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Comparison of research networking tools and research profiling systems

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Research networking (RN) is about using tools to identify, locate and use research and scholarly information about people and resources. Research networking tools (RN tools) serve as knowledge management systems for the research enterprise. RN tools connect institution-level/enterprise systems, national research networks, publicly available research data (e.g., grants and publications), and restricted/proprietary data by harvesting information from disparate sources into compiled profiles for faculty, investigators, scholars, clinicians, community partners and facilities. RN tools facilitate collaboration and team science to address research challenges through the rapid discovery and recommendation of researchers, expertise and resources.

Use

RN tools differ from search engines like Google in that RN tools access information in databases and other data not limited to web pages. They also differ from social networking systems in that they represent a compendium of data ingested from authoritative and verifiable sources rather than predominantly individually-posted information, making RN tools more reliable. Yet, RN tools have sufficient flexibility to allow for profile editing. RN tools provide resources to bolster human connections: they can make non-intuitive matches, do not depend on serendipity and do not have a propensity to return only to previously identified collaborations/collaborators. RN tools generally have associated analytical capabilities that enable evaluation of collaboration and cross-disciplinary research/scholarly activity, especially over time.

RN tools and research profiling systems can help researchers gain recognition. Active promotion of scholarship is an aspect of the publication cycle. Commercial and non-profit services help researchers increase visibility and recognition. Digital researcher services enhance discoverability, shareability and citability of scholarship. According to Shanks and Arlitsch, digital researcher services fall into three categories:

  • Author/Researcher Identification—these services provide infrastructure that may be used in the other two categories, such as unique identifiers and name disambiguation.
  • Academic and Professional Networking—most succinctly described as "social networking for academics," these services focus on connecting users based on research interest, affiliation, geography or other variables.
  • Reference and Citation Management—these tools and services include some of the functionality and features of other categories, although their primary focus is on management of citations that a researcher compiles for use within a publication or for sharing with other researchers.

Importantly, data harvested into RN tools can be repurposed, especially if available as Linked Open Data (RDF triples). These RN tools enhance research support activities by providing data for customized, web pages, CV/biosketch generation and data tables for grant proposals.

