Yes. You will need to have administrator rights in order to allow installation of OE. We recommend disabling your firewall to carry out installation. You will also need to be an administrator in order to load your licence file. Please contact your IT support team if you do not have administrator rights.

You will need administrator rights granted to the following folders:

C:\Users\NAME\AppData\Local\OE OpenExplorer

C:\Program Files (x86)\OE OpenExplorer

You need to press save before running the installer.

C:\Program Files (x86)\OE OpenExplorer

You need to allow OE to be installed on your computer. To allow this, click on “more info” and choose the option “run anyway”. We are unlocking your PC’s potential, not putting it at risk!

Once you download OE, turn off your anti-virus software to run the installation. Once the installation is complete, you can turn your anti-virus back on.

C:\Users\NAME\AppData\Local\OE OpenExplorer\log

If you are not able to see the AppData folder, make sure the “Hidden Items” checkbox under “View” is checked.

OE 1.5 is currently supported by Windows 10 on PC and virtual desktops

Click About -> Licence Information to check expiry dates for your licence.

If you purchased a Lifetime subscription, OE is yours for life!

For any additional questions or issues, please contact the OE team at contact@thefindengine.com

If you choose to expand your search by Times Cited, you can use the “Undo” button to go back to your previous results

Yes, you can pause and resume a search. However don’t close the software or turn your computer off while a search is paused, as you will lose the search results.

Yes, hover over a technique to reveal additional terms searched with it.

You have the ability to predefine one or more techniques. Include the techniques in the “Other” search field in the Techniques section and OE will do the rest. You can also use AND OR NOT functions in this field to add more than one technique e.g. CRISPR OR Gene editing.

You have the ability to predefine your own journals. Include the journal in the “Other” search field in the Method-Based Journals section and OE will do the rest.

Type the full name of the organization and any abbreviation into the appropriate field.

This depends on the search outcomes you desire. If you are looking for a product or technique, your search should be focused in the Materials&Methods section.

Yes, using the + sign button. Boolean operators AND, OR, NOT are also active.

Yes, in any search field.

Publications will refer to countries in different ways. Use the Boolean operator “OR” to capture all countries with different spellings.

Publications will refer to organizations in different ways. Use the Boolean operator “OR” to capture all organizations with different spellings.

Author information is extracted from the affiliations section of a publication. The Metrics generates total number of authors worldwide. The world map prioritizes the country first, and then authors.

Only patents pre-dating 27 April 2012 are available in public databases interrogated by OE.

OE extracts information from public databases such as EuropePMC. The search outcomes faithfully reproduce those results generated from the public databases. OE 2.0 will have the ability to access a wider range of databases and repositories.

OE is mining 40 million articles. Expect anomalies. Work with these anomalies as they yield surprisingly useful outcomes too.

Just click on save searches and assign a name to your search. There is no limit to how many searches you can save!

Yes. Use the export button to give your saved search a file name and save as a .ini file on your computer.

Yes, as long as the file type isn’t altered or damaged.