published research. Both operate within Copilot's existing security and compliance environment.

The announcement describes a product integration rather than a measured study, and it lists Scite's source coverage across journal articles, preprints, patents, clinical trials, and grants. The extraction does not state pricing, adoption figures, or how Article Galaxy licensing terms will be applied across Copilot users.

The players

Research Solutions

Research Solutions is the company that integrated Scite and Article Galaxy with Microsoft Copilot.

Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft Copilot is Microsoft's AI assistant embedded across Microsoft 365 applications.

The details

Scite's Smart Citations technology shows how research findings are supported, challenged, or referenced, while Article Galaxy displays content availability, licensing rights, access options, and acquisition costs. Users can check article availability by DOI and track orders, account activity, and usage quotas, and Scite already links with ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code, and Cursor.

Timeline

  1. • November 4, 2026: Research Solutions announced the integrations, published by Knowledgespeak.

Big Picture

The integration extends Microsoft Copilot beyond general assistance into verified scientific literature retrieval inside Microsoft 365. It also follows existing Scite links with ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code, and Cursor, placing research-citation tools across several competing AI platforms.

Researchers and office users can check claims in documents and presentations against published studies without leaving Microsoft 365. Article availability, access options, and pricing can be looked up by DOI within the same workflow.

The takeaway

Verifying claims against published research is becoming possible inside everyday productivity tools, reducing the need to switch between applications when checking sources.

Further reading

Explore more on Artificial Intelligence developments shaping research tools.

Source note: This article includes information reported by Knowledgespeak.