Clarivate is an analytics company that operates a collection of subscription-based services, in the areas of bibliometrics and scientometrics; business & market intelligence, and competitive profiling for pharmacy and biotech, patents, and regulatory compliance. Clarivate began as Thompson Scientific, the Intellectual Property and Science division of Thomson Reuters. In 2016, it was sold to private private-equity firms and spun off as an independent company. Ex Libris, formerly a ProQuest company, is an Israeli provider of library automation solutions, is Clarivate's local R&D and customer success center. Ex Libris designs efficient, user-friendly products that serve the needs of academic, research, and national libraries. Today, Ex Libris's solutions are being used by over 5,000 establishments worldwide.