Coherent Impact

Real-world impact intelligence for research

Reveals how research is used across policy, practice, and applied settings — tracking citations in 40,000+ organizations worldwide.

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Traditional impact metrics focus on citations within academic journals.
Coherent Impact reaches beyond, tracking how research is used in the broader policy and professional ecosystem.

Streamlined Reporting and Benchmarking

Support case studies and build compelling narratives with concrete examples of policy and practice uptake
Export structured data for reports, evaluations, and grant applications
Benchmark against peers to understand your presence in public and policy discourse

Comprehensive Impact Management

Track non-academic citations across government departments, NGOs, IGOs, and technical literature
Understand influence in context—by country, organization type, and topic
Map collaborative networks by identifying which organizations cite your work
Analyze citation context to see not just what was cited, but how and why

Real-world impact intelligence platform

Coherent Impact is a real-world impact intelligence platform that reveals how research is used across policy, practice, and applied settings.

It supports REF-style impact narratives, grant justification, translational research, and equity-driven global relevance.

Coherent Impact helps universities demonstrate influence in society and the economy—and makes it easy to align research with funder priorities.

Audience intelligence and impact development

Identify who is using your research across sectors and geographies
Discover new audiences by analyzing who engages with similar work
Explore emerging topics based on patterns in policy and applied literature
Track key organizations relevant to your research priorities
Increase visibility of your outputs by making non-traditional content discoverable
Use Follow and Alerts functionality to build ongoing engagement with your work

Preservation and persistent access

Avoid link rot through Coherent's preserved copies and permanent identifiers (COIs) assigned to all indexed content
Cite reliably, with long-term access to cited items assured — even when original sources disappear
Access rescued and preserved at-risk content, including niche and regional materials

Discovery, content access, and enhanced visibility

Access more than 40 million policy and applied science documents globally
Support comprehensive systematic reviews with content unavailable elsewhere
Use integrated search and indexing tools across grey literature sources
Get global discoverability for your content through inclusion in the Coherent Commons
Enhance your visibility via search engines and discovery services

WHO USES IT

Built for everyone who needs to see real-world impact.

Libraries

Capture real-world policy and practice-based research beyond journal coverage
Enable impact assessment for researchers and administrators
Complement traditional databases with real-world evidence
Access rescued and at-risk content

Research Offices

Document how institutional research is taken up in policy, programs, and practice
Support real-world impact reporting, evaluation, and strategy
Find funding opportunities

Researchers

See where your work informs real-world decisions
Discover new sources missing from your research
Understand how research is used outside academia

Think Tanks and NGOs

Prove to donors that your recommendations are being read by government officials and other influencers
Measure the real-world influence of your research output

Government Agencies

See how your technical reports are utilized by the private sector and international bodies
Access the work of others to inform policy and practice

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