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Breeding, Marshall. OCLC sues Clarivate over MetaDoor and its use of WorldCat records. Jun 2022. Library Technology Newsletter. OCLC filed a lawsuit against Clarivate and its subsidiaries demanding that Ex Libris cease promoting MetaDoor in a way that causes its member libraries to violate policies and contracts related to records in WorldCat. The complaint, filed on June 13, 2022, claims that Ex Libris is prompting OCLC members to share collection data that includes WorldCat records to MetaDoor in a way that violates OCLC policies and the terms of subscription contracts. OCLC asserts that MetaDoor takes unfair advantage of its long history of building WorldCat as a near-comprehensive bibliographic database. Further, OCLC states that Ex Libris offering MetaDoor as a free service is an anticompetitive strategy that endangers its very existence. This article presents the basic statements related to the complaint without opinion or commentary.

Breeding, Marshall. ProQuest merges into Clarivate: an update on business integration. February 2022. Library Technology Newsletter. The acquisition of ProQuest by Clarivate rattled the library industry, in a bold move that further deepens consolidation. This $5.3 billion transaction brings ProQuest under the umbrella of Clarivate, a major force in the scholarly communications and intellectual property business sectors. Though not a primary publisher, Clarivate offers key content and analytics products including Web of Science, ScholarOne, Publons, InCites analytics, and Endnote. Clarivate competes with Elsevier and Digital Science as a workflow and analytics provider in the scholarly communications business ecosystem. By acquiring ProQuest, Clarivate extends its product strategy to include core library technologies as well as a major portfolio of database and content products. This acquisition moves ProQuest into the ranks of publicly traded companies. The merger was pitched to investors as saving $100 million in operational expenses across the two companies. Libraries naturally have an interest in seeing how these savings are accomplished.

Breeding, Marshall. Clarivate to Acquire ProQuest. July 2021. Smart Libraries Newsletter. The commercial landscape that includes the scholarly communications sector and library systems and services will take new form with the proposed acquisition of ProQuest by Clarivate, a large publicly traded company with diverse products and services spanning the scientific research and intellectual property sectors. This $5.3 billion transaction is the largest by far in the library sector.

Breeding, Marshall. Clarivate Analytics Acquires Kopernio. May 2018. Smart Libraries Newsletter. In recent years, several companies in the scholarly publishing industry have expanded their portfolios with new workflow and analytics products and services. In a move consistent with this trend, Clarivate Analytics has acquired Kopernio, a company that has created a web browser extension that facilitates access to scholarly articles. The acquisition of the product further extends the tools Clarivate Analytics offers in scholarly communications arena.

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January 9, 2025. Three California State University Campuses join the Alethea Early Adopter Program by Clarivate. Clarivate, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, announces that three California State University campuses will be early adopters of Alethea, an AI student engagement solution from Clarivate. Alethea will serve as an Academic Coach to enhance student outcomes, helping students engage more deeply with course readings and elevate their learning skills. In this phase of the multi-campus partnership, Alethea will be implemented at Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State LA and Cal State San Bernardino.

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December 18, 2024. Annual Report released by Clarivate, the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the Higher Education Press of China identifies 184 engineering fronts. Clarivate a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the Higher Education Press of China released the Engineering Fronts 2024 report which identifies the most active areas in engineering research and development. Launched at a ceremony in Beijing, this is the eighth annual collaborative report among the three organizations. An engineering front is defined as a key forward-looking direction that is leading and exploratory. It significantly influences the future of engineering science and technology and serves as an important guide for fostering innovation.

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December 18, 2024. Murata selects IPfolio from Clarivate. Clarivate, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, announced that Murata Manufacturing has selected the intellectual property (IP) management platform IPfolio. This powerful and flexible cloud-based solution will enable Murata to make IP decisions more confidently, faster and more efficiently by managing IP operations from a centralized hub.

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December 17, 2024. Clarivate announces New $500 million share repurchase authorization. Clarivate, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, announced that its Board of Directors authorized a new share repurchase program of up to $500 million of the Company's outstanding ordinary shares through open-market purchases for a period of two years, from January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2026. The new share repurchase program replaces the current share repurchase program which terminates December 31, 2024, under which the Company repurchased $300 million of ordinary shares, including $200 million during the third and fourth quarters of 2024. Clarivate also announced that it prepaid $75 million of term-loan debt so far during the fourth quarter, bringing total prepayments in 2024 to $133 million.

