The Lens is an open and secure digital public good that integrates global scholarly and patent knowledge to inform science and technology problem-solving. It offers comprehensive search and analysis tools for both patents and scholarly works, providing access to over 200 million scholarly records and extensive patent data.
Key features include:
- Patents: Advanced search capabilities (boolean, structured, biological, classification), filtering, sorting, and tools for creating collections, alerts, and visualizations.
- Scholarly Works: A vast collection of over 200 million records from sources like Microsoft Academic, PubMed, and Crossref, enriched with OpenAlex, UnPaywall, and ORCID data, offering the full scholarly citation graph as an open public resource.
- API & Data: Programmatic access and bulk downloads for the entire corpus of scholarly works, biological sequences, and patents.
- PatSeq: The world's largest publicly available database for biological sequences found in patents, with specialized apps for DNA, RNA, and protein sequence exploration and analysis.
- PatCite: A tool for analyzing the linkages between academic research and inventions, helping users discover experts, collaborators, and the influence of scholarly work on patents.
- Lens Profiles: Composite author/inventor profiles that aggregate data from various sources, including ORCID, allowing users to easily update their ORCID records.
- Lens Reports: A new facility for building evidence-based, shareable, and real-time data-driven reports.
- In4M (International Industry & Innovation Influence Mapping): Utilizes citation-based metrics to map the influence of academic research on both academia and industry outcomes.
The platform is designed for researchers, innovators, and policymakers to explore, analyze, and present findings from the global knowledge landscape.
