Scite Expands Extensive Publisher Partnership Network With American Society For Microbiology Indexing Agreement

Direct Indexing Agreement Joins Over 30 Publisher Relationships, Setting Scite Apart With Most Comprehensive Publisher Network For Researchers In Competitive AI Landscape

HENDERSON, Nev., June 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Research Solutions (NASDAQ: RSSS), a leading provider of AI-powered scientific research tools, announces that its Scite platform has signed an indexing agreement with the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), the world's oldest and largest organization of microbiologists. Under this agreement, content from ASM's comprehensive portfolio of peer-reviewed journals will be indexed and analyzed by Scite's Smart Citations technology, providing researchers with unprecedented insight into how microbiology research is being cited and utilized across the scientific community.

This partnership adds ASM's prestigious journal portfolio to Scite's extensive network of publisher relationships—a key differentiator that sets Scite apart from other AI research platforms. While many AI companies operate without direct publisher partnerships, Scite has cultivated content agreements with more than 30 major publishers, enabling access to over 1.3 billion indexed citations from full-text scientific articles. Scite, in combination with Article Galaxy, helps researchers discover and access content, driving publishers' traffic and revenue. In fact, publishers with a Scite indexing agreement see an 11% increase in document supply revenues and experience approximately 2.5x more views per 1,000 articles than non-indexed partners.

"The American Society for Microbiology has been at the forefront of microbiological research for over a century, publishing some of the most influential work in the field," said Josh Nicholson, Chief Strategy Officer of Research Solutions. "By integrating ASM's journals into our Smart Citations platform, we're providing researchers with deeper insights into how microbiology research builds upon previous work, whether it supports or contrasts existing findings, and how it's being applied in subsequent studies. This level of citation intelligence is only possible through our extensive publisher partnerships."

Scite's Smart Citations provide rich contextual insights that traditional citation counts cannot deliver—extracting the specific sentences where references appear, identifying the section of the citing paper, and classifying whether the citation provides supporting, contrasting, or neutral evidence. This technology helps researchers quickly understand not just how often a paper is cited, but how and why it's being used by the scientific community.

"We're thrilled to partner with Scite. Their innovative approach to citations brings a vital level of clarity and insight into how our publications are referenced," said Karie Kirkpatrick, Journals Platform Analyst at ASM. "They are transforming traditional metrics into a richer, more meaningful framework, helping ASM and our research community to better understand the scholarly impact of our work."

The partnership will encompass ASM's full journal portfolio, including flagship publications such as Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Journal of Bacteriology, Journal of Virology, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, and other specialized microbiology journals. This content will join the existing citations already indexed by Scite from publishers including Wiley, The Royal Society, Wolters Kluwer, and many others.

"What distinguishes Scite in the AI research landscape is our commitment to working directly with publishers rather than simply scraping content," added Nicholson. "These partnerships ensure that we're providing researchers with comprehensive, accurate, and ethically-sourced information while respecting publisher rights and supporting the scientific publishing ecosystem."

The indexing agreement reflects the growing recognition of Smart Citations as an essential tool for modern research evaluation and discovery. Unlike traditional AI research tools that may lack direct publisher relationships, Scite's extensive partnership network enables comprehensive analysis of citation patterns across multiple disciplines and journals.

About Research Solutions

Research Solutions (NASDAQ: RSSS) is a vertical SaaS and AI company that simplifies research workflow for academic institutions, life science companies, and research organizations worldwide. As one of the only publisher-independent marketplaces for scientific, technical, and medical (STM) content, the company uniquely combines AI-powered tools—including an intelligent research assistant and full-text search capabilities—with seamless access to both open access and paywalled research. The platform enables organizations to discover, access, manage and analyze scientific literature more efficiently, accelerating the pace of scientific discovery.

About The American Society For Microbiology

Established in 1899, ASM is the home for microbial scientists from around the globe to connect, learn, discover and prepare for the future. ASM and its over 37,000 members partner with global organizations to solve the world's most pressing challenges. We connect with millions of experts and harness their science to serve humanity. From climate change, antimicrobial resistance, industrial, basic and applied microbiology, ASM is a leader in scientific publishing, stands for open science and advocates for evidence-based public policies.

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