The Clarivate research platform Web of Science Research Intelligence has been adopted by more than 100 institutions across 25 countries and regions, the company announced on October 22, 2026. The milestone follows the AI-native platform’s launch in May 2026.
Key Takeaways
- Clarivate reported more than 100 institutional adopters across 25 countries and regions.
- The platform combines curated research data with AI to support funding, strategy and impact decisions.
- Monash University moved from development partner to customer, citing its experience helping shape the platform.
Table of Contents
- Clarivate research platform reaches adoption milestone
- Universities describe their experience
- Development draws on research community
- Conclusion
Clarivate research platform reaches adoption milestone
Clarivate presented the adoption figures as evidence of growing demand for AI-enabled research intelligence. Bar Veinstein, president of its Academia & Government business, said the milestone reflected research institutions’ need for tools to inform funding, strategy and impact decisions.
Web of Science Research Intelligence is intended for research offices, researchers and library teams. Its stated uses include identifying funding opportunities, strengthening collaboration, informing institutional strategy and demonstrating real-world research impact.
Universities describe their experience
At Australia’s Monash University, Kathleen Smeaton, director of collections and technology, said participation as a development partner gave the institution confidence in the platform’s potential. She identified research strategy, benchmarking, expert discovery and institutional performance analysis as relevant applications.
Smeaton said Monash’s transition to a customer reflected both the partnership and its belief in the platform’s potential value to the university.
Hitoshi Takahashi, a university research administrator at Hiroshima University, said the platform brought together capabilities previously used separately. He described its natural-language AI analysis as making sophisticated research assessment accessible beyond specialist users.
Development draws on research community
The platform is built on publisher-neutral Web of Science Core Collection data. By its launch, more than 50 development partners and early adopters across 20 countries had helped shape it, according to Clarivate.
The company said customer engagement continues to inform the platform’s evolution.
Conclusion
The announcement establishes an early adoption milestone for Web of Science Research Intelligence, with university users describing its potential to consolidate research analysis and support institutional planning.
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