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Inspec

London, United Kingdom

Plans and prices

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

Every plan, in full

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Analytics features
Inspec Analytics uses semantic technology and a knowledge graph to compare research trends across thousands of organisations and scientific concepts.theiet.org · read 7 Oct 2026
Analytics topics
Inspec Analytics can monitor global trends across more than 14,000 research topics.theiet.org · read 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.theiet.org · read 7 Oct 2026
Audience
Inspec Direct is designed for research discovery in the corporate, government, and academic sectors.theiet.org · read 7 Oct 2026
Coverage
Inspec contains over 28 million records of research literature from hundreds of global publishers.theiet.org · read 7 Oct 2026
Included analytics
Inspec subscriptions include access to the research database and Inspec Analytics.theiet.org · read 7 Oct 2026
Indexed material
Inspec indexes journals, conference proceedings, preprints, dissertations, books, presentations and posters, videos, standards, and technical reports.theiet.org · read 7 Oct 2026
Inspec Direct
Inspec Direct supports searching and reviewing peer-reviewed research and offers search and analysis tools with human-curated indexing.theiet.org · read 7 Oct 2026
Maker
The IET says it was created in 2006 and describes itself as a global engineering and technology community.theiet.org · read 7 Oct 2026
Publisher selection
The Inspec Publisher Relations team evaluates journals in physics, engineering, computing, and technology for possible inclusion.theiet.org · read 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.theiet.org · read 7 Oct 2026
Support
The IET provides Inspec guides, platform user guides, and an Inspec Analytics user guide.theiet.org · read 7 Oct 2026
Vendor platforms
Inspec is available through Derwent Innovation, Dialog Solutions, EBSCOhost, Engineering Village, OvidSP, ProQuest, and Web of Science.theiet.org · read 7 Oct 2026

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