GetFTR Blog

October 2026 Newsletter

It's been a busy few months for GetFTR, with new publishers joining, more research and discovery tools integrating, and evidence of the impact we're making. A recent study by Emerald Publishing showed a 3.5% increase in article usage attributable to their integration with GetFTR,

Press Release: Bioscientifica Partners with GetFTR

Bioscientifica, a not-for-profit publisher working within the biomedical research community, has partnered with GetFTR (Get Full Text Research) to make its journal content more accessible through the tools researchers use to discover and explore scholarly literature.

Press Release: GetFTR announces four new integrations

Researchers are discovering scholarly content in more places than ever before, with AI-powered research assistants, evidence tools and specialist research platforms joining traditional discovery services. As the landscape evolves, GetFTR’s community of research and discovery tools continues to grow

Emerald measures 3.5% increase in usage with GetFTR

Usage has always mattered to both academic publishers and librarians. Publishers need to know that their content is being found and read, while libraries want to know that the content they invest in is being used by their researchers. Usage data helps demonstrate that value and plays an important role in subscription and renewal decisions.

Metadata in Action: GetFTR and Crossref

Case Study, News

Researchers discover content across an increasingly diverse range of tools and platforms. They need to reach trusted content quickly, understand whether they have access, and have confidence they're reading the most up-to-date version of the scholarly record. This case study demonstrates the importance of metadata and industry collaboration

How Scite integrated GetFTR to enhance research discovery and full-text access

Case Study, News

Scite, a citation-intelligence platform now part of Research Solutions, integrated with Get Full Text Research (GetFTR) in July 2025 to connect its AI-powered discovery tool directly to verified, full-text content. The integration lets researchers move from an AI-generated answer or Smart Citation straight to the authoritative version of an article, in a single click, without navigating paywalls

Why Publishers Should Join GetFTR

A few publishers have recently asked why they should partner with GetFTR. It felt like a good moment to lay out the case. Joining GetFTR means giving researchers faster, more reliable access to your trusted content - wherever they discover it.

June 2026 Newsletter

As we reach the halfway point of 2026, the scholarly communications landscape continues to evolve rapidly. Throughout these changes, GetFTR remains focused on a simple goal: helping researchers identify and access trusted full text, wherever their journey begins.

If Content Can Be Read Anywhere, How Do Publishers Measure Its Impact?

Case Study, News

The scholarly communications landscape is becoming increasingly fragmented. Researchers no longer discover and access scholarly content solely on publisher platforms. Instead they move between discovery services, aggregators, library resources, syndication platforms, and increasingly AI-powered environments.

Press Release: PNAS Partners with GetFTR to Improve Discovery and Access to Trusted Research

As one of the world’s most cited and respected multidisciplinary journals, PNAS brings high-quality peer-reviewed scientific outputs into the GetFTR ecosystem, enabling researchers to discover and access trusted full-text content quickly and confidently.

Press Release: EBSCO Information Services and GetFTR Partner to Streamline Access to Full Text

New partnership connects open web discovery with access to full text on EBSCOhost, simplifying the journey from open web discovery to trusted library access. Through the partnership, researchers at more than 70,000 institutions worldwide gain..

Press Release: ASHA Journals Joins GetFTR

ASHA Journals Joins GetFTR to Improve Discovery and Access to Trusted Communication Sciences ResearchThe inclusion of the society publisher’s five peer-reviewed journals will help researchers and clinicians connect more easily to trusted full text wherever their discovery begins.

Press Release: The Company of Biologists Joins GetFTR

GetFTR (Get Full Text Research) is pleased to announce that The Company of Biologists has joined its growing network of publishers working to connect research discovery directly to trusted full text.The not-for-profit publisher strengthens its commitment to helping researchers discover and access trusted content wherever they start their research journey.

