Dimensions Foresight

Proactive strategic intelligence for R&D and funding

Understanding what is happening now is not enough. To face the growing complexity of funding in the global research and technology landscape, you need to know what the future may hold.

Dimensions Foresight can help you do just that. This app allows you to transition from reactive assessments based on citation analysis to proactive strategic foresight backed by real-world news and data. This means less time spent drowning in spreadsheets and more time for you to fund the research of tomorrow.

Shifting from siloed workflows to everything you need in one place

With insights scattered across countless sources, early signals of change are easy to miss. Add in siloed workflows, dense jargon, and cognitive bias, and uncovering new applications or hidden patterns becomes even harder.

Dimensions Foresight provides all the information you need to uncover emerging research trends in one place.

Data by the numbers

To provide proactive strategic foresight, our platform draws from a massive, interconnected data universe:

Global publications

160M+ Global Publications

Comprehensive coverage of academic research to identify established and emerging trends.

Patents

177m+ Patents

Track the transition from theoretical research to protected intellectual property and commercial application.

Research funding

$3.4T+ in Research Funding

Analyze where the world’s largest funders are placing their bets to spot future opportunities before they hit the mainstream.

These data are further connected to commercial context through integration with Crunchbase and news sources. What used to take hours of manual work, you can now do in minutes, giving you more time to interpret your results and plan ahead for the future.

Make sure your funding decisions stand the test of time

By combining academic context with news sources and commercial information, users can:

Anticipate emerging technologies

Conduct analyses to identify emerging topics related to critical areas and assess their potential impact.

Map a research landscape

Map the global research activity in a specific field, identifying the key researchers, institutions, and funders.

Identify weak signals

Find emerging but rapidly growing research niches that are not yet well-defined by standard keywords, using text-based analysis to uncover hidden patterns.

Access future work statements

Access future work statements of a given topic and easily spot funding opportunities.

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