metaphactory by Digital Science delivers a seamless, AI-ready Knowledge Graph experience to SAP customers, enabling them to model, explore, and build AI applications on enterprise data. With this integration, customers can build and manage their own custom knowledge layer on top of their enterprise data.
Digital Science has appointed Charlesworth as its strategic sales partner for Altmetric and Dimensions in China's scholarly publishing sector. The partnership aims to support the growing demand for research data and information, enabling publishers to access high-quality research insights and understand the reach and attention generate...
Cassyni research talks now carry an Altmetric Attention Score, with talks and seminars measurable and visible in Altmetric badges. This partnership tracks expert attention and discussion, providing a more complete view of research influence.
The 2027 APE Award for Innovation in Scholarly Communication honors innovators improving scholarly communication. The award, presented at the 22nd Academic Publishing in Europe APE Conference, recognizes individuals who bring innovation to research and the academic publishing community.
The Digital Science Catalyst Grant 2026 seeks novel applications of agentic AI workflows that can benefit any part of the research lifecycle, including areas such as data management and knowledge discovery. The grant aims to support early-stage solutions building research agents with provenance, governance, and accountability.
The new integrations provide enterprise AI agents direct access to live, structured research data from Dimensions' 430M+ interconnected records. This allows for AI-assisted analytics across one of the world's most comprehensive linked views of global research activity.
The Altmetric MCP brings real-world engagement data into AI workflows, capturing broader research impact beyond citation counts. This enables medical affairs teams and researchers to demonstrate the value of their work across societal platforms.
Papers AI provides a fully integrated AI assistant that reads project drafts, datasets, and references together, reducing the need to re-explain context. The platform supports various file types, including Word, Markdown, Jupyter notebooks, and CSV files, and ensures data never leaves users' hardware.
Daniel Hook steps down as Digital Science CEO after 11 years, handing over to Stephen Leicht, who aims to build on the company's success. Leicht has been part of the Digital Science story since 2013 and is focused on growth and innovation.
Dimensions Research Strategy is an AI analytics platform that provides evidence-backed strategic briefs based on the world's most interconnected research data. The platform aims to support university leadership in benchmarking and expertise, offering verifiable intelligence for informed decision-making.
Dimensions Citation Check API detects self-citation, evaluates instances in context, and provides risk ratings for journal editors' decision-making. The tool aims to safeguard research integrity by addressing the challenge of excessive or gratuitous self-citation.
The new feature combines AI-Assisted Data Entry and AI-Assisted CV Import capabilities, allowing researchers and administrators to quickly generate structured records from CVs and unstructured documents. Human-in-the-loop safeguards ensure explicit user review and confirmation before data is applied to a profile.
The FoSci Report 2026 examines individual paper-level fraud, coordinated criminal networks, systemic structural failures, and risks to government research. It charts the maturity and gaps in current research integrity practice, arguing that isolated infractions often signal more systemic issues.
Digital Science has upgraded its world-leading Dimensions Research Security platform with a full workflow solution addressing growing volumes, fragmented tools, and rising compliance pressure. The new solution enables proactive research security work with reduced manual effort, making it easier to generate, customize, and access reports.
Compass combines Dimensions citation data and Altmetric attention metrics in a single platform, providing real-time publication intelligence. This solution addresses the fragmented data challenge faced by medical affairs teams, enabling them to make informed strategic decisions and communicate impact more effectively.
The new Altmetric Attention Digest streamlines research impact communication by automatically generating concise, narrative summaries of a research output's attention and influence. This feature provides a deeper understanding of who's engaging with the research, how it's being received, and its real-world impact across diverse channels.
Digital Science acquires Ontopic, a pioneer in Virtual Knowledge Graph technology, to democratize research data and provide enterprise-grade AI solutions. The acquisition enables users to build and access Knowledge Graphs directly from existing data sources.
Digital Science is partnering with HERSA to support universities across the UK in boosting research security and integrity. The collaboration will help institutions develop a Trusted Research Hub and host a dedicated community forum for export control and research security practitioners.
The partnership integrates Dimensions Author Check API into ScholarOne Manuscripts, providing publishers with reliable insights into authors' and reviewers' publishing histories. This integration enables quick detection of unusual activities, such as retractions or atypical collaboration patterns.
The State of Open Data report shows open data has become embedded into research practice with FAIR awareness widely recognized. Researchers need systems that reward openness and workflows that make sharing effortless to sustain progress.
Dr Anita Bandrowski has been awarded the 2026 APE Award for Innovation in Scholarly Communication for her innovative work on open research infrastructure. Her efforts have improved scientific transparency and reproducibility through the use of persistent identifiers, increasing discoverability to over a million RRIDs.
The Select Committee report reveals US government-funded research collaborations with Chinese military entities, highlighting the need for balancing academic freedom and national security interests. Digital Science's Dimensions platform provides trusted data to identify hidden connections and potential risks.
Two US-based teams, FigureTwo and Syntheos, have won Digital Science's 2025 Catalyst Grant for their innovative data visualization projects. FigureTwo transforms static figures into interactive visuals, while Syntheos maps ideas across research communities to show impact.
The partnership brings together Kharon's risk intelligence with Digital Science's Dimensions Research Security platform to help institutions identify foreign influence, export control, and compliance risks. The joint solution enables institutions to safeguard their research in a complex global landscape.