March 2026 Newsletter

As we head towards the end of the first quarter of 2026 we would like to look back at recent developments and ahead to what’s coming next. 2025 was another year of rapid change in how research is discovered, particularly with the rise of AI tools. As we move into Q2, our focus remains clear: connecting discovery directly to trusted full text.

How Taylor & Francis and GetFTR Enhance Research Integrity and Discovery

Case Study, News

In today’s scholarly landscape, researchers access content through a wide range of channels including aggregators, syndication platforms, institutional search platforms, AI tools, reference links, and publisher websites. While the whole research communications ecosystem makes research more accessible than ever, it also introduces challenges.

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How GetFTR Connects AI Sources to Trusted Content

AI-powered research assistants are rapidly becoming part of the scholarly workflow. Tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Scite and Scisummary are helping researchers discover relevant academic content faster than ever before. Researchers are increasingly identifying articles directly within AI-generated responses.

GetFTR Announces New Partnerships

GetFTR (Get Full Text Research) is pleased to announce significant expansion across its publisher network and research-discovery ecosystem, reflecting its commitment to supporting organisations of all sizes and strengthening global access to trusted scholarly content.

IOP Publishing and GetFTR – Strengthening Discovery & Integrity

Case Study, News

GetFTR, the global content access platform connecting users to the full text of trusted academic content, has launched a new capability that allows AI-powered research tools and agents to check content entitlements in real time and generate “smart links” to send users to authoritative full text.

GetFTR Enables AI Tools to Check Access Rights for Academic Content

GetFTR, the global content access platform connecting users to the full text of trusted academic content, has launched a new capability that allows AI-powered research tools and agents to check content entitlements in real time and generate “smart links” to send users to authoritative full text.

December 2025 Newsletter

As we wrap up 2025, we are pleased to share our final newsletter of the year, with a look back at recent updates and a preview of what’s to come. Find out about new features included in the GetFTR Browser Extension, the launch of the OJS Plugin, new integrations and read our founders insights.

Product Update: Enhancements to the GetFTR Browser Extension

We’re excited to share the latest updates to the GetFTR Browser Extension, designed to make researchers’ lives easier and ensure they always access the most up to date reliable content. Latest updates include integration with AI tools, license information, download to reference manager, and works on any website

Insights Part Three: Collaboration and Innovation: How Publishers Prove Shared Infrastructure Works

In a competitive industry, GetFTR is proof that collaboration can deliver infrastructure that benefits everyone including researchers, publishers, and discovery resources. GetFTR’s success is a model for future innovation: shared infrastructure, mutual benefit, and community-driven governance.

How Zenitech Helped GetFTR Scale, Innovate, and Strengthen Research Integrity

Case Study, News

Zenitech has helped us deliver several key enhancements, including real-time retraction and update notifications, an increasingly critical feature in an era of information overload. This ensures researchers are alerted when a paper has been corrected or retracted, helping them cite responsibly

Insights from the GetFTR Founders, Part Two: Integrity, Trust & how GetFTR Strengthens the Scholarly Record

Part 2 of the founders Insights series is focussed on trust in a distributed discovery ecosystem. By extending trust indicators across the discovery ecosystem, GetFTR helps publishers uphold the scholarly record in practice, not just in principle.

Insights from the GetFTR Founders: Part One: safeguarding visibility and integrity of content

As part of GetFTR’s fifth-anniversary celebrations, we sat down with the founding publishers to reflect on five years of progress and change across the research discovery landscape. An earlier interview in Research Information captured some of their key reflections, but the conversation uncovered

GetFTR and the Web of Science Partner to Streamline Research Discovery and Access

GetFTR (Get Full Text Research) is excited to announce a new integration with the Web of Science from Clarivate, the world's largest publisher-neutral citation index and research intelligence platform, and one of the most authoritative and widely used discovery resources in academic research.

