Case studies

The University of Oxford has been a Symplectic client since 2009. Recently, the University expanded its long-standing Symplectic Elements instance by implementing the Discovery Module, creating its new Research@Oxford expertise search portal. David Saunders, Research Information Analyst, and Martin Carrolchick, Research Information Officer, presented at the 2023 European User Day in London on the context and implementation of the new portal.

Worldwide Cancer Research was the first Grant Tracker client, and has used the platform since 2011 to manage its full grants lifecycle. During the 2023 User Day in London, we heard from Peter Fisher, Research Funding Manager at Worldwide Cancer Research, on the practicalities of partnership and how Grant Tracker can be used to identify, manage and track joint funding initiatives.

KU Leuven has been a user of Symplectic Elements since 2017. At our 2023 European User Day in London, we heard from them on how they integrated Elements with Dataverse to meet the metadata and reporting requirements of FOSB and FRIS.

With “Gutenberg Research Elements”, the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz is introducing a research information system that offers scientists a wide range of options for recording, documenting and merging research information.

Our new paper explores the role of Symplectic Elements as a Research Information Management System in supporting the REF submissions process. Featuring University of Essex, University College London, Anglia Ruskin University and Liverpool John Moores University.

Elements helps to expand the reach of scholarly work to significantly impact recognition, both at CMU and globally, by bringing together data from many, diverse sources and providing interconnectivity to publishing outlets and reporting tools.

A pathway to open research with richer research profiles. The Francis Crick Institute is using technology to empower its researchers to have richer research profiles and to make it easier for them to publish their papers and data Open Access.

The Ohio Department of Higher Education and six universities from across the State of Ohio launched the Ohio Innovation Exchange. This web-based portal provides a next-generation mechanism for increased collaboration between Ohio’s universities and industries.

Loughborough University implemented and configured Figshare to be used as a data repository, eventually becoming an all-in-one repository that includes a wide range of research output types such as data, journal papers, theses and media.

The University of Michigan’s searchable database of research expertise, Michigan Research Experts, is a portal built on Digital Science technologies that showcases their research expertise and helps their research community foster collaboration on campus, and beyond.

The Library team believe that authors engage with the deposit process due to the prompt in Elements that highlights records without full-text. The rate of deposit has increased by 1000% within 12 months following the switch-on of the publication prompt in Elements and discussion about the HEFCE Open Access policy.