Library Technology Guides

Clarivate unveils the 2025 Journal Citation Reports. Clarivate, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, released the 2025 update to the Journal Citation Reports. This is the 50th anniversary of the industry-leading annual reports, which provide a comprehensive overview of the world's leading and trusted academic journals, offering academic institutions, researchers, and publishers the ability to gauge journals' trustworthiness and impact. Only journals that have met the rigorous quality standards for inclusion in the Web of Science Core Collection are featured within the Journal Citation Reports, which ensures users can confidently rely on the information and descriptive data provided. The annual reports provide a rich array of publisher–neutral data, metrics, and analysis to enhance user understanding of journal performance, including the widely recognized Journal Impact Factor and the Journal Citation Indicator. [Full Announcement].

U.S. News releases 2025-2026 Best Global Universities Rankings. U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in education rankings and consumer advice, today published the 2025-2026 Best Global Universities rankings, which evaluate more than 2,250 schools on academic research and reputation. Powered by data and metrics from the Web of Science Core Collection and InCites Benchmarking and Analytics provided by Clarivate, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, the Best Global Universities methodology weighs factors that measure a university's global and regional research reputation and academic research performance. [Full Announcement].

Clarivate commits to ERIC, the world's most widely used index of education-related literature. Clarivate announced its continued commitment to the Education Resources Information Center, the world's most widely used index to education-related literature and a critical resource for libraries, education researchers and practitioners globally. ERIC is currently sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Clarivate is launching the free ProQuest Education Research Index, which includes ERIC data. ProQuest Education Research Index includes ERIC alongside ProQuest Supplemental Education Index, a newly created index that covers the majority of scholarly journals currently indexed by ERIC. It is designed to ensure continued coverage of as many ERIC-indexed titles as possible and will grow over time. [Full Announcement].

Pioneering the future of research intelligence with agentic AI. Last year Clarivate announced the development of Web of Science Research Intelligence, a transformational AI-native software solution that enables research institutions to accelerate innovation and showcase societal impact, in close partnership with several institutions around the world. Since that time, artificial intelligence capabilities have evolved at an unprecedented pace, opening entirely new possibilities for how we can analyze, evaluate, and accelerate research—beyond what was imaginable when we first conceptualized the product. In the next phase of development, the first set of customers will begin using the platform this August, marking a significant milestone in our journey to redefine research intelligence. By embedding advanced agentic AI and deep semantic understanding at the heart of the platform, Clarivate is helping transform how research organizations navigate complexity, demonstrate impact and shape the future of knowledge. [Full Announcement].

Clarivate partners with American Library Association to advocate for US Libraries. Clarivate, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, announced a new milestone in its decades-long partnership with the American Library Association. Clarivate will be the first sponsor of the ALA Public Supporter Program, which engages the public in supporting libraries and library professionals. The Public Supporter Program, which launched on Feb. 10, 2025, provides the public with access to valuable information and resources about library advocacy, news, and ways to get involved in protecting libraries. The program aims to bolster ALA's efforts to ensure libraries continue to provide essential services and resources to communities, promoting literacy, education, and access to information. ALA is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization. [Full Announcement].

Clarivate completes refinancing of majority of senior secured notes due 2026. Clarivate, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, announced that it has successfully completed an incremental upsize of its term loan B credit facility. [Full Announcement].

Clarivate partners with CRKN to further Canada's research goals. Clarivate, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, announced a multi-year partnership with the Canadian Research Knowledge Network, a consortium of libraries and research institutions in Canada. The agreement provides 55 Canadian universities with expanded access to the Web of Science and is designed to enhance inter-member research collaborations, improving accessibility to Web of Science content for all members. [Full Announcement].

Clarivate and CAPES expand landmark partnership to power research and innovation across Brazil. Clarivate, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today announced the renewal of its multi-year partnership with Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, significantly expanding access to trusted Academia & Government and Life Sciences & Healthcare data across over 400 Brazilian institutions. As compared to the previous contract, the agreement increases institutional coverage by 57%, extending the reach of high-quality research tools to universities and research centers across Brazil — from major metropolitan areas to the country's most remote regions. [Full Announcement].

Briefing: Research in the United States as a driver for economic growth and global impact. Governments' investments in academic institutions shape the research landscape and drive the innovation pipeline. In this briefing the Institute for Scientific Information examines the research economy of the United States. [Full Announcement].

Clarivate Launches AI-based RiskMark to Accelerate Trademark. Clarivate, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today announced the launch of RiskMark, an AI-powered solution combining global CompuMark trademark data and Darts-ip litigation data to evaluate trademark risk. Leveraging 172.5 million trademark records spanning 188 jurisdictions and over 5 million global court and administrative records, RiskMark combines generative and predictive AI to transform the process of assessing similarity risk based on relevant evidence. This enables trademark professionals to make strategic decisions and craft arguments with greater speed and confidence. The solution generates near-instant results on visual, phonetic, connotation, and goods and services relatedness to accelerate informed decision-making. [Full Announcement].