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December 12, 2024. Clarivate launches AI-powered patent search solution in Derwent. Clarivate, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, announced the launch of AI Search in Derwent. Combining artificial intelligence with the premier source of global patent data, Derwent World Patents Index, this solution will enable intellectual property professionals to make reliable innovation decisions by finding more relevant patents in less time. The new AI Search available in Derwent Innovation uses a language transformer model to understand the context of the input text provided and return relevant results from more than 160 million patent records. It will help patent researchers, patent attorneys and other IP and R&D professionals perform accurate first-pass patentability searches, validate results to ensure relevant records are not missed, and navigate new or unfamiliar technology categories.

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November 27, 2024. Daikin selects IPfolio from Clarivate. Clarivate, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, announced that Daikin Industries has selected IPfolio from Clarivate. The leading air conditioner manufacturer will utilize this solution to optimize its intellectual property (IP) assets, enabling more confident strategic decision-making and sustainable growth. IPfolio will support Daikin's IP teams in maximizing operational efficiency, keeping pace with increasing IP filing and data volumes, and eliminating manual processes. As an easily configurable solution, IPfolio will help Daikin meet its unique needs for managing its IP assets. In the future, Daikin will also use IPfolio for its global offices to facilitate collaboration through connected services and integrations.

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November 27, 2024. Clarivate and the Chinese Academy of Sciences release Annual Collaborative Report to identify 125 research fronts. Clarivate, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences released 2024 Research Fronts, identifying the most dynamic and rapidly growing specialties in sciences and social sciences. This marks the eleventh annual collaboration between the two organizations, with the report launched at a ceremony held in Beijing. The report identifies 125 Research Fronts, comprising 110 ‘hot' Fronts and 15 ‘emerging' Fronts. A hot Research Front represents an active area of study, while an emerging Research Front indicates a rapidly developing field in scientific research. The ability to identify these specialty areas of research provides a distinct advantage for those who seek to monitor, support and advance research, often in the face of finite resources. This includes governments, policymakers, publishers, research administrators and companies.

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November 27, 2024. Clarivate's commitment to enhancing metadata accuracy. Clarivate played a pivotal role in enhancing the accuracy of the Directory of Open Access Journals metadata through our support of their OAI-PMH feed improvement. This enhancement, which introduces a delete flag to signal when a journal and its article metadata have been withdrawn from DOAJ, marks a significant step forward in ensuring the reliability and precision of metadata used across various platforms.

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November 26, 2024. Paperpal Preflight and Clarivate EndNote partner for seamless manuscript readiness. Paperpal Preflight, a manuscript assessment and publication readiness tool by Cactus Communications, partners with EndNote, a reference management software from Clarivate, to offer seamless integration of Paperpal into EndNote ‘Cite While You Write' Add-in. The EndNote CWYW tool allows authors to insert references into Microsoft Word or Google Docs, automatically creating in-text citations and reference lists. With this new integration, Paperpal will enhance the process by providing language and technical compliance checks, ensuring manuscripts are submission ready.

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November 20, 2024. Clarivate reveals Highly Cited Researchers 2024 List. Clarivate, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today revealed its 2024 list of Highly Cited Researchers, influential researchers at universities, research institutes and commercial organizations around the world who have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their field(s) of research. Analysts at the Institute for Scientific Information have recognized 6,636 Highly Cited Researchers in 2024 from more than 1,200 institutions in 59 nations and regions. The rigorous evaluation and selection process draws on data from the Web of Science Core Collection citation index, together with qualitative analysis performed by experts at the ISI at Clarivate.

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Dec 22, 2021 Clarivate acquires Patient Connect
Clarivate has acquired Patient Connect, a provider of patient engagement solutions that enable the measurement of clinical and commercial outcomes and inform the advancement of healthcare. Patient Connect patient engagement solutions improve patient outcomes by delivering clinical messaging to physicians and pharmacists at the point of patient contact. Clinical messaging is delivered in physician and pharmacist workflows, to help guide patients to better understand their treatment and disease and empower them to make informed healthcare decisions. Patient Connect has a global reach of 834,000 physicians, 600,000 pharmacists and 1,000,000,000 patients, by point of contact.