October 2025 Newsletter

In this Q3 edition, we’re sharing a product update such as License information available for Integrations, save to Reference Manager via the GetFTR Browser Extension and faster entitlement decisions, as well as welcoming new integrators, highlighting our

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CABI and GetFTR – Enhancing Access and Impact Across the Global Research Community

Case Study, News

CABI, a not-for-profit organisation with a mission to improve lives through science-based solutions in agriculture and the environment, has partnered with Get Full Text Research (GetFTR) utilizing both of GetFTR’s service offerings.

GetFTR Improves Research Access with New Discovery Integrations

GetFTR is growing its network annoucing new partnerships with Article Galaxy, Piri Discovery Service, and Chemport GetFTR. Existing publisher partners Edinburgh University Press and the Geological Society of London integrate GetFTR indicators into references

New features improve discovery and access to academic content

At GetFTR, our goal is to make it easier for researchers to access the academic content they need, quickly and reliably. We are excited to share several new features designed to improve both discovery and access, whether you’re using GetFTR as a researcher, integrator, or publisher.

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AI Tools + GetFTR: Make the Research Pathway from Discovery to Access Smarter

Case Study, News

The recent integration between GetFTR and Scite nicely illustrates how AI tools can now offer researchers faster, more reliable access to trusted full-text content. It is free for any discovery tool or resources that would like to integrate with GetFTR making it easy to enhance your service

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GetFTR Turns Five: What We’ve Delivered – and What’s Next

In 2020 five major publishers came together with a shared goal: to simplify and streamline access to academic content. They’d heard so many stories of researchers being encumbered on their journey from discovery tool to full-text and wanted to help solve their problem,

New Integrations with Lean Library and Scite to Streamline Access to Research

GetFTR is pleased to announce two new integrations: Lean Library, the library services tool, and Scite, a next-generation citation index from Research Solutions, along with its AI-powered research assistant, Scite Assistant.

GetFTR Update, Newsletter and Webinar Available

It’s been a busy and exciting few months at GetFTR, and we are happy to share a roundup of recent highlights. We published our Q2 newsletter, have the recording of our webinar available and celebrate 5 years of GetFTR. Read all about it here.

June 2025 Newsletter

As GetFTR celebrates its fifth anniversary, we have been reflecting on how far we’ve come and how we continue to grow. Our journey was recently shared in a webinar and a blog post. Here's a roundup of the latest updates and developments.

A review and and celebration of five years of GetFTR’s cross-industry collaboration

In the complex world of scholarly publishing, discovery doesn’t always lead straight to access. That was the central problem behind the founding of GetFTR (Get Full Text Research), a service created to bridge the gap between discovery tools and authoritative,

RSNA and SEG Implement Retraction and Errata Feature to Strengthen Research Integrity

The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) have implemented the GetFTR Retraction and Errata feature on their journal platforms, significantly enhancing the visibility of corrections and retractions within

Five Years and Counting! A GetFTR Update Webinar

Join us for the next GetFTR webinar on June 26th. Whether you are completely new to GetFTR or an expert at recounting its many use cases, come along for an update and discussion. From the early days of ensuring researchers get their “best entitled version” through supporting content syndication and reference integrations

Taylor & Francis Online Displays Retraction and Errata Buttons in References

New indicators have been introduced to the references section of Taylor & Francis journal articles to inform readers when cited research has been retracted or updated. Using GetFTR’s retraction and errata service, Taylor & Francis Online is one of the first journal platforms to offer this functionality.

Empowering Librarians: Streamlined Access for Researchers and Tools for Librarians

At GetFTR, we are continually working to improve how researchers access the scholarly content they need—while making it easier for librarians to support that journey. Our latest updates reflect a growing focus on developing tools, resources, and features

New Feature: Save to Reference Managers with the GetFTR Browser Extension

Since its launch last year, the GetFTR Browser Extension has been transforming how researchers discover and access trusted scholarly content across the wider web

28th March 2025

Welcome to the first newsletter of the year, we have lots of positive news to share with you. Read on to find out about product enhancements, new partners and other developments