Clarivate report reveals top trademark portfolios. Clarivate, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, released the Trademark filing trends 2025 report, analyzing ten key trademark registers worldwide: the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, the European Union, France, Germany, India, Mainland China, Japan, and Australia. The report reveals the top 20 largest local and foreign-based trademark portfolios in each region and the law firms managing the largest trademark portfolios. [Full Announcement].

Dr Nandita Quaderi from Clarivate named as the incoming co-chair of United2Act Against Paper Mills. Dr Nandita Quaderi, Senior Vice President and the Editor-in-Chief for Web of Science at Clarivate, has been named as the incoming co-chair of United2Act Against Paper Mills, an international coalition of stakeholders taking decisive action against the collective challenge of paper mills in scholarly publishing. First convened in 2023, this coalition of research institutions, publishers, investigative researchers, universities, and publishing infrastructure leaders is a joint effort of the Committee on Publication Ethics and the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers. Nandita will lead United2Act alongside Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Professor and Coordinator for Research Professional Development at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. [Full Announcement].

Clarivate releases EndNote 2025 with AI-powered research tools. Clarivat, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, released EndNote 2025, a comprehensive reference management solution that streamlines the research and writing process. Its new features include AI support, enhanced referencing tools, and journal matching capabilities, designed to save researchers time and improve accuracy. [Full Announcement].

Clarivate launches DRG Commercial Analytics 360 enabling medtech companies to advance commercial strategy and Execution. Clarivate, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, announced the launch of DRG Commercial Analytics 360—a solution designed to empower medtech companies with advanced insights to drive commercial performance. As the demand for precise, analytics-driven strategies grows, medtech companies require deeper visibility into customer activity, affiliations, practice behavior and caseloads. DRG Commercial Analytics 360 equips commercial teams with the insights needed to navigate the complex U.S. provider landscape, engage key stakeholder, and improve both patient access and business outcomes. [Full Announcement].

Clarivate expands its Academic AI Platform, introducing agentic AI for research and learning. Clarivate, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today announced the expansion of its Academic AI Platform, helping institutions harness agentic AI to accelerate productivity, save time for researchers, students and staff, and engage users in the digital environments they already use. Beginning in April 2025, Clarivate will introduce AI Agents to support key academic workflows. As part of this expansion, we are initiating the development of an Agent Builder and community-driven AI tools, supported by a Development Partner Program set to launch in 2025. [Full Announcement].

Harnessing the power of AI in academic libraries. A whitepaper from Ex Libris, part of Clarivate, entitled Generative AI and the future of library services, explores the opportunities and challenges of this changing technology environment. The whitepaper shares fresh data and the perspectives of librarians as they navigate the future. [Full Announcement].

Clarivate vant anbudet om ny kontrakt for biblioteksystemer. Anbudsprosessen for å inngå ny avtale med leverandør av biblioteksystemer til BIBSYS-konsortiet er nå avsluttet. Etter en lang prosess med grundige vurderinger ble Clarivate valgt som leverandør.Dagens kontrakt går ut i 2025, og arbeidet med å skaffe systematisk innsikt i brukerbehov startet allerede i 2021. Det har vært tett brukerinvolvering gjennom hele prosessen, og kravlisten ble utarbeidet i samarbeid med faggruppene i konsortiet. [Full Announcement].

Clarivate acquires AI start up to accelerate strategy and business development success for Life Sciences and Healthcare Clients. Clarivate, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, announced an agreement to acquire the substantial majority of assets of MotionHall, a Silicon Valley technology start-up company serving the life sciences with industry vertical Artificial Intelligence solutions. The asset purchase serves as a key component of the Clarivate Life Sciences and Healthcare strategy to deliver transformative intelligence through the application of Generative AI and proprietary industry vertical AI solutions. Clarivate provides people and organizations with transformative intelligence they can trust, propelling human ingenuity into our world's greatest breakthroughs. The acquisition of the full intellectual property, clients and team from MotionHall enables acceleration of multiple roadmaps, including targeted enhancements to Clarivate Cortellis, market assessments, as well as a new Business Development and Licensing Enterprise Workbench. [Full Announcement].

Clarivate partners with Iprova to streamline the invention creation and submission process. Clarivate, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, announced a strategic partnership with Iprova, the world's first data-driven invention company and developer of state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence-based technologies which augment and enhance the human ability to invent. This partnership will combine Iprova's product suite for collaboratively capturing, creating and refining inventive concepts with IPfolio, the industry-leading IP management software, enabling a smooth transition of inventions into the patent workflow. [Full Announcement].

Clarivate reveals Top 100 Global Innovators 2025. Clarivate, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, revealed its 2025 ranked list of Top 100 Global Innovators – the organizations at the forefront of technology research and innovation worldwide. The Top 100 organizations prioritize innovation as a central part of their business strategy. Their investment levels in science, engineering, product design and problem-solving is, on average, 8.8% of their revenues. Across the Top 100, this was almost $290 billion USD. [Full Announcement].