Videos
Articles
| Title | Author | Date | Description |
| Citationchaser: A tool for transparent and efficient forward and backward citation chasing in systematic searching | Neal R. Haddaway, Matthew J. Grainger, Charles T. Gray | 26-Apr-2022 | Systematic searching aims to find all possibly relevant research from multiple sources, the basis for an unbiased and comprehensive evidence base. Along with bibliographic databases, systematic reviewers use a variety of additional methods to minimise procedural bias. |
| Research Development and Landscape Artificial Intelligence in Indonesia | Muhammad Alvin Noor Reza, Eki Ahmad Zaki Hamidi, Ririn Herawati, Eueung Mulyana | 03-Nov-2020 | This study aims to find out the map of the development of Artificial Intelligence Research in Indonesia using Lens.org. |
| The next generation discovery citation indexes — a review of the landscape in 2020 (I) | Aaron Tay | 08-Oct-2020 | |
| 4 Ways to find review papers, systematic reviews, meta-analysis, and other rich sources of references — 2D Search templates, Connected Papers & more. | Aaron Tay | 07-Jul-2020 | |
| Why openly available abstracts are important — overview of the current state of affairs | Aaron Tay, Bianca Kramer, Ludo Waltman | 30-Jun-2020 | Discusses about the open availability of abstracts of scientific articles. |
| Finding reviews on any topic using Lens.org and 2d search — a new efficient method | Aaron Tay | 04-May-2020 | The article shows a reliable search strategy that can be used in Lens.org to find meta-analysis, systematic reviews, review articles of topics of interest regardless of discipline to help research. |
| Landscape of coronavirus research across three decades | Anisah Alyahya | 03-Apr-2020 | |
| Using Lens.org to kick start your literature review — a search strategy for finding review papers, systematic reviews and meta-analysis | Aaron Tay | 01-Mar-2020 | Shows a reliable search strategy in Lens.org to find meta-analysis, systematic reviews, review articles of topics of interest with a comparison against Pubmed. |
| The rise of the “open” discovery indexes? Lens.org, Semantic Scholar and Scinapse | Aaron Tay | 23-Dec-2019 | |
| Patent Applications for Electronic Publishing Market (2014–2018). Selected Issues | Adam Jachimczyk (University of Warsaw) | 01-Dec-2019 | The article analyses patent applications for inventions in the area of electronic publishing based on the data from Lens.org from years 2014–2018. |
| 7 reasons why you should try Lens.org (updated to version Release 5.16.0 — March 2019) | Aaron Tay | 28-Dec-2018 | Highlights the main features of the Lens over other scholarly search tools. |
| Cashing the cheque of open access or Machine learning and Scholarly tools — Meta, Scite, Paper Digest and more | Aaron Tay | 26-Dec-2018 | |
| Sharpening insights into the innovation landscape with a new approach to patents | Microsoft Academic | 06-Aug-2018 | MAG provides improved patent coverage thanks to a partnership with domain expert, Lens.org. |
| Mapping the global influence of published research on industry and innovation | Osmat A jefferson, Adam Jaffe, Doug Ashton, Ben Warren, Deniz Koellhofer, Uwe Dulleck, Aaron Ballagh, John Moe, Michael DiCuccio, Karl Ward, Geoff Bilder, Kevin Dolby, Richard A Jefferson | 10-Jan-2018 | Measuring citations to scholarly works in the global patent literature enables assessment of the influence of published research on invention, industry and enterprise, at the individual and institutional level. |
| Comment: Turning science into social outcomes | Richard Jefferson | 10-Aug-2017 | For innovation to bring public benefit, mapping the influence of academic paper is just the beginning. |
| Charting influence | Nature | 10-Aug-2017 | One indicator of the connection between science and technology worth considering, but often overlooked, are the references in patents to literature. |
| Transparency tools in gene patenting for informing policy and practice | Osmat A Jefferson, Deniz Köllhofer, Thomas H Ehrich, Richard A Jefferson | 01-Dec-2013 | The Supreme Court’s decision in Myriad highlights the need for tools enabling nuanced and precise analysis of gene patents at the global level. |
Blogs
| Title | Author | Date | Description |
| Testing Replacements for Microsoft Academic Graph | Michael Weishuhn | 11-Oct-2021 | The bulk of the test is done by randomly selecting 100,000 papers from the MAG corpus, querying each of the services, and comparing the results. |
| [OA week 2020] – Creating a free and beautiful auto-updating dashboard for tracking Open Access rates for your institution using Lens.org | Aaron Tay | 21-Oct-2020 | Provides insight on how to quickly and simply create a nice dashboard for tracking institution’s OA rate using Lens.org. |
