In a groundbreaking move for scientific research and publishing, Wiley one of the world’s largest publishers, has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to launch a generative AI agent for scientific literature search. This marks the first time a publisher has released such an agent on AWS, expanding access to comprehensive, full-text literature discovery. The AI agent will be unveiled at the 7th annual AWS Life Sciences Symposium on May 6 in New York City.
A New Era of Literature Search for Life Sciences
Traditional literature search methods often focus on abstracts and keywords. Wiley’s new AI-powered agent goes further, enabling researchers to query and explore full-text content, including crucial sections like methods and results. This evolution significantly reduces the time required to uncover in-depth, actionable insights across life sciences research.
Features of the Wiley AI Agent:
- Full-Text Access Beyond Abstracts
Users can perform AI-powered searches across entire articles, providing visibility into rich data sets, methodologies, and detailed findings—essential for evidence-based research. - Integrated with AWS Healthcare & Life Sciences Toolkit
Part of AWS’s open-source toolkit, the agent contributes to a modular framework that supports use cases from biomarker discovery to protocol generation. - Creative Commons Journal Access
The AI agent enables searchable access to Wiley’s open-access journals like Cancer Medicine, delivering verified scientific insights in minutes rather than hours or days.
Executive Commentary:
“Our collaboration with AWS demonstrates how researchers can access and leverage scientific literature to power more effective discovery across the life sciences sector,” said Josh Jarrett, SVP and GM of AI Growth, Wiley. “This agent showcases the power of comprehensive search capabilities directly within researchers’ workflows.”
“The cure for cancer isn’t going to come from an abstract,” said Dan Sheeran, GM of Healthcare and Life Sciences, AWS. “It will come from deep interrogation of full-text content. With Wiley’s trusted research data and our AI capabilities, we’re helping make that possible.”
Enabling the Future of Scientific Discovery
With the AI agent built on AWS Bedrock Agents, researchers gain access to dynamic, detailed, and verifiable scientific literature in a user-centric, AI-assisted interface. This innovation reflects a growing trend: trusted, publisher-led AI tools enhancing the research process with transparency, attribution, and efficiency.
The initiative aligns with Wiley’s responsible AI framework, emphasizing:
- Human Oversight
- Transparency and Attribution
- Fairness and Inclusivity
- Governance and Data Integrity
The Wiley-AWS generative AI agent is a transformational leap forward in how life sciences researchers discover and synthesize information. By moving beyond abstract-only searches and integrating trusted publisher content with advanced AWS AI services, the collaboration positions itself as a cornerstone in the evolution of AI-powered scientific discovery.
As the life sciences sector continues to demand speed, precision, and innovation, Wiley and AWS are delivering the tools that will shape the next era of research breakthroughs.