General

Research Networking ToolProduct ReferenceDeveloper/OwnerOpen sourceAdoptersAcademicLabsActivity InsightC-IKNOWPROFILES by Mentis (formerly Collaborative Partnership / Profile System)Community Academic Profiles - CAPConverisCurvita Profile ManagerCUSP - Columbia University Scientific ProfilesDigital VitaDimensionsElsevier's PureElsevier's SciValEpernicus Solutions & Epernicus NetworkEpistemioERIM Member Profile System (ERIM MIS)EsploroEUREKA! Enhancing Student ResearchExpertise @ MarylandFaculty Profile SystemFaculty Profiles SystemFaculty Research Information Profile (FRIP)Faculty Scholarly Productivity IndexFaculty180GENIUSGoogleHUBzeroiamResearcheriAMscientisti2iConnectInCitesINDURE (Indiana Database for University Research Expertise)IRIS (Institutional Research Information System)KnodeThe LensLattes PlatformLatticeGridLinkedInScipinionLife Science NetworkLokiLyteratiMcCormick Collaboration Visualization ToolMendeleyMizzouLinksMyScienceWorkOSU:proPivotPortfolio & ShowroomProfiles Research Networking SoftwareREACH NC Life Science Experts Visualization ToolResearch AcceleratorResearcherIDScholarBridgeSciENcvSymplectic ElementsUNIWebVIVOWorkWebYaffle
AcademicLabsTop pharmaceutical companies, biotech companies, academics from hundreds of universities, worldwide.
Digital MeasuresHundreds of major research institutions around the world
Science of Networks in Communities (SONIC) - Northwestern UniversityNational Cancer Institute, National Science Foundation
Inknowledge, Inc (previously University of Texas at Arlington)(Profiles is available in a free forever plan)UT Arlington, UT Pan American, University of North Texas Health Science Center, UT El Paso, UT San Antonio, UT Tyler, UT Health Science Center, University of North Texas (formerly), UT Dallas, UT Health Center at Tyler, Texas Christian University, Gulf Coast Consortia: Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine and several others
Stanford UniversityStanford University
Clarivate AnalyticsSeveral universities, governments and funders across North and South America, Europe, Middle East, North Africa, Sub Saharan Africa and Asia.
SciMed SolutionsUniversity of North Carolina, University of Virginia, Duke University
Columbia UniversityColumbia University
Center for Dental Informatics - University of PittsburghUniversity of Pittsburgh, Pitt Health Sciences Center
Digital ScienceNoUniversity of Michigan, University of Massachusetts - Lowell, University of California San Diego.
Elsevier250 implementations worldwide containing profiles for over 185,000 researcher profiles.
url=https://www.elsevier.com/products/scivaltitle=SciVal | Research performance assessment solution | Elsevierwebsite=www.elsevier.com}}ElsevierOver 200 adopters worldwide
Epernicus(but Epernicus Network is free to use)Harvard, MIT, Indiana University, Stanford, University of California Berkeley (but not exclusively)
EpistemioN/A (platform is directed toward individual researcher use)
Erasmus Research Institute of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, NetherlandsErasmus University
Ex Libris10 in early adopter program; Ex-Libris has a large presence in the higher Education community
University of Texas at Austin (UTA)University of Texas at Austin
University of Maryland(will be)University of Maryland College Park
University of California IrvineUC Irvine
Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook University
University of PittsburghN/A(formerly) University of Pittsburgh
Academic Analytics, LLCUnknown
InterfolioInstitutions of higher education in the United States and Canada.
InfoEd GlobalMany Big Ten/CIC institutions
Google(but anyone can access Google)Anyone can access
Purdue UniversityIndiana CTSI, Indiana University, Purdue University, Notre Dame
University of Southampton, UKUnknownN/A (platform is directed toward individual researcher use)
iAMscientist.incUnknown
Indiana University(but original software from ThemesJoomla is)N/A (platform is directed toward individual researcher use)
url=https://clarivate.com/products/incites/title=InCitesaccess-date=2018-04-09archive-date=2018-04-20archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420202821/https://clarivate.com/products/incites/url-status=dead }}Clarivate AnalyticsUnknown
Indiana University / Purdue UniversityBall State, Indiana University, Purdue University, University of Notre Dame
CINECA(will be in CERIF mode in first half of 2016)60 universities
KnodeMultiple, anyone can use, collaborating with VIVO and UCSF
Cambia(but free to use and API available)Researcher, Universities, Research institutes, Patent Offices
