Clarivate announces China Petrochemical Corporation partnership
Clarivate has signed agreements to provide China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec Group) with its academic research and intellectual property (IP) solutions. This collaboration will empower the research and development goals of mainland China’s largest oil and petrochemical products supplier, ultimately delivering impactful research and innovation.
By bringing together solutions from both academic research and the IP sector, Clarivate will equip Sinopec Group with enriched data, trusted insights and expert services. This partnership is aimed at helping Sinopec Group improve the creation, protection, and commercialisation of innovation, supporting its vision of advancing technologies in low-carbon energy and environment-friendly materials.
Clarivate will provide Sinopec Group with the Web of Science platform, which is home to the publisher-neutral citation index – Web of Science Core Collection – as well as additional data insights. Web of Science helps streamline the discovery of content from the leading journals alongside conference papers, books, dissertations and theses, datasets, patents, preprints, awarded grants, policy documents and more.
Beijing incoPat Technology Co., Ltd., the business partner of Clarivate in Mainland China, will provide the incoPat global patent data. The incoPat patent database has more than 200 million records, covering patents from 172 countries, regions, and organisations.
Matti Shem Tov, Chief Executive Officer at Clarivate, said: “We are very pleased to sign this landmark contract with Sinopec Group to enhance its efforts in driving innovation. This is another great example of how we fuel innovation with our transformative intelligence, from research and learning to commercialisation. We will work closely with Sinopec Group to support its corporate vision to be a world-leading energy and chemical company.”
The collaboration between Clarivate and Sinopec Group dates back several years. Sinopec Group, as well as its subsidiaries, has been using other solutions from Clarivate, including InCites Benchmarking & Analytics, Derwent Innovation, and Darts-ip.