Themis Solutions

What Themis Solutions does

Research Solutions, Inc. (DBA Themis Solutions and Article Galaxy) is a US-domiciled cloud-based SaaS company founded in 2006 by Peter Derycz that provides scientific and scholarly literature discovery, access, and management tools to pharmaceutical, biotech, academic, and government research organizations. The company's flagship platform, Article Galaxy, provides on-demand and subscription access to over 120 million articles from 40,000+ journals and 600+ books, with pay-per-article transaction options alongside enterprise subscriptions. The product portfolio includes Article Galaxy Scholar (a library-supplement tool for academic institutions with access to 33,000+ journals), Scite (an AI-powered research tool with Smart Citations that classify how papers are supported or challenged in subsequent literature), References (collaborative reference management with shared annotations and Microsoft Word integration), and the Clinical Trial Landscape Solution (launched June 2024, covering 700,000+ global clinical trials).

The platform's underlying technology combines proprietary AI assets with third-party model dependencies. Smart Citations uses proprietary deep learning models trained on approximately 40,000 annotated citation statements to classify citation intent at scale across a corpus of 1.2 billion extracted citation statements from 3 million+ articles. Generative AI features including article summarization, Scite Assistant (a ChatGPT-for-research chatbot), and recommendation engines run on OpenAI (primary) and Anthropic (backup) private APIs, with Semantic Scholar powering article recommendations and Altmetric providing attention metrics. NLP-based document tagging, federated search, and metadata enrichment support the Clinical Trial Landscape product. The platform integrates with 70+ third-party discovery platforms including PubMed, Google Scholar, and Elsevier ScienceDirect via browser extensions and widgets.

The company operates a hybrid revenue model combining enterprise SaaS subscriptions, per-article transaction fees, copyright re-use rights licensing, and API/data licensing for partners embedding Smart Citations into their own platforms and AI systems. Go-to-market is primarily sales-led through direct enterprise field sales with a 'Request a Demo' CTA, supplemented by self-serve platform access for individual researchers and API distribution for partners. The company maintains wholly-owned subsidiaries including Reprints Desk, Inc. and Reprints Desk Latin America S. de RL de CV, and is privately held with founder Peter Derycz serving as CEO and President. Notable enterprise customers visible on the company website include Johnson & Johnson, Merck, GSK, Sanofi, Gilead, Vertex, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, General Mills, AB InBev, and Honeywell.

Name

Themis Solutions

Legal name

Research Solutions, Inc.

Website

https://themis-solutions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Research Solutions, Inc. (DBA Themis Solutions) provides a cloud-based SaaS platform for scientific and scholarly literature discovery, access, and management, serving pharmaceutical, biotech, academic, consumer goods, and government research organizations through its Article Galaxy, Scite, and References product lines with proprietary Smart Citations AI.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Burnaby

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Operations

Revenue model

1. Subscription SaaS Platform Access: Cloud-based platform subscription for Article Galaxy and Scite, providing literature search, access, and management capabilities. Likely tiered by organization size and feature access.
2. Pay-Per-Article (Transaction-based): On-demand article purchasing model where organizations pay for individual articles on a per-transaction basis. Platform provides instant access to 120M+ articles from 40,000+ journals with pricing based on the specific article and access type (download, rental, or scan).
3. Re-Use Rights Licensing: Copyright compliance and re-use rights verification service, integrated into the platform to ensure compliant use and sharing of research content. Generates revenue through associated licensing fees.
4. Data & API Access: Program allowing approved partners to leverage comprehensive datasets including Smart Citations and publication metrics through API integrations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Themis Solutions, operating as Research Solutions, Inc., provides cloud-based SaaS platforms that streamline scholarly literature discovery, on-demand access, and management for research teams. The flagship Article Galaxy platform delivers compliant full-text access to 120M+ articles across 40,000+ journals, complemented by Scite's AI-powered citation analysis, Article Galaxy Scholar for academic libraries, and reference management tools. Revenue is generated primarily through enterprise subscriptions, pay-per-article transactions, and API licensing.

Product overview

Research Solutions offers a cloud-based SaaS platform centered around Article Galaxy, a comprehensive research discovery, access, and management system. The portfolio includes Article Galaxy Scholar for academic institutions, Scite for AI-powered citation intelligence with Smart Citations and the Scite Assistant chatbot, References (Article Galaxy References) for collaborative reference management, Data & APIs for programmatic access, and specialized solutions like the Clinical Trial Landscape tool. The ecosystem integrates with major discovery platforms (PubMed, Google Scholar, Elsevier ScienceDirect), authentication systems (OpenAthens), copyright clearance (CLA, CCC), analytics tools (Altmetric), and leverages AI capabilities through OpenAI and Anthropic APIs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Article Galaxy: Cloud-based SaaS platform providing on-demand article access, literature discovery, access, and management for research teams.
• Article Galaxy Scholar
• Article Galaxy References
• Scite

