BMJ and scite Partner to Increase Discoverability and Improve Reproducibility

Brooklyn, NY, October 28, 2019– scite, a Brooklyn-based startup founded in 2018, has partnered with BMJ, a leading healthcare knowledge provider founded in 1840. The partnership between the two companies will allow scite to increase the coverage of citation statements they index and will help BMJ increase the discoverability of their articles. Overall, the partnership aims to improve reproducibility in research by making it easier to identify if a scientific article has been supported or contradicted using scite.

Josh Nicholson, co-founder and CEO of scite, adds, “We’re thrilled to be working with BMJ! They are one of the world’s oldest scientific publishers and are constantly experimenting with better publication models and tools. Being able to index citation statements from nearly a million articles will be a big value add to scite users.”

Helen King, Digital Strategy Lead at BMJ, says, “scite has found a novel way to use our published articles and we’re happy to partner with them to help identify and promote reliable research.”

About BMJ

BMJ is a global healthcare knowledge provider with a vision for a healthier world. We share knowledge and expertise to improve healthcare outcomes worldwide. Explore our products and resources at bmj.com/company.

About scite

scite is a Brooklyn-based startup that allows anyone to see if a scientific report has been supported or contradicted. Using deep learning and a network of experts, scite has classified 400 million citation statements from 12 million scientific articles that support, contradict, or mention prior research. scite is used internationally by researchers from dozens of countries and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health.

Further information about scite: scite.ai