Digital Science News Releases

Digital Science Appoints Stephen Leicht as CEO; Daniel Hook Joins Holtzbrinck Group as Chief Scientific Officer

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:00:00 -0400

Leadership transition effective 1 August 2026; Hook to remain closely connected to Digital Science and the global research community London, United Kingdom--(Newsfile Corp. - July 31, 2026) - Digital Science today announced that Daniel Hook will take up the newly created role of Chief Scientific Officer at parent company Holtzbrinck Group, with Stephen Leicht, currently President, succeeding him as Chief Executive Officer effective 1 August 2026.Daniel Hook (left) has been appointed Chief...

Digital Science Announces Dimensions Research Strategy: AI Analytics for Research Strategy on Demand

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 05:00:00 -0400

From a single question to a complete, evidence-backed strategic brief - built on the world's most interconnected research data and a decade of research intelligence expertise London, United Kingdom--(Newsfile Corp. - July 6, 2026) - Digital Science, a leading technology company serving stakeholders across the research ecosystem, today announced its forthcoming Dimensions Research Strategy, an AI analytics platform built to reason through complex strategic questions the way a skilled research...

Digital Science Launches Dimensions Citation Check API for Self-Citation Risk Screening

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:16:00 -0400

New tool helps journal editors detect and assess potential citation manipulation in academic papers London, United Kingdom--(Newsfile Corp. - June 16, 2026) - Digital Science, a leading technology company serving stakeholders across the research ecosystem, today announced Dimensions Citation Check - offering journal editors a practical, scalable tool to help safeguard research integrity.Citation Check is an API-based editorial tool that automatically detects self-citation in manuscript...

Digital Science Launches AI-Assisted Profile Curation in Symplectic Elements

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 05:00:00 -0400

New capability converts CVs and unstructured documents into structured faculty profiles - accelerating researcher onboarding at scale London, United Kingdom--(Newsfile Corp. - June 1, 2026) - Digital Science, a leading technology company serving stakeholders across the research ecosystem, today announced a new suite of AI-powered capabilities for Symplectic Elements that streamline how research information is captured and maintained across higher education institutions.The new AI-Assisted...

Digital Science Upgrades Dimensions Research Security to a Complete, Audit-Ready Solution

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 05:00:00 -0400

World-leading research security platform now delivers full workflow - from initial screening to actionable, defensible risk reports London, United Kingdom--(Newsfile Corp. - April 28, 2026) - Digital Science today announced a major upgrade to its world-leading Dimensions Research Security platform - replacing dynamic dashboards with a full workflow solution that helps compliance teams to screen, analyze, and document research security risks.Built on Dimensions - the world's largest...

Digital Science Introduces Compass by Dimensions to Transform Medical Affairs Publication Insights

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 05:01:00 -0400

Compass unifies citation data and attention metrics in a single solution for real-time publication intelligence London, United Kingdom--(Newsfile Corp. - April 20, 2026) - Digital Science, a leading technology company serving stakeholders across the research ecosystem, today announced the launch of Compass by Dimensions, a dedicated publication impact tracking solution designed for medical affairs teams.Compass - initially available to publication planners and medical affairs professionals in a...

Digital Science Announces Altmetric Attention Digest to Transform Research Impact Communication

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:05:00 -0400

Decode research's societal impact and see what drives attention - combining Altmetric's data insights with powerful GenAI narratives London, United Kingdom--(Newsfile Corp. - March 26, 2026) - Digital Science, a leading technology company serving stakeholders across the research ecosystem, is pleased to announce a new AI-powered feature for Altmetric that makes it easier to understand and communicate research impact.The new Altmetric Attention Digest streamlines the process of demonstrating...

Digital Science Acquires Ontopic to Accelerate the Customer Journey for Enterprise Knowledge Graphs

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 08:00:00 -0400

London, United Kingdom and Bolzano, Italy--(Newsfile Corp. - March 25, 2026) - Digital Science, a technology company providing innovative solutions to stakeholders across the research ecosystem, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Ontopic, a pioneer in Virtual Knowledge Graph technology.Based in Bolzano, Italy, Ontopic is a spin-off from the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano and is renowned for its expertise in Ontop, the leading open-source framework for Virtual Knowledge Graphs (VKG) and...

Digital Science and Silverchair Partner to Bring Researcher Identity and Integrity Screening into Editorial Workflows

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 05:00:00 -0500

London, United Kingdom--(Newsfile Corp. - January 29, 2026) - Digital Science and Silverchair have partnered to further support research integrity for publishers by integrating the Dimensions Author Check API into ScholarOne Manuscripts as part of the Silverchair Universe program.Built on Digital Science's Dimensions - the world's largest interconnected global research database - Dimensions Author Check provides unmatched transparency into authors', editors', and reviewers' publishing and...

Longest Running Study into Open Research Practices Shows Strong Researcher Adoption, yet Recognition Gaps and Regional Variations Remain

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 05:00:00 -0500

Digital Science, Figshare and Springer Nature publish the new results in The State of Open Data 2025: A Decade of Progress and Challenges London, United Kingdom and New York, New York and Berlin, Germany--(Newsfile Corp. - January 26, 2026) - The 10th anniversary edition of the State of Open Data report, published by Digital Science, Figshare and Springer Nature, shows that open data has become strongly embedded into research practice with FAIR* awareness now widely recognised, AI is reshaping...