Products and services

• Article Galaxy Cloud-based SaaS platform that gives research teams streamlined, compliant access to full-text scholarly articles, book chapters, and conference papers—optimizing costs, reducing redundant purchases, and centralizing literature discovery, access, and management.
• Article Galaxy Scholar Library-supplement tool that gives academic institutions instant access to over 33,000 journals, lets them customize access by department or publisher, tracks usage to guide budgeting, reduces reliance on interlibrary loan, and integrates seamlessly into existing workflows.
• Scite AI-powered research tool that shows how claims are supported or challenged across the literature using Smart Citations; provides citation-backed insights, metrics, and Scite Assistant for natural-language synthesis, enabling researchers to verify sources and accelerate literature reviews and discovery.
• Article Galaxy References Centralized reference management tool that helps organizations organize, share, annotate, search, and securely collaborate on their scholarly literature collections—improving efficiency, version control, compliance, and workflow integration.
• Data & APIs Program that embeds trusted content and citation intelligence into customer platforms and AI systems, providing article delivery, rights clearance, Scite's citation data, and research datasets through plug-and-play integrations for seamless, high-performance workflows.
• Clinical Trial Landscape Solution AI-powered clinical trial analysis tool providing inclusive, unbiased access to global clinical trial data; integrates data from ClinicalTrials.gov, WHO registries and internal documents with metadata enrichment, interactive visualizations, and report generation capabilities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Cut article spend by up to 30%
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration11 records

AI capability8 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA)coreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership integrating CLA's Check Permissions API into Article Galaxy Widget for quick look-up of copyright permissions, enhancing copyright compliance for Reprints Desk customers with CLA licenses.
• OpenAthens (Eduserv)coreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership providing secure authentication federation for Article Galaxy platform, offering single sign-on access to full-text content across science, technology, and medicine resources, eliminating multiple login credential management.
• PubMed NCBIcoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration enabling easy ordering of articles directly from PubMed search results pages through Article Galaxy Widget, simplifying content acquisition workflow.
• Elsevier ScienceDirectcoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration allowing users to extract content from ScienceDirect website for simplified viewing and shopping cart-like order experience within Article Galaxy.
• OpenAIcoreTechnology or IntegrationAPI partnership for AI-powered article summarization in Article Galaxy. OpenAI's private API service is used for AI interactions with commitment that customer data is not used for model training.
• AnthropicsupportingTechnology or IntegrationAPI partnership serving as backup for AI-powered features. Anthropic's API is used for AI interactions with similar data privacy commitments that customer data is not used for model training.
• Semantic ScholarcoreTechnology or IntegrationAI integration powering article summarization feature in Article Galaxy, enabling users to access crucial article information in concise paragraph summaries.
• Major Scholarly Publishers (Wiley, Royal Society, ACS, PNAS, Wolters Kluwer)coreTechnology or IntegrationIndexing agreements with major publishers enabling Smart Citations to be displayed on millions of articles across their platforms, showing how research is cited with supporting or contrasting context.
• Copyright Clearance Center (CCC)coreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration with reproduction rights organization to incorporate licensing information into Re-Use Insights feature, reflecting customer relationships for copyright compliance.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• ReadCube: Literature access, reference management, and PDF workflow tools for researchers. Closely comparable in scholarly literature management product surface.
• Digital Science: Owner of Dimensions, Altmetric, Figshare, and ReadCube. Most direct competitor in research intelligence, citation analytics, and scholarly literature management, with comparable enterprise SaaS positioning and overlapping customer base in pharma and academia.
• Scite (pre-acquisition context) / Semantic Scholar: AI-powered academic search engine operated by the Allen Institute. Direct adjacency to Scite in AI-driven scholarly search and citation analysis; current integration partner for AI summaries.
• Copyright Clearance Center (CCC): Central licensing and rights-clearance organization for scholarly content. Directly comparable in re-use rights licensing and a current integration partner of Research Solutions.

Emerging players

• ORCID: Researcher identifier and metadata infrastructure used across scholarly workflows. Adjacent infrastructure layer increasingly bundled into research platforms.
• Connected Papers: Visualization tool for exploring academic papers and their relationships. Adjacent competitor in AI-assisted literature discovery for individual researchers.
• Yewno / Yewno Disruptive Tech: AI-driven knowledge graph and discovery platform for scientific and financial literature. Comparable in applying AI/NLP to literature analysis and discovery.

Broad incumbents

• Elsevier: Largest scholarly publisher and operator of ScienceDirect, Scopus, SciVal, and Reaxys. Competes both as upstream content supplier and downstream analytics/workflow provider; Research Solutions integrates with but also depends on Elsevier content.
• Clarivate: Public incumbent operating Web of Science, Cortellis, and ScholarOne. Competes in citation indexing, research analytics, and scholarly workflow tools with a much broader portfolio of IP and data assets.
• ProQuest / Ex Libris (Clarivate): Academic library content and discovery platforms including Ex Libris Alma and ProQuest databases. Comparable in serving academic institutions with literature access and discovery tools.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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