May 16, 2021 Clarivate to acquire ProQuest
Clarivate announced a definitive agreement to acquire ProQuest, a leading global software, data and analytics provider to academic, research and national institutions, from Cambridge Information Group, a family-owned investment firm, and other partners including Atairos, for $5.3 billion, including refinancing of ProQuest debt. The consideration for the acquisition is approximately $4.0 billion in cash and $1.3 billion of equity. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals, is expected to close during the third quarter of 2021.

Nov 09, 2020 American Society of Mechanical Engineers acquires Techstreet from Clarivate
Clarivate and The American Society of Mechanical Engineers announced that the International Society of Interdisciplinary Engineers LLC, a new for-profit subsidiary of ASME, has acquired Techstreet.

Nov 2020 Kopernio relaunched as EndNote Click

Oct 30, 2020 Clarivate acquires Hanlim IPS
Clarivate announced that it has acquired South Korean Hanlim IPS. By combining strengths, Clarivate and Hanlim IPS will be able to provide a more comprehensive suite of intellectual property solutions to customers in South Korea and worldwide, covering the entire innovation and IP lifecycle – from scientific and academic research to IP portfolio management and protection.

Oct 26, 2020 Clarivate acquires IncoPat
Beijing Incopat Co., Ltd has joined Clarivate. By combining strengths, Clarivate and IncoPat will be able to provide a more comprehensive suite of intellectual property solutions to customers in China and worldwide, covering the entire innovation and IP lifecycle – from scientific and academic research to IP portfolio management and protection.

Oct 01, 2020 Clarivate completes acquisition of CPA Global
Clarivate announced the completion of the previously announced acquisition of CPA Global, creating an intellectual property powerhouse.

Mar 02, 2020 Clarivate Analytics closes acquisition of Decision Resources Group
Clarivate Analytics announced it has completed its acquisition of Decision Resources Group from Piramal Enterprises Limited. DRG is a premier provider of high-value data, analytics and insights products and services to the healthcare industry. DRG specializes in enabling the world's leading pharma, biotech and medical technology companies to achieve commercial success in complex health markets with the creation of effective patient-centric commercial strategies.

Dec 02, 2019 Clarivate Analytics acquires Darts-ip
Clarivate Analytics announced it has acquired Darts-ip, a leading provider of case law data and analytics for intellectual property professionals. Recently awarded best legal tech company by Trends Legal Awards in Belgium, Darts-ip's case law data and supporting analytics solutions will be offered alongside Clarivate's trusted patent, trademark and domain data and solutions, across Derwent, CompuMark and MarkMonitor.

Sep 09, 2019 Clarivate Analytics acquires SequenceBase
Clarivate Analytics announced that it has acquired the business of SequenceBase, a leader in providing patent sequence information and search technology to the biotech, pharmaceutical and chemical industries. The acquisition will deliver an expanded solution to the fast-growing biologics market. It complements Derwent’s GENESEQ database and leading patent research platform Derwent Innovation, providing users with an intuitive solution to easily search, analyze and find context in sequence data within patents. GENESEQ is a proprietary database trusted by the largest players in biologics today. It is the only database to provide annotated analysis to help simplify the complexity of searching and identifying biological sequences (DNA, RNA and protein sequences) covered in patents from over 50 patent issuing authorities.

May 13, 2019 Clarivate Analytics becomes a public company through merger with Churchill Capital Corp
Clarivate Analytics, a global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics to accelerate the pace of innovation, and Churchill Capital Corp, a publicly traded investment vehicle, announced the closing of their merger following the receipt of stockholder approval at Churchill's special meeting of stockholders. In connection with the consummation of the merger, the combined company was renamed Clarivate Analytics Plc, and anticipates that starting on May 14, 2019, its ordinary shares and warrants will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange and NYSE American under the symbols CCC and CCC WS, respectively.

Oct 30, 2018 Clarivate Analytics acquires TrademarkVision
Clarivate Analytics, the global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics to accelerate the pace of innovation, today announced the acquisition of Australian AI-technology company TrademarkVision. It joins Boston-based company CompuMark, the trademark clearance and protection partner for 9 out of 10 of the world's most valuable brands.

Apr 10, 2018 Clarivate Analytics acquires Kopernio
Clarivate Analytics announced the strategic acquisition of AI-technology startup Kopernio, to create the definitive publisher-neutral platform for research workflow and analysis for scientific researchers, publishers and institutions worldwide. Kopernio's vision is to legally provide one-click access to millions of journal articles and academic research papers across the globe, dramatically improving and facilitating access to scientific knowledge.