CNPq - BrazilUnknownN/A (Platform is directed toward individual researcher use in Brazil)
Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS) - Biomedical Informatics Center (NUBIC)Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine & Cancer Center, UCSF Cancer Center, Fox Chase Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Case Western University
LinkedIn(but LinkedIn is free to use)N/A (Platform is directed toward individual researcher use. Millions of users are registered globally.)
SciPinion(SciPinion is free to use and access)Platform is for individual researcher use. Researches can participate in polls, ask/answer questions, and apply for paid peer review.
Life Science Network gGmbH(upon request)Anyone can use.
University of IowaUniversity of Iowa Institute for Clinical and Translational Science
Entigence CorporationGeorge Washington University, The New School, Lehigh University
Northwestern UniversityMcCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University
ElsevierAnyone can use
University of MissouriUnknownUniversity of Missouri
Unknown(but anyone can register and use the network)Anyone can register and use. The network is directed at the individual researcher
Ohio State University(but can be licensed)Ohio State University
ProQuest, LLC100 university campuses and research organizations globally
University of Applied Arts Vienna(Apache License)University of Applied Arts Vienna, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Bertha von Suttner Privatuniversität, Catholic Private University of Linz, Mozarteum University Salzburg (testing)
url=http://profiles.catalyst.harvard.edu/title=Professional Networking and Expertise Mining for Research Collaborationwebsite=profiles.catalyst.harvard.eduarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101115517/http://profiles.catalyst.harvard.eduarchive-date=2012-01-01}}Harvard University(BSD license)Harvard, UCSF, and many others
RENCI (Renaissance Computing Institute, a collaboration between University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University and North Carolina State University) Duke Research Triangle Institute, University of North Carolina General Administration(but free to the public)Appalachian State University Duke University East Carolina University Elizabeth City State University Fayetteville State University NC A&T North Carolina Central University North Carolina State University RTI International UNC-Asheville University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill UNC-Charlotte UNC-Greensboro UNC-Pembroke UNC-Wilmington Western Carolina University Winston-Salem State University
ResearchAccelerator.orgUnknownYale University
Clarivate Analytics(but ResearcherID network is free to access and use by individual users)N/A (Platform is directed toward individual researcher use)
ScholarBridge LLC14 university members and free access for any individual student or researcher
A pilot program sponsored by the Federal Demonstration Partnership and the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) supported by the STAR METRICS programSponsored by the Federal Demonstration Partnership and the NSTC's interagency groups: Research Business Model (RBM) and Science of Science Policy (SoSP)
Digital Sciencetitle=Symplectic/Vivo-harvester-v2website=GitHuburl=https://github.com/Symplectic/Vivo_Harvester_V2 }} is available.)115+ major research institutions around the world, including the University of Cambridge (UK), University of Oxford (UK), University of Melbourne (AUS), Duke University (US), University of Auckland (NZ), Tufts University (US), and University of Michigan (US).
ProximifyUniversity of Ottawa, McGill University, Dalhousie University, University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus, École de technologie supérieure, CIMVHR
date=August 2017bot=InternetArchiveBotfix-attempted=yes}} Retrieved 2012-01-24.LyrasisCornell University, University of Florida, Washington University in St. Louis, Weill Cornell Medical College, Indiana University, Ponce School of Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, Duke University, University of Colorado at Boulder, Northwestern University, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, University of Melbourne, Griffith University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, etc. There are currently over 140 VIVO implementations in the United States and international VIVO projects in over 25 countries.
Columbia UniversityColumbia University
Memorial University of NewfoundlandMemorial University of Newfoundland