Overleaf is introducing a new AI assistant that combines advanced capabilities with its intuitive editor. The tool helps researchers spend less time coding and more time producing high-quality work. The new features are available in Overleaf Labs and provide a research-focused writing assistant and a first-of-its-kind citation reviewer.
The 2026 APE Award for Innovation in Scholarly Communication is now open for applications. The award celebrates innovators who bring new ways of thinking and collaborative approaches to improve scholarly communication. Past recipients include Dr Daniel Hook, CEO of Digital Science.
Altmetric adds podcasts as an attention source, reflecting in distinctive badges and attention scores. Podcasts provide narrative-driven evidence for research impact, enriching the understanding of research influence across domains.
A report by Digital Science assesses Australia's National Persistent Identifier (PID) Strategy, highlighting strengths and weaknesses. The study recommends improving data citation and ORCID adoption for non-traditional research outputs.
The new API helps compliance teams quickly identify potential areas of concern and streamline reviews, strengthening oversight and safeguarding funding and reputations. It enables the review of researchers and collaborators with structured data that supports efficient workflows.
Researchers associated with a fictitious network have collectively netted millions of dollars in funding from the US, Japan, Ireland, and other nations. The investigation highlights weaknesses in research and publishing systems that can be exploited for personal gain.
Altmetric introduces AI-powered sentiment analysis to provide deeper insights into research public response and impact. The new feature leverages advanced technology to interpret and visualize sentiment behind mentions on key social media platforms.
The grant aims to support novel applications of data visualization technology that benefit various stakeholders in the research ecosystem. Successful applicants will receive up to £25,000 for their innovative tech ideas.
The 2025 Global 250 patent ranking reveals Chinese companies as the strongest foothold in global innovation, commanding seven of the Top 10 positions. Japanese companies also appear high on the list, with Canon and Panasonic among the top-ranked companies.
Emerald Publishing has adopted Dimensions Author Check to improve research integrity and transparency. The platform provides a fast and reliable way for publishers to verify authors' publishing and collaboration histories, helping them spot unusual activities such as retractions or atypical collaboration patterns.
Bloomsbury is introducing Altmetric Explorer to track social attention and sharing of its publications, providing insights into reach, impact, and value. The tool will inform future editorial strategy and improve reader engagement.
The Digital Science relaunches its Scientometric Researcher Access to Data (SRAD) program, offering non-commercial scientometric studies free access to Altmetric and Dimensions data. The expanded program also provides access to Dimensions on BigQuery, enabling researchers to answer complex questions with big data.
The new Dimensions Author Check API enables publishers to integrate research integrity checks into their workflows, identifying potential issues such as retractions and unusual co-authorship patterns. This facilitates confident editorial decision-making and increases trust in science.
A new report by Digital Science reveals China is outstripping the rest of the world in AI research, with a nationwide innovation ecosystem and a young, growing workforce. The UK remains small but globally impactful, while the EU risks falling behind due to weaker international collaboration.
Symplectic Elements now offers AI-generated summaries for publication abstracts, enhancing public profiles and increasing research visibility. The new functionality supports researchers and institutions in showcasing their research outputs and discoverability.
Digital Science has awarded Catalyst Grants to two teams developing enhanced dashboards to flag retracted research papers. PostPub aims to address awareness and accountability issues, while VIRUS creates a real-time visualization system for scientific sleuths and researchers.
The Digital Science Advisory Board will provide strategic guidance to the company, ensuring responsible and reliable innovations for the communities that invest trust. The board comprises six global experts from various fields, including research funding, academic management, and technology development.
Raym Crow, a leading expert in mission-driven open publishing, has won the APE Award for Innovation in Scholarly Communication. The award recognizes his significant impact on sustainable and equitable open publishing models.
US patent grants increased by 3.8% to 324,043, with Samsung retaining the top spot for the third consecutive year. Contract chip maker TSMC rose to second place with a 8% increase in patents.
The Forensic Scientometrics Paris Declaration aims to detect and prevent fake science by flagging problematic papers, actors, and systems. It combines forensic investigation and scientometrics to uphold scientific integrity and public trust.
Bluesky is now a recognized attention source for published research, with Altmetric tracking over 395,000 mentions of research on the platform. This integration provides researchers and institutions with insights into their work's real-world influence.
The latest report in the State of Open Data series provides quantitative analysis on the growth of open data sharing globally. Key findings show a strong growth in papers linking to data from universities, and policies for open data sharing are now more consistent globally.
The partnership aims to enhance research security and compliance, providing institutions with tools to safeguard data and intellectual property. Dimensions Research Security enables quick identification of potential risks and verification of disclosures.
A new report by Symplectic showcases how research information management systems drive academic-industry partnerships, highlighting the benefits of collaboration for both parties. The report explores successful strategies and technologies used by universities and industry partners, including Digital Science's solutions.
The APE Award for Innovation in Scholarly Communication is now open for applications, honoring individuals who bring innovation to the field. Established by Digital Science and the Berlin Institute for Scholarly Publishing, the award includes €1,000 prize money.
Altmetric adds Clinical Guidelines as an attention source to track the impact of research in clinical practice. This enables users to see attention from Clinical Guidelines and gain insights into the practical applications and long-term impact of their research.