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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
134m
Publications
6m
Grants
12m
Datasets
239m
Online Mentions
933k
Policy Documents
759k
Clinical Trials
151m
Patents
Dimensions covers millions of research publications connected by more than 1.7 billion citations, supporting grants, datasets, clinical trials, patents and policy documents.
134m publications from 107k journals, 62 preprint servers and over 1.6m books
Document Links
1.7 billion citations21m supporting grants 2.4m links to datasets 2.2m links to clinical trials 15m links to patents 2.4m links to policy documentsLinks to Organizations & Researchers
113m links to organizations 309m links to researchers 32m links to funders
Dimensions is the most comprehensive research grants database which links grants to millions of resulting publications, clinical trials and patents.
6m grants worth more than 2.4 trillion USD from 670 funders worldwide
16k resulting clinical trials
66k resulting patents
9m links to researchers
6m links to funders
Document Links
10.4m resulting publications16k resulting clinical trials
66k resulting patents
Links to Organizations & Researchers
7m links to organisations9m links to researchers
6m links to funders
Dimensions includes datasets from repositories such as Figshare, Dryad, Zenodo, Pangaea, and many more.
12m datasets from over 1k repositories worldwide
68m links to researchers
3.3m links to funders
Document Links
2.4m associated publicationsLinks to Organizations & Researchers
16m links to organisations68m links to researchers
3.3m 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.
239m Altmetric mentions with
19m links to publications
Policy documents with more than 2.4m links to publications show the societal impact of scholarly work.
933k policy documents
Clinical trials are experiments or observations done in clinical research – Dimensions surfaces links to publications, resulting online mentions, and supporting grants.
759k clinical trials from 15 sources
28k links to grants
746k links to researchers
294k links to funders
Document Links
513k links to publications28k links to grants
Links to Organizations & Researchers
2.1m links to organisations746k links to researchers
294k links to funders
Dimensions hosts millions of patents with links to other citing patents as well as to publications and supporting grants.
151m patents from 243 countries
263k links to grants
351k links to funders
66m links to assignees
Document Links
15m links to publications263k links to grants
Links to Organizations & Researchers
21m links to researchers351k links to funders
66m links to assignees
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