Extended Research Assistant
Help researchers strengthen funding proposals. Connect discovery, funding intelligence, and analytics in an agentic AI workspace embedded within Web of Science.
Move from research ideas to stronger proposals
The extended Research Assistant connects Web of Science Research Assistant with Web of Science Research Intelligence, helping researchers move from literature discovery to funding opportunities and proposal strategy within an AI-guided experience.
AI-guided workflows for research and funding
Answer research questions
Get AI-supported answers backed by verifiable citations from vetted journals in the Web of Science Core Collection.
Deepen topic exploration
Explore connections, trends, and related research to build a clearer view of a field.
Conduct literature reviews
Surface relevant studies, themes, and gaps to shape new ideas and support stronger research plans.
Strengthen journal selection
Find journals aligned to your manuscript and submission goals.
Discover funding opportunities
Surface funding opportunities that fit a researcher’s project, topic area, career stage, and location.
Spot emerging trends
Identify fast-moving areas of research to keep pace with new directions in a field.
Help researchers move from insight to action
Focus on the right funding
Surface funding opportunities that better match a researcher’s project, focus area, career stage, and location.
Strengthen research direction
Explore topic trends and research connections to shape stronger ideas and research plans.
Save time across key tasks
Use guided workflows to reduce manual searching across discovery, literature review, funding, and journal selection.
FAQs
The extended Research Assistant is an integrated experience within the Web of Science platform that brings discovery and research intelligence together in one place. It combines AI-powered discovery from Web of Science Research Assistant with funding intelligence and analytics from Web of Science Research Intelligence, helping researchers move from literature exploration to funding opportunities and research planning in one connected workflow.
The extended Research Assistant is designed for researchers. It offers guided, multi-step workflows that help them explore and refine research topics, conduct literature reviews, identify relevant funding opportunities, and find journals for manuscript submission.
Yes. Web of Science Research Intelligence customers are entitled to the extended Research Assistant experience, which includes Web of Science Research Assistant AI guides and additional research intelligence workflows.
The extended Research Assistant pairs trusted data from Web of Science and Web of Science Research Intelligence with responsible AI. For topic exploration and literature review, responses are grounded in curated data from the Web of Science Core Collection. For funding discovery, the assistant draws on open funding opportunities available in Web of Science Research Intelligence.
Researchers who have been set up as Web of Science Research Intelligence users can access the extended Research Assistant. If a researcher has not yet been set up as a user, they can submit an access request to their institution’s Web of Science Research Intelligence administrator.
