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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
139m
Publications
7m
Grants
12m
Datasets
253m
Online Mentions
1.6m
Policy Documents
791k
Clinical Trials
156m
Patents
Dimensions covers millions of research publications connected by more than 1.8 billion citations, supporting grants, datasets, clinical trials, patents and policy documents.
139m publications from 107k journals, 59 preprint servers and over 1.7m books
Document Links
1.8 billion citations23m supporting grants 2.6m links to datasets 2.4m links to clinical trials 16m links to patents 2.6m links to policy documentsLinks to Organizations & Researchers
119m links to organizations 324m links to researchers 35m 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 2.4 trillion USD from 686 funders worldwide
20k resulting clinical trials
68k resulting patents
10m links to researchers
7m links to funders
Document Links
11.3m resulting publications20k resulting clinical trials
68k resulting patents
Links to Organizations & Researchers
7m links to organisations10m 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
71m links to researchers
3.6m links to funders
Document Links
2.6m associated publicationsLinks to Organizations & Researchers
17m links to organisations71m links to researchers
3.6m 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.
253m Altmetric mentions with
19m links to publications
Policy documents with more than 2.5m links to publications show the societal impact of scholarly work.
1.6m policy documents
Clinical trials are experiments or observations done in clinical research – Dimensions surfaces links to publications, resulting online mentions, and supporting grants.
791k clinical trials from 15 sources
34k links to grants
765k links to researchers
577k links to funders
Document Links
535k links to publications34k links to grants
Links to Organizations & Researchers
2.2m links to organisations765k links to researchers
577k links to funders
Dimensions hosts millions of patents with links to other citing patents as well as to publications and supporting grants.
156m patents from 244 countries
272k links to grants
361k links to funders
68m links to assignees
Document Links
16m links to publications272k links to grants
Links to Organizations & Researchers
22m links to researchers361k links to funders
68m links to assignees
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