Product Support Specialist - Overton UK Remote role or London based, hybridFull time or Part time (4 days per week) worked flexibly to accommodate evening meetings with clients in the Americas - we are open to different working patterns ...

We’re hiring a product support specialist! (UK remote or London-hybrid, with flexible hours to support clients in the Americas)

Do you have experience working with academic audiences and a passion for helping clients? This role might be for you…

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How can you write an advanced search query *without* prior knowledge of boolean logic?

The answer is simple…

By using Overton’s advanced query builder.

Say hello to the new and IMPROVED Overton start page!

We’ve completely changed how users can construct searches on Overton and have made it easier to move between the Index and Engage platforms.

Want to learn how universities can build data-driven narratives that connect research to policy outcomes, strengthen reputation, and support funding proposals? Join us on December 8th at 11am EST for our FREE webinar: “Building your impact engine: from policy citations to competitive advantage.”

Are you heading to the Evidence-Based Research Conference?

If you’re in Bergen, be sure to say hi to Helen Ellis and learn how Overton Index helps institutions and researchers track, evidence and grow their policy influence, while empowering decision makers to recognise and use good evidence.

We’re back by popular demand with another Overton 101 webinar!

Join us THIS AFTERNOON (14:00-15:00 UK time) for our next Overton 101 webinar, introducing you to the Overton Index platform and the data that drives it.

Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

We’re sleepless in Seattle…

Because we’re one day away from APPAM 2025!

Stop by booth 412 to learn how Overton can help you get a global view of the policy landscape.

Think your work has the potential to expand our understanding of the policy landscape and how research influences it?

Fund your research by applying to Overton’s 2025/26 policy impact grant!
www.overton.io/policy-impac...

Overton’s data used in Financial Times Business School rankings analysis Overton’s policy citation data was recently used by the Financial Times (FT) for a second year as they examined the policy influence of institutions in their ranking of ‘Business Schools with Impact’.

The @financialtimes.com 'Business Schools with Impact' rankings are out!

We worked with the FT for a second year, providing policy citation data on the institutions influencing policymakers.

Learn more about our analysis here ⬇️
www.overton.io/news/overton...

Hopefully you’ve heard about our new platform Overton Engage (for the uninitiated, it’s a database of policy engagement opportunities which helps experts share their knowledge with policymakers) 👀 🤌

Well, we've got some BIG news. We’re introducing a brand new feature and we’re pretty excited…

We’re proud to have partnered with Sage to create the Sage Policy Profiles tool - built using Overton’s data and developed by our teams to help researchers understand and share their policy impact. You have until November 30th to enter their competition!

#SagePolicyProfiles #PoweredByOverton

As a librarian, are you looking for more ways to support researchers, create impact and engage with policy?

Well, we have some tips for you…

Find out how Virginia Tech use Overton to show the real-world influence of their research.

Is there an Open Access advantage for policy citations? We think so (but there’s more to explore) Overton recently presented a short lightning talk and poster at the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA) conference on whether or not there was an open access citation advantage…

To mark Open Access Week, we’re revisiting one of our blogs from 2022, where we did a mini-analysis looking at whether open access publications receive more policy citations than paywalled ones.

To learn what we did and what we found, head to our blog:

“Our analysis found that OA articles are cited more frequently and more quickly in SDG policy documents than subscription-only content. This makes intuitive sense: policymakers often lack access to paywalled research, and OA helps bridge that gap.”

This week we celebrate Open Access Week — a global event which promotes the principle that science is a common good, and therefore should be free to access, share and build upon.

Learn what Overton can do for you TODAY…
(…seriously, our very first Overton 101 webinar starts in just 3 hours!!)

You'll gain an understanding of Overton's data and how our tools support impact tracking and policy discovery.

There's still time to register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

A redesigned way to explore the underlying data in Overton

Our data index pages have gotten a COMPLETE refresh…

And they now allow you to find source details faster and more intuitively!

To learn more about what's included in this new update, click here: www.overton.io/news/data-in...

Today at 1pm (Brasília time) in honour of Evidence Week 2025, our team will share valuable insights on how policy actors interact with each other — and with research — during crises, and how this shapes the uptake and use of evidence.

🔗 Join us: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

As the world’s largest database of policy documents, librarians and researchers use Overton Index as a policy discovery tool, ideal for systematic reviews.

Here, @bostonu.bsky.social librarian David Flynn shares what makes Overton Index a go-to policy search tool for his library’s needs.

At Overton, we work with a lot of policy citation data.

Along the way, we’ve noticed some interesting patterns about the type of research that gets cited in policy.

Check out the video below to hear what our very own founder and director @mrstew.bsky.social has to say about those patterns!

What is a policy citation? And how can you use them?

In our latest article, we unpack what counts as a policy citation, how to find them and why you should be tracking them (especially if you’re a researcher).

Read more here: www.overton.io/blog/what-is...

Impact beyond academia: SciELO’s presence in public policy | SciELO in Perspective Research published in SciELO transcends academic boundaries and influences public policy on a national and global scale. With thousands of citations in documents from organizations such as WHO, IPEA, ...

Interesting study led by Evandro Coggo and the team at LabGeopi!

Learn how SciELO-published research has been playing a significant role in shaping public policy documents!

This study opens the door to several new possibilities and future analysis.

Read it here: blog.scielo.org/en/2025/09/2...

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Why do we use policy citations in academia?

Tracking policy citations is a relatively new concept with broad applicability to research.

Check out the video below to hear what librarian Rachel Miles had to say about this at our webinar with @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social back in August!

Recipients of the 2024/25 Overton Policy Impact Grant, Tamsin Varney and Ben Earley of the University of Cambridge, set out to explore how:

- Policy citations are used in impact case studies submitted by UK universities for REF
- Tools like Overton could be used to enhance REF submissions

How are studies funded by FAPESP influencing Public Policies in Brazil and around the world?

@Lab-GEOPI at UNICAMP set out to answer this question using Overton Index.

Here's how they did it: www.overton.io/case-studies...

And what they found: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...

Two weeks ago, we sat down with Simon Gosling, Professor of Climate Risks and Environmental Modelling at the University of Nottingham.

He is also a recipient of the “Young Scientists Sustainable Development Goals Award”, which recognises scientists who have made great contributions to the SDGs.

We just got back from our all-company meet up in Lisbon!

It was a jam-packed few days, filled with infinite amounts of pastel de nata and some really exciting workshops around how we can engage Overton users even more in the future 👀

Big thank you to Jen and Tara for organising such a great trip ❤️

As Global Goals Week draws to a close, we're asking: how is scholarly research actually shaping real-world action on the SDGs?

Springer Nature and Overton are tackling this very question.

In a new collaborative analysis, our teams explore how evidence flows from research into policy on SDGs.