Overton is the world's largest database of public policy documents and grey literature, with more than 23 million texts from 193 countries. Allows you to discover, analyze and track how academic ideas are cited and used in government reports, NGOs, think tanks and international organizations. It is used for:
- Evidencing the impact of research on policy
- Create reports and impact studies.
- Provide support for research strategies, academic promotions and funding applications.
- Understand how policies connect to each other and to research.
This database makes it possible to identify the metric "Mentions, references», required for the recognition of research sections in the 2025 call for the ANECA six-year termThis metric refers to the mentions obtained for contributions in non-academic documents produced by social, cultural, economic or political agents, such as regulatory documents, patents, standards, public policy implementation reports, news in the media or clinical guidelines.