Data sources, ingest and export formats

This table provides information on the types of data used in each RN tool and how this data is ingested, along with data export formats (e.g., XML, RDF, RIS, PDF)

Research Networking ToolData Source / Infeed FunctionalityAuto Ingest?Linked Open Data?Data Export TypesAcademic RoomAcademicLabsActivity InsightC-IKNOWPROFILES by Mentis (formerly Collaborative Partnership / Profile System)Community Academic Profiles - CAPConverisCurvita Profile ManagerCUSP - Columbia University Scientific ProfilesDigital VitaElsevier's Pure (now integrated with SciVal Experts)Elsevier's SciValEpernicus Solutions & Epernicus NetworkERIM Member Profile System (ERIM MIS)EsploroEUREKA! Enhancing Student ResearchExpertise @ MarylandFaculty Profile SystemFaculty Research Information Profile (FRIP)Faculty Scholarly Productivity IndexGENIUSGoogleHUBzeroiamResearcheriAMscientisti2iConnectInCitesINDURE (Indiana Database for University Research Expertise)Lattes DatabaseLatticeGridThe LensLinkedInLife Science NetworkLokiLyteratiMcCormick Collaboration Visualization ToolMizzouLinksMyScienceWorkOSU:proPivotPortfolio & ShowroomProfiles Research Networking SoftwareREACH NC Life Science Experts Visualization ToolResearch AcceleratorResearcherIDSciENcvStreamlyne FundFitSymplectic ElementsUNIWebVIVOYaffle
Manual entry of data by users. May be some auto-ingest of PubMed citation dataUnknownUnknownUnknown
Pubmed, ORCID, funded projects from a.o. NIH, NSF, France, Flanders, Clinical Trials from WHO, ClinicalTrials.gov, EU Clinical Trial Register, Patents from USPTO and EPO, national and regional public repositories, websites, direct input by researchers.UnknownXLS, CSV, JSON
Information typically imported from the following sources: PubMed, Google Scholar, Scopus, Web of Science, RefWorks, Banner, Datatel, PeopleSoft, CampusVue, Jenzabar, Sedona, EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero, BiBTeX, a RESTful web services API, CSV Data Imports, etc. Also supports various methods of manual entry.RTF, XLS, CSV, PDF, HTML, XML
Network Surveys, automated upload for any kind of network data including archival, scientometric, webometric and computer log data. Also import data in GraphML, RDF, and DL (used by UCINET)(for defined data)RDF, XML/RDF
Automated or on-demand import from PubMed, Google Scholar, Web of Science, Scopus, Banner, PeopleSoft, Web Services, Flat files and Manual Entry. Can be easily configured with any institutional subscription or database.RTF, XLS, CSV, PDF, HTML, XML, JSON
CAP automatically generates a profile for all faculty, physicians, students, postdocs and staff (both academic and administrative) in the School of Medicine. Data flows automatically from a variety of source systems.UnknownUnknown
Default connection to Clarivate Analytics Web of Science, Scopus, pubmed, europubmed, etc. Ay internal data feed (HR, finance can be configured)—can be pre-populated and alerts recommend new data—can be used to power VIVOExcel (.xlsx), EndNote (.ciw), BibTex (.bib), XML, JSON, PDF, RTF
Information collected from university systemsUnknownUnknown
Databases for employees and grants; PubMed for publicationsUnknownUnknown
PubMed, some from HR system, direct input from investigators. System authenticates users through an application developed by the IT group that supports the Senior Vice Chancellor of Health Sciences; that system accesses the HR system for data about employees' rank and status (active or not), working with the grants office to get a regular report of data from their proposal database. Manually entered publications/presentations are automatically forwarded to co-authors.(Some)PDF, RTF
Sources include Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, Embase, Mendeley, arXiv, Worldcat, CrossRef, Journal TOC, CAB Abstracts, SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System and SciVal Funding opportunities; Data from institutions' internal systems, including HR data, grants, publications, patents, core facilities/resources, etc. Researchers or proxy users can enter additional content into the profiles, including research statements, research interest keywords, publications, grants, patents, books, creative works, education, researcher datasets, press clippings, awards and honors; free text can also be imported. Integration with all major institutional repositories.XML, RDF, SPARQL, CSV, CERIF XML, MS Word, Excel, PDF, ATOM/XML web services, EndNote/Reference Manager, BibTex, various government assessment submission formats
Scopus and ScienceDirect usage dataCSV, PDF, PNG, JPEG
Data entered by applicantUnknownUnknown
ERIM MIS database, Erasmus Publication Repository, Oracle portalUnknownUnknown
Information is imported from ProQuest's Summon Service and from the following sources: PubMed, ORCID, BiBTeX, a RESTful web services API, CSV Data Imports, etc. Also supports methods of manual entry.RTF, XLS, CSV, PDF, HTML, XML
