A list of recent updates to Overton Index including data updates, fixes and new product functionality
We make updates to the Overton Index daily. We don’t follow a fixed release cycle—new features go live as soon as they pass testing and QA. This page tracks all work completed in 2025. You can find updates from previous years on separate pages.
To stay informed, you can also sign up for our newsletter, which highlights major updates to the app and data. If you have questions about any of the items listed below, please contact Support.
July 2025
- We rolled out the COFOG classification system for our policy documents. COFOG is a system that classifies the broad objectives of government. We assign every policy document to at least one COFOG division. You can find more information here https://help.overton.io/article/about-topics-entities-and-subject-areas/
- We’ve added tooltips to all filters in the Policy Documents search to help users better understand their functionality. Where available, tooltips also include links to relevant help pages for additional guidance.
- Opportunities admins with premium Engage subscriptions can now combine people searches with best match scoring filters to identify the strongest matches for specific researchers.
- We fixed a bug that caused minor formatting issues in Excel exports.
- We’ve made it easier to access all help resources from within the app. Users can now navigate directly from the header bar to help pages, case studies, and how-to guides.
- Users can now include page numbers for where a citation is found in API exports from the Scholarly Articles tab.
June 2025
- Users can now use a ‘select-all’ option on all of the filters available within Overton Index. This will allow users to easily exclude options from their searches.
May 2025
- We launched a similar search option for the Overton Index, allowing users to find related documents within our database. You can find more information here https://help.overton.io/article/searching-for-similar-policy-documents/
March 2025
- We launched our improved SDG classifier. You can find more information here https://help.overton.io/article/about-the-sdg-categories-in-overton/
February 2025
- We launched our new three-tiered source type taxonomy. You can find more information here https://help.overton.io/article/how-does-overton-index-classify-its-sources/
- We fixed a bug that was causing errors when trying to export results to Powerpoint.
January 2025
- Subscribers can now use OpenAthens SSO without releasing their email address attributes to us.
- We’ve updated the PowerPoint exports to include information on how many times an article has been cited by other policy documents, if relevant to the user’s search.
- Users with API functionality enabled on their account can now view their API keys on their account settings page.