26th March 2026

As we head towards the end of the first quarter of 2026, we’re pleased to share our first newsletter of the year, looking 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.

Product Update

Bringing trusted full-text access into AI workflows

A key development announced earlier this year was the introduction of our MCP server enabling AI tools to check access rights and guide users to the version of record.

As AI becomes a key discovery route, this development helps ensure that users are not only reading AI responses but also accessing the full text sources in a lawful and trusted way.

Additionally, the GetFTR Browser Extension continues to expand its reach and now works directly with tools such as ChatGPT and Claude. If researchers ask for a DOI in their result, they will be presented with GetFTR full text links wherever they have access rights. We encourage AI tools to integrate directly with GetFTR so that all researchers benefit, not just those that have installed the extension. Examples of this are Scite and SciFinder – read our latest blog post for more information.

Together, these developments reinforce a simple idea: AI discovery should lead and encourage researchers to use the trusted content.

GetFTR Responds to Entitlement Requests

GetFTR has invested in its infrastructure to optimize performance while growing scale, as more tools integrate. We encourage publishers to share Subscriber Links so that GetFTR can respond on your behalf, and only share requests to your APIs where GetFTR cannot entitle users.

New Partners and Integrations

American Psychological Association (APA) has joined as a publisher, providing entitlement checks for research tools that integrate with GetFTR. APA PsycInfo is already integrated with GetFTR and we are delighted they are benefitting from both parts of the service. 

We’re pleased to welcome a number of new publishers through our free tier programme, helping to broaden the global research landscape available via GetFTR:

  • Acta Physica Sinica
  • Life Science Alliance

On the discovery side, new partnerships with tools such as Cypris and CAS BioFinder Discovery Platform continue to extend GetFTR’s presence across research and discovery tools. GetFTR adds value to discovery resources, research tools, and scholarly collaboration networks by providing them with the necessary information to signpost their users to the content they are entitled to read.

Case Studies

Recent case studies highlight how publishers are using GetFTR to support research integrity and provide improved access at the point of discovery:

  • IOP Publishing: this case study shows how partnership with GetFTR improves trusted pathways to content, supported integrity, and improves researchers’ onward journeys. It reports that GetFTR delivered more than 100k clicks to IOPScience, outperforming Crossref referrals. 
  • Taylor & Francis: this case study demonstrates how T&F uses GetFTR to enhance their researcher experience by flagging retractions and updates within article references, which saves the researcher time and enhances reference integrity.

These examples show how GetFTR adds value to platforms and tools by improving research journeys.

Read all our case studies. 

Events

Over the past months, we’ve had the opportunity to connect with the community across a range of events, including:

  • Charleston Conference Asia
  • NISO Plus
  • Researcher to Reader (Lightning Talk, Making Access to Trusted Research Easier)
  • Access Labs (OpenAthens)
  • ER&L (Electronic Resources & Libraries)

These conversations continue to shape how we evolve GetFTR in response to real-world needs and give us the opportunity to catch up with our partners. 

We are looking forward to continuing these discussions at events throughout 2026, including:

  • FORCE11 (Lightening Talk)
  • STM US Annual Conference
  • CSE Annual Conference
  • SSP Annual Conference

If you’re attending, we’d love to see you.

Founders Insights

We share all of our news and case studies on LinkedIn, make sure you are following us there! 

And finally…

2025 has been a great year for GetFTR

  • We now support 50 integrations including Web of Science, Lean Library, Scite, Article Galaxy, Chemport, Biofinder as well as many publishers who have integrated across their own discovery services, AI tools, and references
  • We support 7bn+ entitlement checks per year and with more publishers coming onboard in 2026 that number will only increase 
  • We introduced new features such as save to reference manager, license information, preprint to VoR links, journal transfer, OJS plug-in, which shows our continued commitment to working to solve the problems researchers most commonly face in their research journey

Get in touch if you would like to discuss working with us in 2026.