Jul 2017 Kopernio was founded by Jan Reichelt and Benjamin Kaube

Jun 01, 2017 Clarivate Analytics acquires Publons
Clarivate Analytics today announced the acquisition of Publons and its leading global platform for researchers to share, discuss and receive recognition for peer review and editing of academic research. The acquisition brings together the world's preeminent citation database and the world's largest researcher-facing peer-review data and recognition platform.

Oct 04, 2016 Thomson Reuters Intellectual Property & Science becomes Clarivate Analytics
The previously announced sale of the Thomson Reuters Intellectual Property & Science business to Onex Corporation and Baring Private Equity Asia was completed . The company's many well‐known brands include Web of Science, Cortellis, Thomson Innovation, Derwent World Patents Index, Thomson CompuMark, MarkMonitor, Thomson IP Managerand Techstreet, among others. The newly independent company will be known as Clarivate Analytics, a name that speaks to accelerating the pace of innovation with the trusted insights and analytics it provides to customers. Clarivate Analytics enables users around the world to discover, protect and commercialize their ideas, faster.

Oct 2013 Thomson Reuters acquires Entagen, builds Cortellis data fusion technology
Opportunities created by Cortellis Data Fusion are a result of the recent acquisition by Thomson Reuters of Entagen, an industry-leader in providing semantic search/navigation software and custom development services to large pharma, biotech and laboratory automation companies.

2012 Publons founded by Andrew Preston and Daniel Johnston

2012 MarkMonitor purchased by Thomson Reuters

2011 Thomson Reuters launches Cortellis

Jul 01, 2008 ProQuest acquires Dialog from Thomson Reuters
ProQuest acquired Dialog from ThomsonReuters and named industry veteran Suzanne BeDell as Dialog General Manager. Ms. BeDell will report to ProQuest CEO Marty Kahn.

2008 Patient Connect founded by Dr.Grace Lomax and Zoe Barker

Mar 05, 2007 Thomson agrees to buy Reuters for $17.2 bln
Thomson Corp has agreed to buy Reuters Group for about 8.7 billion pounds ($17.20 billion) to create the world's biggest financial news and data company, the two firms said on Tuesday.

2006 Darts-IP founded by Jean-Jo Evrard

Jun 2005 SequenceBase founded by Martin Goffman

Apr 15, 1999 Institute for Scientific Information acquires Niles Software and EndNote
The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) today announced the acquisition of Niles Software, Inc. and the formation of a new company, ISI ResearchSoft. Berkeley,California-based Niles Software, creators of the EndNote bibliographic management program, will combine forces with another ISI subsidiary, Research Information Systems

1999 MarkMonitor Inc. founded by Faisal Shah, Ed Priddy and James Hepworth

1997 ISI launches Web of Science

1996 Hanlim IPS was founded by Lim, Dong-Choon

1992 Institute for Scientific Information acquired by Thomson Scientific & Healthcare and named Thomson ISI

1990 Decision Resources Group founded by Samuel C. Fleming and Sarah Fuller
Decision Resources was founded in 1990 by Samuel C. Fleming, CEO, and Sarah W. Fuller, President.

1988 JPT holdings and Ted Cross acquire majority ownership of ISI
In 1988 Ted Cross and JPT holdings acquired over 50% of ISI’s shares.

1985 Niles Software Inc. founded by Richard Niles
In 1985, Dr. Richard Niles, then a Mathematician, noticed that his wife (a scientist herself) was spending long hours compiling bibliographies for different journal formats. He decided to create a tool that would help his wife and other researchers to manage references and compile bibliographies automatically. Niles Software Inc. was founded in 1985 with a mission to create innovative software that simplifies the research and writing needs of the academic, biomedical, and scientific communities.

1969 CPA Global Founded
Patent lawyers from different law firms in United Kingdom established CPA Global sharing the same objective, which is to provide intellectual property renewal services specializing in patents

1965 Science Citation Index, later known as Web of Science, launched by Eugene Garfield

1960 Eugene Garfield Associates Inc renamed to Institute for Scientific Information

1958 Institute for Scientific Information founded by Eugene Garfield
The company was originally known as Documation. Eugene Garfield starts ISI by borrowing $500 from Household Finance. Current Contents of Chemical, Pharmaco-Medical & Life Sciences is the sole product. It covers 200 journals in about 32 pages per issue.