| Open Access Indicators and the importance of optimising your Institutional repository for discovery in Unpaywall | Aaron Tay | 05-Aug-2020 | Talks about how Unpaywallrose to become one of the most importantsources of truth for determining the OA status of outputs |
| The rise of the “open” discovery indexes? Lens.org, Semantic Scholar and Scinapse | Aaron Tay | 23-Dec-2019 | Brief review of four academic search engines – Microsoft Academic, Lens.org, Semantic Scholar and Scinapse, which uses MAG among other sources. |
| Free Patent Search Database ‘The Lens’ | Intepat Team | 09-Jun-2019 | Description and list of the salient features of ‘The Lens’ from Intepat. |
| Lens.org – detailed review of a new open discovery and citation index | Aaron Tay | 18-Nov-2018 | Review of The Lens open discovery and citation index by Aaron Tay. |
| Accessing Patent Data with the Lens | Paul Oldham | 26-Jul-2015 | This article provides a brief introduction to The Lens patent database as a free source of data for patent analytics. |
LibGuides
| Title | Library | Institution | Date | Description |
| How to Use Lens.org – Lens Guide – Research Guides at Syracuse University Libraries | Syracuse University Libraries | 06-Apr-2023 | Guide to Lens.org, Lens Profiles, and Lens Institutional Toolkit. |
| Families and Legal Status – Find Patents – Research Guides at University of Cincinnati | The University of Cincinnati Libraries | 03-Mar-2023 | Clear guide to legal status information as found in the databases on Lens.org. |
| LENS Profiles | The Paul & Rosemary Trible Library, Christopher Newport University | 01-Aug-2022 | What is a LENS Profile? If you have an ORCID ID you have a LENS profile. |
| Research Metrics, Impact and Engagement: Patents | Charles Stuart University | 19-Mar-2022 | |
| Patent information: Finding patents | KAUST Library | 23-Feb-2022 | |
| Databases for Engineers | University Of Birmingham | 11-Jan-2022 | |
| Freely available research resources | University of Minnesota | 15-Dec-2021 | |
| Databases for Finding Patents – Patents and Intellectual Property | The University of Chicago | 09-Nov-2021 | |
| Find Full-Text Patents | Furman University | 04-Nov-2021 | |
| Standards and Patents: Finding Patents | The University of Sydney | 12-Oct-2021 | |
| Transition from Web of Science | University of Arizona | 06-Sep-2021 | |
| Patent Databases Research Guide | Seton Hall University | 16-Sep-2020 | |
| Patent Research: Patents | Campbell University | 06-Aug-2020 | |
| Using the Lens Database for Staff Publications | Journal of Medical Library Association | 01-Apr-2020 | |
| Patents: A How-To-Find Guide | IOWA State University | 17-Nov-2019 | |
| Engineering Library: Electronic resources | University of Cambridge | 09-Nov-2019 | |
| Patent Search Strategy | Purdue University | 21-Feb-2018 | Step-by-step guide to searching for patents in The Lens. |
| Standards and Patents | Macquarie University | 27-Jul-2017 | |
| Patents: Where to Search | MIT Libraries | 02-May-2015 |
External Content and Coverage
| Title | Authors | Institution | Date | Description |
| Lens.org – I³ Open Innovation Dataset Index | I³Open Innovation Dataset Index | 17-Apr-2022 | the I³ Open Innovation Dataset Index is a collection of innovation datasets, and related tools, platforms and resources used by the broader research community. |
| Lens.org – Patents | WIPO | 17-Jun-2021 | WIPO’s list of patent databases |
| EIFL webinar: The Lens open knowledge and discovery platform | Mark Garlinghouse, Business Development, the Lens | 01-May-2021 | This EIFL webinar is about the Lens, a discovery platform that provides discovery, analytics and research management tools that are free to use. |
| The Lens: Open for Outcomes | SPARC | 16-Nov-2020 | |
| Lens PatSeq: An open facility for biotech and patent professionals | Osmat A. Jefferson | 17-Sep-2020 | PatSeq slide deck presented to USPTO, September 17, 2020. |
| CovidGraph – a COVID-19 Knowledge Graph | HealthECCO | 19-Jun-2020 | Integrates data from the Lens and link them in the knowledge graph. |
| Lens Lab update, June 2020 | Innovation Information Initiative | 30-May-2020 | Update on Lens Labs to the Innovation Information Initiative |
| Scholarly Search Engine Comparision | Jeroen Bosman | 12-Dec-2019 | A comparison conducted by Jeroen Bosman displays information on scholarly (relevant) search engines. |
| Lens ID (P7100) | Wikidata | 25-Jul-2019 | Wikidata entry for the Lens ID persistant identifer. |
| The Lens | Crossref | 02-May-2019 | Crossref event data entry for patent citations from the Lens |
| Patent Research and Analysis, The Lens | Ellen Krabbe, Steve Sampson, Greg Schodde (Intellectual Property Owners Association) | 11-Jul-1905 | IPO’s summary of The Lens for patent research and analysis. |
| Lens.org | Patentinformatics (ml4patents.com) | NA | Patentinformatics vendor entry for The Lens |