Overton's conference calendar May/June 22: come and say hi!
If you missed us at the EARMA 2022 conference in Oslo earlier in May, never fear – there are lots more opportunities to meet the Overton team over the coming month!
Overton blog
For the latest Overton data stories,
comment and product updates
Join the newsletter
Posts by Overton:
Overton's EARMA presentation: How do researchers influence policy?
3rd May 2022 By: Overton
This week, we're heading to Oslo for the EARMA 2022 conference. We're really excited to be be attending an in-person conference after a long hiatus, and to participate in discussions on research support in the new normal – the theme of the event.
Characteristics of Overton's data
8th April 2022 By: Overton
Overton's database of policy document is extensive – at the time of writing, we have 6,069,397 policy documents from 30,644 policy organizations – and we're adding more all the time. On top of making their full text searchable we categorize and...
New feature: Shareable reports
6th April 2022 By: Overton
When you run a search of Overton's policy document database, you can view the results in a list or as a summary report which shows you the characteristics of the set of documents. For example, which policy sources published the documents, which...
KEF review mentions Overton as potential tool for tracking policy impact
17th March 2022 By: Overton
As elsewhere, engaging with stakeholders outside the academy has become a key area of focus for UK institutions. Knowledge Exchange teams play an integral role in these activities, building relationships with communities, businesses,...
Overton proud to support Research Impact Summit 2021
30th September 2021 By: Overton
We're proud to be able to support this year's Research Impact Summit as a Diamond sponsor.
Singapore Management University interviews Overton's Euan Adie
30th September 2021 By: Overton
Aaron Tay at Singapore Management University conducted a Q&A with Overton's founder and director Euan Adie, which has been published on the SMU website.
Introducing Overton
23rd September 2019 By: Overton
Overton.io is the world's largest database of policy documents, their authors - think tanks, NGOs, IGOs and governments - and the research that they cite. We've been developing it quietly with some partners for the past year or so and we're...
What is Overton
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.