Datasets - nestauk/discovery_utils GitHub Wiki
Datasets that we have included in past and ongoing data-driven horizon scanning projects. Datasets marked with * indicate datasets that we haven't yet used but are planning to in the future.
| Dataset name | Insight | Short description | Coverage | Size | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crunchbase | Companies (startups), investments | Database on global companies, including investment rounds | Global | 3.4M+ companies | In the pipeline: Updated weekly |
| Gateway to Research | Research funding | Data on research projects funded by UKRI | UK | 100K+ research projects | In the pipeline: Updated weekly |
| UK Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) | Policy discourse | Records of parliamentary debates in the UK | UK | Full record of House of Commons and House of Lords debates | In the pipeline: Updated weekly |
| NIHR Open Data | Research funding | Data on medical research projects funded by NIHR | UK | ~10K research projects | Not added to the pipeline |
| OpenAlex | Research publishing | A database of academic publications | Global | 250M+ academic works | Not added to the pipeline (work in progress) |
| Google Patents | Patents | Database of patent publications from 100+ international patent offices | Global | 120M+ patents | Not added to the pipelline (work in progress) |
| Media Cloud* | Media discourse | Global database of news stories across multiple media sources | Global | 1B+ news stories (headlines or full text) | To be explored |
| 360Giving* | Philanthropic funding | Data on grants funding in the UK | UK | 1M+ grants | To be explored |