Dimensions helps academic research leaders uncover the strategic insights they need to shape a successful future

To lead your academic institution to success, you need a clear sense of how it’s doing, where it could improve and how it compares with others.

But universities often lack comprehensive, institution-wide research data, as well as the technical ability to turn data into actionable analysis. 

And amid shifting priorities and an increasingly complex research landscape, it’s hard for university and research leaders to see the big picture, compare themselves to their peers, build its reputation and make evidence-based decisions.

And that makes it a huge challenge to develop an effective research strategy.

But Dimensions solves this problem. The world’s largest linked research database joins the dots across the whole research landscape from idea to impact – including publications, data sets, awarded grants, patents records, policy documents and much more.

It’s quick and easy to find and evaluate the data you need, thanks to the integrated AI and easy-to-grasp visualizations. So you can speed up your decision-making and root your research strategy in rich insights. 

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Just some of what you can do with Dimensions…

Identify trends and connections

Dimensions helps reveal relationships and connections across the research enterprise. You can easily conduct horizon scanning; track and analyse research trends across publications, funding, and patents; compare your performance against your peers and understand the frequency of concepts in research.

See where funding is going

With over $2.5 trillion in globally-funded grant information, 146+ million publications and real-time citation data, it’s quick and easy to forecast what’s around the corner, see collaborations between academia, researchers and industry, and conduct gap analysis so you can make data-led decisions.

Connect and collaborate with wider audiences

Easily discover potential partners in specific fields or see who’s interacting in your field of research. Get the full picture of collaborations across disciplines and regions, including which have been the most productive.

Assess your institution’s strengths

Analyze peer group performance and impact, using custom metrics like FCR, RCR and Altmetric data, or internally benchmark your institution’s performance.

Gain researcher insights

Gauge a researcher’s experience by seeing their academic age; uncover any compliance issues or conflicts of interest; and see which researchers participate in ORCID.

Armed with these insights, you can:

  • Make data-driven decisions
  • Enhance your institution’s reputation
  • Create a strong research strategy 
  • Compare your organization against your peers

Talk to us and learn how we can help your institution

Dimensions is the leading source of insight for university leaders. And it’s refreshingly simple to use. To find out how it can benefit your specific institution, just contact us and we’ll be in touch.