As the realm of science and technology expands rapidly, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the stakeholders – such as researchers, publishers and regulators/governments – to keep track of the happenings. It requires specialized skills as well as vast experience to mine the voluminous data available and apply it to the specific requirement.

Here, the professional team at Scope can be of immense help to you. Our specialized Knowledge Services include:

• Data Extraction
• Patent Abstraction
• STM Database Creation
• Cataloging
• Classification & Indexing
• Taxonomy, Thesaurus, Lexicon and Ontologies Development
• Scope Podcast Transcription Services

Whatever your role in the Scientific, Technical and Medical Knowledge industry, we offer services tailored for your needs. Global clients who have utilized our STM services include:

• Authors and scientific publishing companies whom we assist to disseminate the results of research in the areas of science, technology and medicine
• National and international organizations whom we help in improving the dissemination, storage and retrieval of scientific, technical and medical information
• Leading publishers for whom we develop high quality content. Our domain experts also add value to existing content for such organizations.

Data Extraction

Once you specify the application, our experts will collect the required data from various external and legacy content repositories. Scope has developed a specialized data extraction tool to extract key technical values and attributes from unstructured data sources such as scientific journals, engineering patents and medical journals. With this niche service we help clients create exclusive and path-breaking information products in various fields such as chemistry, medicine, engineering and life sciences.

Patent / STM Article Abstraction

Scope has developed a set of proprietary software packages, with which our Subject Matter Experts (SME), or domain experts, can abstract any kind of technical document, viz. patent, scientific, medical, etc. Our software packages help improve turnaround time and ensure quality of abstracts.

Scope’s Patent Abstraction Services will provide highly value-added abstracts by deciphering the complex claims and specifications of your patent documents to identify the novelty, advantages and industrial applications of the patent. We leverage our expertise in technical domains and patent abstracting to offer niche services in patent research through Patent Mining, Prior Art Search and Technology Domain Landscaping. Scope also has expertise in patent abstraction in German, French and Chinese languages.

Scientific Database Creation

Scope offers specialized services in the creation, updating & maintenance of technical, scientific, business and medical databases / indexes, directories etc. For this, we repackage existing content as well as develop new content (through secondary research) to help you develop newer online products. Our experts have created and updated a variety of databases and directories across industries for various leading portals and organizations, including not-for-profit bodies in India, the UK and the US.

Cataloging

Scope’s Product Cataloging services ensure that data can be accessed easily from a database or information systematically. We give you an additional option of parametric search by comparing different models of a product within the same company. You can also compare products among different manufacturers. This apart, our experts can develop unique catalogs that can act as a single source of reference for you to choose the product as per your requirements and specific needs.

Classification & Indexing

We offer extensive Classification and Indexing Services, serving the content management needs of several large databases and online portals. Our experts have considerable experience in categorizing and tagging products according to standard nomenclature – this means you spend less time in finding information. This increases the return on investment on your content management systems.

Scope’s approach to categorization involves using controlled vocabulary, taxonomies and ontologies. This facilitates easy navigation, keyword search and searches based on natural language-based queries. The end result? Increased traffic for your websites, bringing in more advertisers.

Our Classification and Indexing offerings include:

• Keyword / conceptual indexing
• Medical indexing
• Image indexing
• Structured categorization
• Bibliographic metadata creation
• Taxonomies / Ontologies / Topic maps

Content Linguistics Services

Scope offers various value-added content linguistics services. These range from technical translation to abstraction and glossary building, text mining and natural language processing.

Total STM Solutions

If you are looking for an end-to-end STM solutions provider, Scope is the right choice for you. Our involvement in your project can begin right at the beginning – from its initial conceptualization through to its implementation, followed by ongoing maintenance & oversight.

Scope seeks to be your knowledge partner of choice. The aim is to build lasting relationships with clients.