Information about faculty research interestsUnknownUnknown
Central university faculty databaseUnknownUnknown
Manually entered data about the faculty (faculty can enter, a proxy can enter, or designated staff work on maintaining profiles)(Faculty status verified by comparison with UC Irvine HR's Academic Personnel system)UnknownUnknown
Discontinued. Work on this system ceased; moved on to developing Digital VitaN/AN/AN/A
FSP Database (2007–2008)UnknownUnknown
InfoEd proprietary grant funding databases(But only of InfoEd database data. Faculty profile information must be entered manually.)UnknownUnknown
Institution's directory, news releases, and other institutional websitesMany types, depending on the format of the file retrieved.
Comprehensive portal to support virtual research organizations including modular Web 2.0 tools, modeling and simulation tools, computational integration, identity management, workflow, personal profile management, data management, educationUnknown
UnknownUnknownUnknownUnknown
PubMedUnknownUnknown
Listings of industry licensing representatives categorized by product and disease categories with matchmaking and collaborator discovery featuresUnknownUnknown
Clarivate Analytics Web of Science, ESI, JCRXML, .mbb, XLS
Faculty-entered information about research, faculty home pages? (Partial?)UnknownUnknown
UnknownUnknownUnknownUnknown
Medical School Faculty database, PubMed, InfoEd, Northwestern's eIRB databaseMicrosoft Word, Excel, PDF
ORCID and other publicly available sourcesBibTex, JSON, CSV, PNG, SVG
Information entered manually by userUnknownUnknown
PubMed / Information entered manually by user.YesCSV (for some modules).
Local Medline, PubMed, local NSF award database, local NIH RePORTER database, campus directory services(Partial)UnknownUnknown
PubMed, Google Scholar, BibTex, Ellucian, PeopleSoft, Workday, RESTful APIs, Template Driven Imports, CSV, Excel, Manual Entry Using Webpages, Faculty CVsUnknownPDF, MS Word, Excel, CSV, Web Services
Clarivate Analytics Web of ScienceUnknownUnknown
Information collected from interviews and imported from a few institutional systemsUnknownUnknown
Information input by userUnknownUnknown
OSU systemsUnknownUnknown
Combines editorially created data on funding opportunities and profiles. Profile data sources from publicly available university organization and faculty member/researcher information, user-generated data, PubMed, Agricola, ERIC, and ProQuest citation databases, indexed faculty/researcher webpages.(for all citation data from sources listed in DataSource. Profiles editorially created, but user-generated profiles also included)Unknown
ORCID, library catalogue, GND, VIAFBibTex, CSV, PDF
HR systems, PubMed, NIH RePORTER, commercial sources of publication data, institution-provided and user managed dataXML, RDF, SPARQL
SciVal Experts, RAMSESRSI, CSV, Web-service API
Information entered by individual membersUnknownUnknown
Manually entered biographical and bibliographical information. Members can search Web of Science, Web of Knowledge, and other online collections, or manually enter publication data. Accounts can be created by individuals or by administrators using a web service.(Partial; profiles created by administrators are pre-populated for individuals to review.)None
Information that would normally be found in a curriculum vitae or biosketchUnknownUses open data exchange standards
Information collected from web scraping and proprietary methods to match researchers with funding opportunities across the Streamlyne FundFit AI / ML SaaS platform.Native export integration to Streamlyne Research platform
Custom import from any internal data source via API, out of the box automatic bibliographic import (subject to subscriptions where appropriate) from arXiv, Cinii, CrossRef, DBLP, Europe PMC, figshare, PubMed, RePeC, Scopus, Web of Science, with more planned. Secure ORCID integration also available. In-feed from HR/Identity systems, internal grant databases. Integration with all major repository technologies.Through integrated portals like VIVO and Profiles RNSSource for linked dataCSV, CERIF XML, MS Word, Excel, PDF (APA6), ATOM/XML web services, EndNote/Reference Manager, BibTex, RDF (Linked Data),
Users can enter their CV or bibliographic data manually, or import from the Canadian Common CV, PubMed, Google Scholar, Scopus, Web of Science, Bibtek, Endnote.UnknownUnknownXML, MS Word, Excel
PubMed, NIH RePORTER, PeopleSoft, internal HR & administrative databases, Scopus (with institutional license), Web of Science (with institutional license); emphasis on verified data sources, many many others being ingested at various institutions.(manual data entry possible, too)RDF, GraphXML, CSV file
Memorial University systemsUnknownUnknown