GetFTR Expands Support for Perpetual Rights and Journal Transfers

GetFTR has enhanced its entitlements checking service to better support perpetual rights, ensuring uninterrupted access to journal content even after a publisher has transferred a journal. This update benefits both researchers and publishers by recognizing perpetual rights

GetFTR adds Smartlinks and Retraction and Errata to Preprint Websites

GetFTR has expanded its capabilities and is now able to support preprint websites, offering researchers streamlined access to authoritative content through its GetFTR Browser Extension. This enhancement enables users on platforms such as Preprints.org,

APA PsycInfo Integrates GetFTR’s Retraction and Errata Feature

The American Psychological Association (APA) is excited to announce the launch of a Retraction and Errata Feature within its flagship research database, APA PsycInfo. This new integration allows researchers to identify retracted articles

Taylor & Francis eBooks Platform Integrates with GetFTR

GetFTR and Taylor & Francis are pleased to announce that Taylor & Francis eBooks are now accessible via GetFTR. Whilst many publishers working with GetFTR already include eBook content in their entitlement checks, Taylor & Francis is the first to implement GetFTR entitlement checking

Going to Researcher to Reader? Don’t forget to sign up for our workshop!

Going to Researcher to Reader, 25-26 Februry 2025? If so, don’t forget to sign up for our workshop: How can collaborative infrastructure support researchers? Researchers start their discovery journey using a variety of different tools, and identifying whether content is accessible

9th December 2024

The product team has been busy onboarding new partners, supporting new use cases, and developing new features. Here’s a summary of what we’ve been working on recently:

ASM and RSNA Integrate GetFTR to Enhance Access from Article References

The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) have become the latest publishers to incorporate Get Full Text Research (GetFTR) links within their article references. This new feature allows researchers to quickly identify which cited articles are

IOPP integrates GetFTR retraction and errata service to further improve research integrity 

Get Full Text Research (GetFTR) is pleased to announce that its retraction and errata feature has been adopted by IOP Publishing (IOPP) and integrated into its article reference on its content platform, IOPscience. This enhancement aims to keep researchers informed

Syndicated usage reporting and GetFTR

We are pleased to share the news that publishers using GetFTR can now easily share usage metrics in compliance with COUNTER’s best practice on syndicated usage reporting. GetFTR allows publishers to share their own internal Customer

More Researchers Benefit from GetFTR Links to Trusted Content

The GetFTR Browser Extension signals the availability of full-text on all websites, including search engines, social media, new outlets, reference sites, library discovery resources and many more.

SEG Partners with GetFTR to Enhance Research Discovery

The Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) has recently expanded its commitment to providing streamlined access to their cutting-edge research by joining GetFTR, a cross industry initiative designed to provide trusted pathways to research.

1st October 2024

Catch up with all our news from this quarter. We have a lot of product updates for you plus new partner announcements and a case study to share

APA PsycInfo A&I Integration Experience

Case Study, News

APA Psycinfo is a personalized platform for discovery of the latest psychological research. It leverages AI and machine learning to assist behavioral scientists in monitoring the latest research trends in their specialty areas.

IEEE: latest publisher to join GetFTR

IEEE demonstrates their commitment to supporting researchers in discovering and accessing trusted content when using popular discovery tools. GetFTR is pleased to announce that IEEE has joined its growing network of organizations

GetFTR Browser Extension Update

GetFTR has extended support to all websites via its Browser Extension, enabling researchers to identify full text that has been made available to them via institution subscriptions or open access no matter where they are on the web.

Interview with Olly Rickard, Atypon

Why did Atypon decide to partner with GetFTR and how does the partnership benefit their publisher clients? We talked to Olly Rickard, Senior Product Manager with Atypon about the importance of the partnership with GetFTR.

