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How Dimensions Empowers Agencies Navigate EO 14303

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 14:02:14 +0000

With the August 22, 2025 deadline for Executive Order 14303 (EO 14303) rapidly approaching, federal agencies are navigating new, comprehensive requirements to uphold research integrity. The stakes are high because agencies must demonstrate auditable compliance with standards for reproducibility, transparency, and conflict-of-interest (COI) management. Failure to meet these standards risks not only…

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How Dimensions is illuminating scholarly publishing’s hidden diversity

Wed, 09 Jul 2025 08:45:56 +0000

A recent article published in PLOS ONE, ‘Scholarly Publishing’s Hidden Diversity’, presents a key finding in the scholarly publishing landscape, one that validates what Dimensions has long championed: inclusive indexing. The study’s conclusion is that inclusive indexing matters, and it is reshaping our understanding of global scholarly publishing. Historically, the dominance of a handful…

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How Dimensions supports research security in a politicized era

Thu, 19 Jun 2025 11:32:17 +0000

What was once a mostly collegial and curiosity-driven endeavor is now a domain increasingly shaped by strategic interests, political alignment, and national security concerns. That’s the sobering assessment of the growing influence of geopolitics on the global research ecosystem, as offered by Juergen Wastl, Digital Science’s VP Research Evaluation and Global Challenges, in his recent blog post…

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Research security in the age of AI: why it matters

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 13:00:34 +0000

As artificial intelligence transforms research methods and global scientific collaboration becomes more interconnected, ensuring the security and integrity of research has become a core responsibility for institutions, funders, and governments worldwide. With this rising complexity, solutions like Dimensions Research Security are playing a critical role in helping organizations understand…

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Highlighting the use of Dimensions data in “Research Transformation”

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 16:50:08 +0000

How are emerging trends in open research shaping the future of academia, and what challenges do they present? As international collaborations grow, what benefits do they offer, and what risks might they introduce? This article delves into these critical questions, examining their impact on the global research landscape – as highlighted by Dimensions data and Digital Science’s Research…

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Unveiling the FemTech funding and innovation gap: A Dimensions data analysis

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 10:53:26 +0000

The article “Tracking the FemTech Research Boom“ by Emily Alagha, published on Digital Science’s blog, utilizes Dimensions data to analyze the rapid growth of the FemTech sector, highlighting trends, funding disparities, and innovation gaps in women’s health technology. Funding disparities: Dimensions data reveals that global funding agencies have allocated approximately $1.06…

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Can Dimensions GBQ uncover structural imbalances in peer review?

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 10:06:24 +0000

The peer review system is fundamental to academic publishing. It has been set in place to ensure the quality and credibility of research. However, as publication numbers have continued to grow, so have concerns about reviewer availability and workload distribution. While an increase in the number of publications could mean a comparable increase in the number of reviewers, real-world data suggests…

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Dimensions for exploring research publishing trends: a deep dive with James Butcher

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:14:54 +0000

The access to data-driven insights continues to change academic publishing. This impacts a wide range of roles, from researchers tracking emerging trends to journal editors analyzing publishing patterns, and publishers trying to refine open access (OA) strategy. Having the right tools, such as Dimensions, means you can stay on top of the evolving academic publishing scene. So…

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How Dimensions Author Check can strengthen research integrity: insights from Leslie McIntosh

Mon, 20 Jan 2025 13:16:51 +0000

Dr Leslie McIntosh, Vice President of Research Integrity at Digital Science, recently shared her insights on how Dimensions Author Check addresses some of the challenges related to research integrity. With the changes in open science, globalization, and technology, tools that reinforce the integrity of research have become important. According to Dr McIntosh, three forces are reshaping…

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Quo vadis UK engineering research? Insights on results from the last 15 years of UK engineering to look into the future

Mon, 25 Nov 2024 12:12:39 +0000

Digital Science’s recently released report “Trends in Engineering Research” draws on data from Dimensions to provide a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of the UK’s engineering research output from 2007 to 2021. Sponsored by the Royal Academy of Engineering, this report sheds light on the UK’s global standing in engineering research, its strengths, and the areas where action is needed to…

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