Data interoperability and integration

Whether a research networking tool is compatible with institutional enterprise systems (e.g. human resources databases), can be integrated with other external products or add-ons and can be used for regional, national, international or federated connectivity.

Research Networking ToolInteroperability with Institutional Enterprise SystemsInteroperability with External SystemsIntegration with Add-on Components or ProductsRegional, National, International or Federated Connectivity?Academic RoomActivity InsightC-IKNOWPROFILES by Mentis (formerly Collaborative Partnership / Profile System)Community Academic Profiles - CAPConverisCurvita Profile ManagerCUSP - Columbia University Scientific ProfilesDigital VitaElsevier's PureElsevier's SciValEpernicus Solutions & Epernicus NetworkERIM Member Profile System (ERIM MIS)EsploroEUREKA! Enhancing Student ResearchExpertise @ MarylandFaculty Profile SystemFaculty Research Information Profile (FRIP)Faculty Scholarly Productivity IndexGENIUSGoogleHUBzeroiamResearcheriAMscientisti2iConnectInCitesINDURE (Indiana Database for University Research Expertise)Lattes DatabaseLatticeGridLinkedInLife Science NetworkLokiLyteratiMcCormick Collaboration Visualization ToolMizzouLinksMyScienceWorkOSU:proPivotPortfolio & ShowroomProfiles Research Networking SoftwareREACH NC Life Science Experts Visualization ToolResearch AcceleratorResearcherIDSciENcvSymplectic ElementsVIVOYaffle
unknownunknownThe system is voluntary, so national and international by active inclusion
(Banner, Datatel, PeopleSoft, CampusVue, Jenzabar, etc.)(Google Scholar, Scopus, Web of Science, RefWorks, etc.)(EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero, tools which generate BiBTeX, CSV or XML files)
(is possible)Unknown
(has API, works with Elsevier PURE, Activity Insight, VIVO etc.)(funding opportunities from grants.gov)(National and International)
Yes
- Bi-directional and one way integrations with institution's enterprise systems available either through APIs or Kettle.- Standard integrations with Web of Science, EndNote, Kopernio, InCites, EuroPMC, Research Professional, iThenticate, VIVO, Scopus and others. Individual integrations needed for specific institutions can also be configured via APIs or Kettle.- Integrates with Pentaho Data Integration, InCites and VIVO
Unknown
PubMed onlyUnknown
(only PubMed)UnknownNational federated connectivity through DIRECT2Experts
institutions have access to Web Services in order to feed data into internal databases; Web Services can be consumed as directed by institution. Pure currently ingests a range of data from institutions' own systems, including grants data, HR data, institutional repositories, publication databases, book listings and more.Scopus, PubMed, NIH RePORTER, Embase, Mendeley, arXiv, Worldcat, CrossRef, JournalTOC, CAB Abstracts, SAO/NSA Astrophysics Data System, Web of Science, institution's internal databases, including HR data, grants, publications, patents, etc.Pure integrates with SciVal to allow easy analysis of your researcher impact with the benchmark capabilities of SciVal.The Pure Community Module interconnects participating institutions into a single centralized Pure instance. Additional functionality enables users to search across different institutions or run cross-campus reports
(Institutions have access to the API with Scopus data in order to feed data into internal databases.)(Integrates with Pure.)(Scopus & ScienceDirect)
(Possible, for Epernicus Solutions)Unknown
ID resolver included, so links to external systems are created, like SSRN, ResearcherID, Google scholar alerts & Search, social mention search from personal page, MEEBO sharing possible, Tynt statistics includedUnknown
Esploro provides multiple REST APIs for integration with enterprise systems such as HR Systems, CRIS / RIM, Institutional Repositories, profiles, grant management systems and more. Integration with repositories can be done also via OAI-PMH and Esploro automatically captures data, such as outputs, grants, researchers profiles and more from multiple institutional and cross- institutional systems.Integration with the, ProQuest's Summon Service, ORCID, PubMed, CrossRef, DataCite etc. Files can be imported and exported in formats like DublinCore, DataCite and BibTeX.Plans to enable consortium and collaboration capabilities based on Ex Libris Alma Network and Community Zones
Unknown
May be possibleUnknown
Unknown
Discontinued. Work on this system ceased; moved on to developing Digital VitaN/AN/AN/A
UnknownUnknownUnknown
Only other InfoEd modules (SMARTS: Service that automatically sends notices of funding opportunities via email. You provide keywords that describe your research interests, and SMARTS matches those keywords with present funding programs; SPIN: Enables subscribers to directly search for all sponsored programs, past and present, contained within the InfoEd database)Unknown
Possibly
PubMed; data is semantic web compliant as of August 2011Possibly
UnknownUnknownUnknownUnknown
PubMedUnknown
Unknown
(Institutions have access to Web Services in order to feed data into internal databases.)(Integrates with Converis.)(Web of Science, ResearcherID)
Unknownfor 4 Indiana institutions only
UnknownUnknownUnknownUnknown
InfoEd, eIRB, Medical School faculty database(PubMed)(Possible)National federated connectivity through DIRECT2Experts
Unknown
(Pubmed)
PossibleUnknown
(Ellucian, PeopleSoft, Workday InfoEd, Coeus)(PubMed, VIVO, Google Scholar, BibTex or CSV Sources)(BibTex and CSV), capable
Only Clarivate Analytics Web of ScienceUnknown
MaybeUnknown
UnknownUnknown
UnknownUnknown
MaybeUnknownUnknown
ORCID, university's repository, library catalogue. Files can be imported and exported as BibTeX.Showroom works as a cross-instance search.
Pubmed, commercial sources of publication data, semantic web applications via VIVO ontology.Profiles Users Group has regular conference calls and works on collaborative software development projects. Profiles can perform federated queries across other Profiles instances, and with other products using linked open data (VIVO ontology) and the DIRECT2Experts API.
Through SciVal API
Unknown
Through ResearcherID download service, institutions can load data into their internal systems. Also is integrated with other Clarivate Analytics offerings, including Web of Science, EndNote, and Research In ViewUnknown
(is possible through open data exchange standards)Unknown
Clients have the ability to integrate with existing web profile management systems, export data for business intelligence solutions and easily submit research outcomes for various government assessment exercises. This includes HR, publications, teaching activities, grants, institutional repositories, and any other system providing or consuming research data.Elements integrates with a variety of external systems including: Altmetric, figshare, ORCID, SHERPA/RoMEO (licensing information), DOAJ (licensing information)Elements can be linked to all major open repository technologies and an open source is also available.Elements public profiling tool, Discovery Module, can be integrated with Direct2Expert.
Data can be ingested from a wide variety of local sources (including HR, grants, course databases, institutional repositories, membership rosters, research interests, and many others) to reflect a complete view of the institution's priorities and efforts.see mini-grants; eagle-i; Drupal; many others - any tool that can consume open linked data. Other ongoing collaborations with Wellspring (maintaining VIVO profiles with a focus upon tech transfer and also as a 3rd party implementation service provider) and with Symplectic.VIVO collaborates with eagle-I on research resources. Future plans include adding many additional data types which are meaningful in the academic research setting. VIVO data are structured using a comprehensive ontology designed for local extension and major ontology "plugins" such as BIBO and eagle-i.VIVO Consortium received $12.2M NIH ARRA U24 award in 2009 to fully develop software and create national system of federated research expertise directories/research networking systems; All other semantic web-compliant software platforms can be integrated into the consortium (example: Harvard Profiles). Participant in Direct2Experts and VIVO Search
UnknownThe Canadian research funding councils as well as knowledge mobilization networks across the country (governments and universities) are working to develop a model to share what Yaffle has built

