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  "name": "Dimensions (Digital Science)",
  "description": "Dimensions is a modern research information platform that links publications, grants, patents, and clinical trials. It is designed to provide a comprehensive view of the research landscape beyond traditional citation metrics. Launched by Digital Science, it leverages AI and linked data to help universities, funders, and publishers track research impact.",
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  "baiScore": 74,
  "archetype": "Challenger",
  "category": "Research Technology",
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    {
      "slug": "ex-libris-esploro",
      "name": "Ex Libris Esploro"
    },
    {
      "slug": "openalex",
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    {
      "slug": "clarivate",
      "name": "Clarivate"
    },
    {
      "slug": "elsevier-scopus",
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  "updatedAt": "2026-04-10T09:38:52.533+00:00",
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    "website": "dimensions.ai",
    "founded": "2018",
    "headquarters": "London, UK (Global HQ - Digital Science)",
    "pricing_model": "Freemium (Free for personal research, Subscription for institutional/enterprise analytics)",
    "core_products": "Dimensions Free (Discovery), Dimensions Analytics, Dimensions Plus, API Access",
    "key_differentiator": "It is the only major citation database that natively links publications to the specific grants that funded them and the patents/clinical trials they influenced.",
    "target_markets": "Academic Institutions, Government Funders, Corporate R&D, Publishers",
    "employee_count": "Not publicly available",
    "funding_stage": "Not publicly available",
    "subcategory": "Research Analytics & Citation Databases"
  },
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      "Manual scholarly search engines: Using Google Scholar, PubMed, or ArXiv to manually aggregate citations and research outputs.",
      "Research Intelligence Agencies: Commissioning academic bibliometricians or research strategy consultants to perform custom landscape analysis."
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      "research database with grant data",
      "linked research intelligence platform",
      "best citation index for researchers",
      "patent and publication mapping tool",
      "how to track research impact for universities",
      "Legacy Citation Databases: Using traditional library catalogues or basic citation indexes that lack advanced Altmetric or grant data."
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