Strategic expertise across every dimension that matters. On demand, for every institution.
Many research institutions rely on Dimensions data for analysis and reporting. But turning that data into strategic decisions — credible benchmarking, a clear picture of expertise, answers that hold up in a board meeting — can still take weeks of analytical work, significant resource, or both. That standard of analysis has historically been accessible only to institutions with the budget for dedicated research intelligence support.
Dimensions Research Strategy changes that. It’s the agentic AI research analytics platform that works alongside you, augmenting you and your team. Built on Dimensions and Altmetric data and encoded with over a decade of Digital Science analyst expertise, it reasons through complex strategic questions the way a skilled research domain expert would — on demand, at scale, with full provenance on every finding.
Ask a question. Interrogate the answer. Iterate on new lines of enquiry. The analysis evolves alongside your thinking, with every finding traceable back to its primary data source.
What it gives you
Expert thinking, built in
The approaches and methodology Digital Science’s research analysts have refined across thousands of hours of practise, made available on demand to every institution that needs it.
The full picture, connected for context
Dimensions Research Strategy combines Dimensions and Altmetric across publications, grants, patents, clinical trials, policy documents and real-world attention signals for deep, multifaceted analysis. The connections are where the insight lives.
The answers leaders need, without the wait
Assembling that connected picture for a single strategic question currently takes a skilled analyst weeks — if it’s possible at all with existing tools. Dimensions Research Strategy compresses that to a single session, without waiting for analysis to be commissioned.
Research strategy on your own terms
Most research analytics tools impose their own topic structures. Dimensions Research Strategy starts from the institution’s own questions: define research areas and peer groups in plain language, and the analysis reasons from there.
Full provenance for findings leaders can defend
Every finding links back to its primary data source, ensuring that every analysis you deliver is auditable and repeatable. When a number needs defending – to a board, a funder, or a government body – the evidence chain is there.
165m+
Publications
8m+
Grants
41m+
Researcher profiles
5Bn+
connections between research objects
Two use cases – and more to come. One strategic workflow. Answers in a single session.
Benchmarking
Define the research areas and peer groups that matter — the institutions actually competing for the same talent, funding and impact — then reason through a multi-dimensional comparison across research output, citation impact, collaboration reach, funding competitiveness and societal engagement. Benchmarking that tells you where to focus, not just where you rank.
Expertise
Dimensions Research Strategy surfaces your environment of expertise. Understand who is working in areas that matter to your strategy – at your institution, at peer institutions, or across the global landscape. Identify expertise that complements your capabilities, surface potential collaborators, and explore profiles across outputs, collaboration networks, field standing, and real-world impact. The insights inform your process, while decisions remain with you.
Technical details
Dimensions Research Strategy is an AI research strategy platform built on the same Dimensions and Altmetric data that institutions already use for analysis and reporting. It is available as a separately licensed product.
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