Oxford Academic AI Discovery Assistant

Spec sheet

Purpose

It helps users find relevant peer-reviewed research on Oxford Academic using natural-language queries.Read 4 Oct 2026 · academic.oup.com

Security

The page says messages are encrypted with TLS and that IP addresses are monitored for abuse, while listed usage statistics include message timestamps, retrieved sources, anonymized identifiers, and feedback.Read 4 Oct 2026 · academic.oup.com

Privacy

Oxford Academic says prompts are not used to train the assistant and conversation histories are not recorded.Read 4 Oct 2026 · academic.oup.com

Support

The FAQ page directs users whose questions are not answered there to contact Oxford Academic.Read 4 Oct 2026 · academic.oup.com

Access

The assistant supports current versions of Edge, Firefox, Safari, and Chrome and is designed for screens including smartphones.Read 4 Oct 2026 · academic.oup.com

Authentication

Institutional access options listed include IP authentication, Shibboleth, OpenAthens, referring URL authentication, and library card login; EZproxy is not yet supported by many proxy services.Read 4 Oct 2026 · academic.oup.com

Conversation history

Conversation history is not kept, and users must copy information they want to retain.Read 4 Oct 2026 · academic.oup.com

Filters

Prompts can filter by book, chapter, journal, article, DOI, ISBN, and publication date.Read 4 Oct 2026 · academic.oup.com

Follow-up

Users can ask follow-up questions for more detail or to clarify their intent.Read 4 Oct 2026 · academic.oup.com

Language

The assistant can respond to prompts in languages other than English, but it is optimized for English and references content primarily written in English.Read 4 Oct 2026 · academic.oup.com

Limits

Users cannot upload documents, and content older than 20 years may be harder to surface than with traditional search.Read 4 Oct 2026 · academic.oup.com

Results

Each response returns ten content recommendations, with two-line synopses when an original abstract is available.Read 4 Oct 2026 · academic.oup.com

Scope

It searches Oxford Academic metadata and does not search the wider web.Read 4 Oct 2026 · academic.oup.com

Technology

The assistant uses a retrieval-augmented generation system and ChatGPT 4o-mini, grounding results in Oxford Academic content metadata.Read 4 Oct 2026 · academic.oup.com

Usage reporting

Assistant results are not yet included in COUNTER or other usage statistics, but visits to source content are captured as usual.Read 4 Oct 2026 · academic.oup.com

Plans and prices

Every Oxford Academic AI Discovery Assistant plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

• AI Search Engines#22 of 287.4