Users profiled, user interactivity and networking functionality

This table provides information on what user population is profiled for each tool, ability for users to edit their own profile data and type of networking. Active networking means that the user can enter connections to the network by entering colleagues' names. Passive networking means that the software infers network connections from a user's publication co-authors and builds a network from these names.

Research Networking ToolProfiled User PopulationCan Users Update Their Own Profile Data?Type of Networking (Active or Passive)Includes Functionality to Match Expertise with Funding OpportunitiesAcademic RoomAcademicLabsActivity InsightC-IKNOWPROFILES by Mentis (formerly Collaborative Partnership / Profile System)Community Academic Profiles - CAPCurvita Profile ManagerCUSP - Columbia University Scientific ProfilesDigital VitaElsevier's PureElsevier's SciValEpernicus Solutions & Epernicus NetworkEpistemioERIM Member Profile System (ERIM MIS)EsploroEUREKA! Enhancing Student ResearchExpertise @ MarylandFaculty Profile SystemFaculty Research Information Profile (FRIP)Faculty Scholarly Productivity IndexGENIUSGoogleHUBzeroiamResearcheriAMscientisti2iConnectInCitesINDURELatticeGridLattes DatabaseThe LensLinkedInLife Science NetworkLokiLoopLyteratiMcCormick Collaboration Visualization ToolMizzouLinksMyScienceWorkOSU:proPivotPortfolio & ShowroomProfilesReachNCResearch AcceleratorResearcherIDSciENcvSymplectic ElementsVIVOYaffle
Anyone can create a profile. Profiled categories include "Faculty", "Grad Students", "Undergrads", "Professionals"Active
Research Group profiles and profiles for all researchers with ORCID, publications, patents, clinical trials or funded projects.Active and Passive
Faculty, Staff, Graduate StudentsActive and Passive
Defined using Web of science ID or on an ad hoc basisActive and Passive
Faculty, Students, Staff, Equipment Owners, Research Centers, Facilities, Technologies, Units etc. as per institution's needsActive and Passive
Active Stanford physicians, School of Medicine faculty, students, staff and postdocs.Active and PassiveUnknown
AllUnknownNo networkingUnknown
All Columbia facultyActiveUnknown
AllPassiveUnknown
Any researchers can be includedthe Administration module enables users to enter content into their profiles via forms, uploads or imports. Content types supported include (but not limited to): Persons, awarded grants, journals, org units, projects, events, equipment, activities, press clippings, funding opportunities, research outputs (from journal articles to memorandums of understanding), impacts, applications, datasets, student theses, courses taught and prizesActive and PassiveFunding Institution within Pure, interacts with Pure collecting funding opportunities to the profile researcher page with no manual effort.
All published researchersYes, SciVal links to profiles in Scopus and researchers can submit feedback on profiles within Scopus to have papers added or removed.Passive
Anyone who enters a profile (for Epernicus Network)(for Epernicus Network)PassiveUnknown
Any researcher who creates a profileN/A
Multiple faculties at Erasmus use itUnknownActiveUnknown
Faculty, Staff, Library Staff, Graduate StudentsActive and Passive(integration with Pivot and Research Professional)
University of Texas at Austin facultyUnknownNo networkingUnknown
AllUnknownCurrently passive, but building activeUnknown
Any faculty at UC IrvineNo networkingUnknown
N/AN/AN/AN/A
Federally funded, published facultyUnknownNo networkingUnknown
Any faculty member who creates a profile on the systemPassiveUnknown
Anyone can be searched on GoogleN/ANo networking
Indiana University, Indiana University School of Medicine, Purdue University, U. of Notre Dame, RegenstriefUnknownActiveUnknown
Any researcher who creates a profilePassive (?)Unknown
Any researcher who creates a profilePassiveUnknown
Industry licensing representativesUnknownPassiveUnknown
All publishedPassive
All faculty at 4 Indiana institutionsUnknownPassiveUnknown
Currently Medical School faculty only. Developed for biomedical research organizations(Users can update the Medical School faculty database, which then feeds LatticeGridPassive)(Connected to a Northwestern tool called FacultyConnect to match faculty with a special limited set of Northwestern-specific non-federal funding opportunities in the life and biomedical sciences domains)
Curriculum and institutions database of Science and Technology areas in Brazil. Anyone can create a profile.No apparent networkingUnknown
Profiles are automatically created and can be linked (e.g. via ORCID)Active and PassiveUnknown
Anyone who creates a LinkedIn profilePassive and ActiveUnknown
Anyone who creates a profileActive and Passive
All faculty at University of IowaPassiveUnknown
Anyone who creates a profilePassive and ActiveUnknown
Faculty, academic administrators (department chairs, deans, provost), center directors, grad students, staffActive and Passive(through advanced searching and web profile exploration)
All Northwestern publications from Web of SciencePassive
Currently a pilot group from two Missouri interdisciplinary centersUnknownPassiveUnknown
Anyone who creates a profileActive and PassiveUnknown
All OSU facultyUnknownNo apparent networkingUnknown
3 million profiles (and growing, according to the publisher). Profiles are compiled even without user registration, but can only be viewed by registered usersPassivethrough a direct connection with the COS product
All users may be included (as defined by the university).Passive and Active
All users as defined by each institution. "Profiles" are also created for institutions, departments, concepts, publications, networks, events or any other class defined in the ontologyPassive and Active
UNC faculty in various disciplines, Duke, and RTI FellowsPassive
Any member of the Yale research enterprise(?)PassiveUnknown
Anyone who creates a profilePassive and ActiveUnknown
Not yet establishedNot yet establishedNo apparent networking
All users may be included (as defined by institution).(Profiles are automatically populated with data, as dictated by internal and external data feeds. Some profile data can be manually curated by end users, proxy users, or administrators. Users can create new relationships between elements.)Passive and Active- Through integrations with research news and funding information provider *Research, researchers are able to get tailored funding opportunities linked to their Elements accounts.
All users (as defined by the institution)Passive and ActivePossibly
All Memorial University facultyPassiveUnknown

Controlled vocabulary, ontologies and author disambiguation

This table provides information on the types of controlled vocabulary or thesauri used by the tools, as well as ontologies supported and whether author disambiguation is performed by the software.

