Terms of Service

By accessing or using insightSci, available at insightsci.com, you agree to these Terms of Service. If you do not agree, you may not use the Service.

The Service is operated by insightSci Tecnologia e Inteligencia Cientifica Ltda., a Brazilian limited liability company headquartered in Vitoria, Espirito Santo, Brazil.

These Terms apply to individual researchers and to users acting on behalf of an institution.

The Service is intended for people aged 18 or older. By using insightSci, you represent that you have the legal capacity to enter into a binding agreement.

If you use insightSci on behalf of an institution, you represent that you are authorised to bind that institution to these Terms.

insightSci is a cloud-based SaaS science mapping and bibliometric intelligence platform. It supports semantic searches across a global scholarly index powered by OpenAlex, scientific production analysis by country, institution, author, journal and topic, personal reference libraries, AI-assisted literature reviews when enabled by plan, and dataset/reference exports in CSV, RIS and BibTeX.

The Service is built on Research Mapping Intelligence methodology, derived from peer-reviewed research published in Scientometrics (2022), MethodsX (2023), and Studies in English Language Teaching (2025).

Freemium includes unlimited thematic searches with up to 1,000 ranked records per session, one author-name search per UTC day, the analytical workspace, researcher analysis, Library, and data exports. Institution search and AI Literature Review require an eligible paid plan.

Premium Researcher includes unlimited author and institution searches with up to 1,000 ranked records per session, researcher analysis, exports, priority email support and 30 AI Literature Reviews per UTC month. Institutional access is contract-based and may include all matching session records, a shared monthly AI pool, multi-user access, onboarding and an account manager.

Paid plans are billed monthly or annually. Self-service Premium subscriptions and invoices are processed securely by Stripe; additional local payment methods or providers may be offered where available.

You may manage or cancel a self-service subscription from the Stripe billing portal linked in account settings, or contact support. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing cycle unless applicable law requires otherwise.

Scientific Review content is generated from references you select and objectives you define. It is a draft and must be reviewed, verified and edited by you before use.

AI output does not replace scholarly judgement, methodological review, citation verification or institutional research ethics requirements.

You may not use insightSci for unlawful purposes, share credentials, attempt to circumvent usage limits or access controls, disrupt the platform, scrape the Service outside authorised exports, or upload content that infringes the rights of others.

We may suspend or terminate access if an account breaches these Terms, engages in fraudulent activity, or uses the Service in a way that may harm users, third parties or the platform.

The platform, design, source code, methodology, brand and content, excluding user-generated content and open bibliographic records, are the property of insightSci Tecnologia e Inteligencia Cientifica Ltda.

OpenAlex bibliographic data is provided under open terms by OpenAlex and OurResearch. insightSci provides analytical tools over that data and does not claim ownership of the underlying bibliographic records.

Your research notes, concept tags, library collections and annotations remain your content. You grant insightSci a limited licence to store and process them solely to provide the Service.

Collection and use of personal data are governed by the Privacy Policy. By using the Service, you consent to processing described there, including processing under LGPD and GDPR where applicable.

The Service is provided as a research aid. We do not warrant that bibliographic data, citation counts, SJR matches, AI output or exports will be complete, error-free or suitable for every research purpose.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, insightSci is not liable for indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages arising from use of the Service.

These Terms are governed by the laws of Brazil. Disputes shall be resolved by the courts of Vitoria, Espirito Santo, Brazil, unless mandatory consumer protection law requires otherwise.

We may update these Terms from time to time and will notify users of material changes before they take effect.

Questions about these Terms may be sent to hello@insightsci.com. Product support may be sent to support@insightsci.com. Institutional inquiries may be sent to institutions@insightsci.com.