Digital Science (ReadCube/Dimensions)
London-based technology company building tools and investments across the research lifecycle
Wikipedia – Digital ScienceDigital Science (Digital Science & Research Solutions Ltd) is a technology company headquartered in London, England, founded in 2010. It focuses on strategic investments into startup companies supporting the research lifecycle. Originally the technical division of Nature Publishing Group/Macmillan, it now operates as an independent company under the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group.
The company has been led by CEO Daniel W. Hook since 2015 and was founded by Timo Hannay. Its portfolio of research management products includes Altmetric, the Global Research Identifier Database, Dimensions, Overleaf, and ReadCube.
Dimensions provides access to a comprehensive collection of grants, patents, publications, and clinical trials, offering visualizations, purpose-built applications, and integrated AI tools to help researchers, funders, and R&D teams identify new technologies, spot research opportunities, and make strategic decisions. ReadCube develops tools to make scholarly literature more accessible and connected; in February 2024 it launched a Literature Review feature, with founder and CEO Robert McGrath noting that systematic literature reviews have traditionally been time-consuming and manual.
Given its focus on AI-enabled research data tools, visualizations, and literature management, innovations in this space are directly relevant to Digital Science's products and mission.