We wanted to find out what the think tank landscape looked like around the world. So, in this series we’ll use the Overton data to understand how think tanks are influencing policy, one country at a time.
Ahead of the On Think Tanks conference this week, Natalia Forrest reflects on why think tanks should measure their policy impact and outlines how the Overton app can help with this.
In this blog John Barbrook explains how Overton can be used as a tool for decolonising research. He outlines how the platform can help improve Systematic Review, and how he’s used it in his capacity as librarian to inform the best practice guidance...
In the last year there has been a dramatic increase in industrial action across Europe. In the UK alone, nurses, teachers, barristers, postal workers, railway workers, university staff, junior doctors and members of the civil service have all gone...
International Women’s Day is observed every year on March 8th. The day is meant to mark the achievements of women, but also to highlight the need to advocate for women’s rights and for further progress in the struggle for gender equality. An...
We’re excited to kick off conference season with a visit to the Expert Finders System International Forum 2023 in Miami and UKSG23 in Glasgow.
Policy impact is one of the most ‘efficient’ routes to REF stars - a fact which has not gone unnoticed by the Higher Education sector in the UK. In this blog, Overton reflects on the previous REF exercises, the challenges that persist and what the...
Citing research-based evidence in policymaking more often is a no-brainer. After all, it stands to reason that making and delivering decisions that affect the public should be well reasoned using the latest objective information available. However,...
A new report, entitled ‘From intent to impact: Investigating the effects of open sharing commitments’, jointly published by the Wellcome Trust, Gates Foundation and UKRI has made use of Overton’s policy document data to support their analysis.
On 20th September 2022, we travelled to Turku, Finland for the annual Nordic Workshop on Bibliometrics and Research Policy conference, to meet colleagues from across the sector and present a short lightning talk and poster. Our presentation focussed...
We help universities, think tanks and publishers understand the reach and influence of their research.
The Overton platform is the world’s largest searchable policy database, with almost 5 million documents from 29k organisations.
We track everything from white papers to think tank policy briefs to national clinical guidelines, and automatically find the references to scholarly research, academics and other outputs.
