Inspec
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Plans and prices
From Inspec's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Inspec Analytics Plus | Priced on request | Optional upgrade with additional citation and collaboration features |
| Inspec Archive | Priced on request | Separate purchase; abstracts from 1898–1968; perpetual access available through a one-off purchase |
| Inspec subscription | Priced on request | Institutional subscription; includes Inspec research database and Inspec Analytics |
The facts
Each one read from Inspec's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Analytics features
- Inspec Analytics uses semantic technology and a knowledge graph to compare research trends across thousands of organisations and scientific concepts.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Analytics topics
- Inspec Analytics can monitor global trends across more than 14,000 research topics.checked 7 Oct 2026
- API and data
- The IET offers Inspec structured data through an API or direct data feed for use in customers’ own systems.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Audience
- Inspec Direct is designed for research discovery in the corporate, government, and academic sectors.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Coverage
- Inspec contains over 28 million records of research literature from hundreds of global publishers.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Included analytics
- Inspec subscriptions include access to the research database and Inspec Analytics.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Indexed material
- Inspec indexes journals, conference proceedings, preprints, dissertations, books, presentations and posters, videos, standards, and technical reports.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Inspec Direct
- Inspec Direct supports searching and reviewing peer-reviewed research and offers search and analysis tools with human-curated indexing.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Publisher selection
- The Inspec Publisher Relations team evaluates journals in physics, engineering, computing, and technology for possible inclusion.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Inspec is an online academic database with expert indexing for subject-specific and interdisciplinary research in engineering, physics and computer science.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Support
- The IET provides Inspec guides, platform user guides, and an Inspec Analytics user guide.checked 7 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 1967checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- London, United Kingdomchecked 28 Sep 2026
- Maker
- The IET says it was created in 2006 and describes itself as a global engineering and technology community.checked 7 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Vendor platforms
- Inspec is available through Derwent Innovation, Dialog Solutions, EBSCOhost, Engineering Village, OvidSP, ProQuest, and Web of Science.checked 7 Oct 2026
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