Research Networking ToolThesaurus/Controlled Vocabulary UsedOntology/Ontologies SupportedAutomatic Author DisambiguationAcademic RoomAcademicLabsActivity InsightC-IKNOWPROFILES by Mentis (formerly Collaborative Partnership / Profile System)Community Academic Profiles - CAPConverisCurvita Profile ManagerCUSP - Columbia University Scientific ProfilesDigital VitaElsevier's Pure (now integrated with SciVal Experts)Elsevier's SciValEpernicus Solutions & Epernicus NetworkERIM Member Profile System (ERIM MIS)EsploroEUREKA! Enhancing Student ResearchExpertise @ MarylandFaculty Profile SystemFaculty Research Information Profile (FRIP)Faculty Scholarly Productivity IndexGENIUSGoogleHUBzeroiamResearcheriAMscientisti2iConnectInCitesINDURELatticeGridLattes DatabaseThe LensLinkedInLife Science NetworkLokiLyteratiMcCormick Collaboration Visualization ToolMizzouLinksMyScienceWorkORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID)OSU:proPivotPortfolio & ShowroomProfilesReachNCResearch AcceleratorResearcherIDSciENcvSymplectic ElementsVIVOYaffle
unknownunknown
Term suggestions and filters use a.o. MeSH and MAGunknown
Fully customizable data collection screens; campus, college and department-defined ontologies
Not applicableUses elements of FOAF and Dublin Core in RDF; uses Pellet reasoning engine(but can be done in conjunction with software developed at Northwestern University)
Dublin Core, Social Media and compatible with VIVO and other popular ontologies
MeSHUnknown(partial)
In some fieldsCASRAI, VIVO(Author clustering capabilities used to match authors with papers)
UnknownUnknown
UnknownUnknown
UnknownUnknown(but can be done manually by authors)
url=http://www.elsevier.com/online-tools/research-intelligence/products-and-services/elsevier-fingerprint-enginetitle=Elsevier Fingerprinting Engine}} uses ten thesauri including MeSH to match and identify key concepts for an individual or group of people. Thesauri updates and expansion are ongoing.Maps to VIVO ontology
The "Elsevier Fingerprinting Engine" uses ten thesauri including MeSH to match and identify key concepts for an individual or group of people. Thesauri updates and expansion are ongoing.Maps to VIVO ontology
UnknownUnknown(can be done manually by authors)
UnknownUnknown(uses author ID numbers)
ProQuest thesaurus, ERA FOR, PQTD, and more, All thesauri are regularly updated.Plans to implement the VIVO ontology
UnknownUnknown
UnknownUnknown
UnknownUnknown
N/AN/AN/A
UnknownUnknownUnknown
UnknownUnknown
None (Google uses generic keywords)Unknown(but can be done manually through Google Scholar "My Citations" functionality)
UnknownUnknown
UnknownUnknown
UnknownUnknown
UnknownUnknown
In some fieldsUnknown(Though InCites can accept data from ResearcherID and Converis profiling systems for disambiguation)
UnknownUnknownN/A
MeSHUses elements of FOAF and other ontologies(but can be done manually by authors)
UnknownUnknownUnknown
Customizable data collection screens and university/institutional profiles
NoneUnknown
UnknownUnknown(but can be done manually)
UnknownUnknown(uses campus directory for authentication)
Fully customizable ontology that maps to VIVO(using parsing algorithm on free text)
NoneUnknown
UnknownUnknown
UnknownUnknown
UnknownUnknown
UnknownUnknownUnknown
UnknownUnknown
The ontology's vocabulary is mapped to international ontologies (e.g. Getty AAT, GND, MARC Code List for Relators Scheme)(users can also differentiate manually)
MeSH, others are being developed to go beyond the life and biomedical sciencesVIVO RDF ontology with additional Profiles RDF classes and propertiesHarvard Profiles uses an XML-based "disambiguation service" to import Medline publications and uses configurable heuristics in its disambiguation algorithm
Scopus taxonomy uses MeSH and general keywordsMaps to VIVO ontology
UnknownUnknown
UnknownUnknown(although authors can build their publication list and manually disambiguate)
No thesaurus usedUnknown
MeSH, Fields of Research, ScienceMetrix.Supports mapping of publication, person and grants data to the VIVO ontology via their open source VIVO Harvester Extension, as well as Harvard Catalyst's Profiles RNS.
VIVO uses several thesauri that are available through Semantic Web, including MeSHThe VIVO Ontology was developed and supported by NIH-funded efforts and continues to be developed and built by its open source community at GitHub and in collaboration with the eagle-i project.
UnknownUnknownUnknown

Bibliometrics

This table provides information on the types of bibliometrics provided in the tool.

Research Networking Toolh-indexCitation countAltmetricsSNIP and SJRJournal Impact Factor*OtherNotesAcademic RoomAcademicLabsActivity InsightC-IKNOWPROFILES by Mentis (formerly Collaborative Partnership / Profile System)Community Academic Profiles - CAPConverisCurvita Profile ManagerCUSP - Columbia University Scientific ProfilesDigital VitaElsevier's Pure (integrated with SciVal)Elsevier's SciValEpernicus Solutions & Epernicus NetworkERIM Member Profile System (ERIM MIS)EsploroEUREKA! Enhancing Student ResearchExpertise @ MarylandFaculty Profile SystemFaculty Research Information Profile (FRIP)Faculty Scholarly Productivity IndexGENIUSGoogle ScholarHUBzeroiamResearcheriAMscientisti2iConnectInCitesINDURELatticeGridLattes DatabaseThe LensLinkedInLife Science NetworkLokiLyteratiMcCormick Collaboration Visualization ToolMizzouLinksMyScienceWorkOSU:proPivotPortfolio & ShowroomProfilesReachNCResearch AcceleratorResearcherIDSciENcvSymplectic ElementsVIVOYaffle
Soon
Can integrate with altmetric data feedCategory Normalized Citation Impact, Journal Normalized Citation Impact, Percentile in Category, Highly Cited Paper, Hot Paper, International Collaboration, Institutional Collaboration, Industry Collaboration and Open Access
Altmetric and PlumXField-weighted Citation Impact, Number of Authors, CiteScore
Views data from ScienceDirect and Scopus20+ indicators ranging from h, g & m indices, to Publications in Top Journal Percentiles, Field-Weighted Citation Impact, Academic-Corporate Collaboration Impact & Views per Publication
Plannedintegrated with external toolsplannedplannedMultiple research-related indicators to measure research outputs usage and impact
Recorded Future partnership provides customized newsfeed and institution activity from web content
Patent Citations, OA-Ratio, Collaborative Ratio
None
(views counts, recommendations, rating scores calculated from anonymous and non-anonymous contributions)(but journals can be entered into the database and their IF indicated)

Notes

References

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