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Linked research data from idea to impact
Dimensions data and solutions for discovery and analytics
The world’s largest linked research database
136m
Publications
7m
Grants
12m
Datasets
246m
Online Mentions
938k
Policy Documents
787k
Clinical Trials
153m
Patents
Dimensions covers millions of research publications connected by more than 1.8 billion citations, supporting grants, datasets, clinical trials, patents and policy documents.
136m publications from 107k journals, 59 preprint servers and over 1.6m books
Document Links
1.8 billion citations22m supporting grants 2.5m links to datasets 2.3m links to clinical trials 15m links to patents 2.4m links to policy documentsLinks to Organizations & Researchers
116m links to organizations 317m links to researchers 34m links to funders
Dimensions is the most comprehensive research grants database which links grants to millions of resulting publications, clinical trials and patents.
7m grants worth more than 2.3 trillion USD from 671 funders worldwide
20k resulting clinical trials
67k resulting patents
9m links to researchers
7m links to funders
Document Links
11m resulting publications20k resulting clinical trials
67k resulting patents
Links to Organizations & Researchers
7m links to organisations9m links to researchers
7m links to funders
Dimensions includes datasets from repositories such as Figshare, Dryad, Zenodo, Pangaea, and many more.
12m datasets from over 1k repositories worldwide
70m links to researchers
3.5m links to funders
Document Links
2.5m associated publicationsLinks to Organizations & Researchers
17m links to organisations70m links to researchers
3.5m links to funders
Dimensions provides up-to-the minute online attention data via Altmetric, showing you how often publications and clinical trials are discussed around the world.
246m Altmetric mentions with
19m links to publications
Policy documents with more than 2.4m links to publications show the societal impact of scholarly work.
938k policy documents
Clinical trials are experiments or observations done in clinical research – Dimensions surfaces links to publications, resulting online mentions, and supporting grants.
787k clinical trials from 15 sources
34k links to grants
762k links to researchers
574k links to funders
Document Links
532k links to publications34k links to grants
Links to Organizations & Researchers
2.1m links to organisations762k links to researchers
574k links to funders
Dimensions hosts millions of patents with links to other citing patents as well as to publications and supporting grants.
153m patents from 243 countries
266k links to grants
355k links to funders
67m links to assignees
Document Links
15m links to publications266k links to grants
Links to Organizations & Researchers
21m links to researchers355k links to funders
67m links to assignees
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