15th July 2024

Catch up with all our news from this quarter. We have a lot of product updates for you plus new partner announcements and a case study to share

GetFTR Enhances Support for Open Access Publishers

In an exciting development for the research community, we are expanding our services for open access publishers. Researchers tell us that they can find it hard to identify open access content in their discovery tools and may be

How R Discovery achieved increased engagement with GetFTR

Case Study, News

In January 2021, CACTUS integrated their research discovery tool, R Discovery, with GetFTR, marking one of the earliest adoptions of this cross-industry initiative. CACTUS conducted their own study to

Case Study: Thieme’s Integration with GetFTR

Thieme, a leading provider of information and services to improve healthcare and health, recently joined GetFTR, further expanding GetFTR’s network of publishers. One of Thieme’s key goals is to ensure streamlined access

GetFTR Extends Retraction and Errata Service to All Partners

GetFTR has extended its Retraction and Errata service to all integrator partners. This rollout enables partners such as discovery resources and tools, Scholarly Collaboration Networks (SCNs) and publishers who have integrated their references

Press Release: GetFTR collaborates with Crossref to strengthen research integrity

GetFTR is proud to announce a significant enhancement to their core service which will expose retraction and errata information to researchers at the point of discovery. This collaboration with Crossref marks

4th April 2024

We were delighted that over 100 people representing libraries, publishers and discovery resources signed up for our webinar in March. We included an introduction to GetFTR and news about the latest products

Tracy Gardner joins GetFTR as Head of Marketing

Tracy Gardner joins GetFTR as of Head of Marketing to amplify its value proposition with the academic community. GetFTR, a cross-industry initiative designed to streamline the researchers online journey from discovery to access, is pleased to welcome Tracy to the team.

Thieme go live and IOPP integrates GetFTR indicators with article references

Thieme, a leading provider of information and services in the medical and healthcare sector, has recently joined GetFTR, further expanding GetFTR’s network of publishers. Additionally, existing publishing partner IOPP has enhanced its offerings

GetFTR increases visibility of OA and Free articles

GetFTR has developed a service which will signpost researchers to Open Access and free content while searching in a discovery service which has integrated with GetFTR, or when using the GetFTR Browser Extension.

8th December 2023

GetFTR continues to move at a fast pace, with new partners joining and new services offered in 2023. This year we launched a new entitlement checking service which respond to requests 8 times quicker - read on to find out...

ASM International, AACR and SciSummary latest to join GetFTR

American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), ASM International, and SciSummary, become the latest partners to join GetFTR - Get Full Text Research. GetFTR provides researchers with quicker

American Chemical Society (ACS) Enhances Researcher Experience with Integration of GetFTR into Article References

ACS is the latest publisher to integrate GetFTR with their article references. This means GetFTR indicators will signpost

2nd October

GetFTR announces new partners including CABI, Edward Elgar and the Royal College of Surgeons of London; launches the Browser Extension; publishes their product roadmap; publishes new Case Studies and lists the events...

CABI, Edward Elgar & Royal College of Surgeons of England take advantage of GetFTR’s “free tier” initiative.

GetFTR is delighted to welcome three new publishing organizations, all of whom have recently gone live with GetFTR

Sage becomes latest publisher to join GetFTR

Sage becomes the latest publisher to join the GetFTR – Get Full Text Research – service, providing users of its research quicker access to the published content they are entitled to via their institutional subscriptions as well as access to the latest hybrid..

26th June 2023

The year is flying by and we have lots of exciting news to share with you ahead of the holiday season. We have new partner announcements including OUP, GSL, and ResearchGate as well as product news...

Oxford University Press and Geological Society of London go live with GetFTR

OUP will include its books as well as journals in the GetFTR service and would like to ask all discovery services using GetFTR to send entitlement checks for both content types so they can quickly direct readers to content..

ResearchGate integrates with GetFTR

ResearchGate integrates with GetFTR

GetFTR has today announced that ResearchGate, the professional network for researchers, has integrated with the service as part of an expanded offering for publishers. Over the last few months, GetFTR has been building, and ResearchGate...

