Digital Science is a technology company with
its headquarters in London, United Kingdom.
The company focuses on strategic investments
into startup companies that support the research
lifecycle.
== History ==
Digital Science was founded in 2010.
It was initially the technical division of
Nature Publishing Group/Macmillan and is now
is operated as an independent company by Holtzbrinck
Publishing Group.
They are one of the organizers of Science
Foo Camp along with Nature, Google and O'Reilly.Since
2013, Digital Science has released a number
of collaborative reports using data generated
from their portfolio companies featured in
media outlets.
The company worked with HEFCE and Kings College
London in 2015, following the inclusion of
Research Impact in the Research Excellence
Framework (REF), to analyse the results and
provide access to the case studies to the
public.Digital Science launched a Global Research
Identifier Database (GRID) for identifying
research institutions around the world in
2015.
Through the Digital Science Catalyst Grant
the company has supported a number of early-stage
ideas such as Nutonian, TetraScience and Penelope
as well as community schemes including Ada
Lovelace Day.On 15 January 2018, Digital Science
launched Dimensions, a scholarly search engine
that is free to use.
The commercial version of the platform differentiates
itself from other offerings in the same space
by including the ability to search grants,
patents and clinical trials.
== Key people ==
From 2010 to 2015, Timo Hannay was Managing
Director
From 2013 to 2015, Amy Brand held the role
of VP academic & research relations before
moving to become Director of MIT Press.
From 2015 to present, Daniel W. Hook acts
as Chief Executive Officer.
== Catalyst Grant Winners