29th March 2023

We are delighted to say that 2023 has got off to a flying start with new partners, new products and services, and case studies showing how GetFTR improves the researcher experience. Here are the highlights...

GetFTR welcomes American Meteorological Society and KGL PubFactory as new partners for 2023

KGL PubFactory becomes the latest platform provider to facilitate access to GetFTR as American Meteorological Society (AMS) becomes the first publisher to join GetFTR...

19th December 2022

Earlier this month we attended the STM Conference to present where we are three years on, after our announcement at STM back in December 2019. We provided an update on our partners, who now total 34, with more joining in....

American Diabetes Association and American Physiological Society join GetFTR as publishing partners

There are now 18 publishers working with GetFTR to streamline access to their content. Get Full Text Research (GetFTR)...

11th October 2022

Publishers are increasingly turning to GetFTR to ensure researchers are provided with streamlined access to the most up-to-date trusted research, and we have completed more than 5 billion entitlement checks since....

GetFTR welcomes two new publishers to a new program that waives costs for smaller organisations

Get Full Text Research (GetFTR) is pleased to welcome Edinburgh University Press (EUP) and Wageningen Academic Publishers to the service under the new “free tier” program...

21st July 2022

It’s been a busy few months at GetFTR, commissioning user research to test new concepts, running our highest attended publisher webinar, participating at other events, and onboarding new partners. Please read on to find....

31st March 2022

This month marks the two-year anniversary of when we received our first entitlement request at GetFTR. At launch we had 5 publishers, 2 integrators, and 1 platform. Today, GetFTR is used by over 30 publishers and....

APA PsycInfo and R Discovery, CACTUS join GetFTR

Get Full Text Research (GetFTR) is pleased to welcome two new integrator partners, APA PsycInfo and R Discovery from CACTUS. The addition of these integrators marks an auspicious start to the year for GetFTR....

MyScienceWork partners with GetFTR: a new streamlined direction towards content

Research management tech provider MyScienceWork (MSW) is pleased to announce its latest partnership with Get Full Text Research (GetFTR), to support a....

Breaking down access barriers – Join GetFTR, SeamlessAccess and CONNECT

On the 14th December, Hylke Koers, Chief Information Officer at STM Solutions, and Heather Staines, Manager of Publisher Outreach at Delta Think, will be joining....

Silverchair partners American Medical Association and Rockefeller University Press join GetFTR

The American Medical Association and Rockefeller University Press have today announced their partnership with Get Full Text Research (GetFTR), a free-to-use....

Leading non-profit physical sciences publisher, AIP Publishing joins GetFTR

AIP Publishing, a leading not-for-profit scholarly publisher in the physical sciences has fully implemented GetFTR (Get Full Text Research), enabling global researchers to benefit from faster and streamlined....

Leading independent platform partner, Silverchair, joins GetFTR

Silverchair, the leading independent platform partner for scholarly and professional publishers, becomes the second platform to use GetFTR (Get Full Text Research) technology, supporting a more....

Future Science Group goes live with GetFTR

Scientific Publisher Future Science Group becomes 8th publisher to go live with GetFTR. 19th April 2021 Future Science Group (FSG) has today joined Get Full Text Research (GetFTR), enabling a growing body of global researchers to benefit from faster....

Publisher the American Society of Civil Engineers and integrator Semantic Scholar are to join GetFTR

GetFTR expands service with two new partners supporting a consistent researcher experience and streamlined access to over 86,000,000 research articles. Publisher....

CHORUS now using GetFTR to support open research compliance for publicly funded research

CHORUS (chorusaccess.org), the non-profit membership organization, is now using Get Full Text Research (GetFTR) technology to speed up and enhance their open....

Karger Publishers trials GetFTR

The Swiss-based scientific and medical publisher is the first organisation to join the founding five publishers of GetFTR, supporting streamlined access to global journal literature. Karger Publishers has today announced that it will trial Get Full Text....