Public Profiles

The Discovery Module makes researcher profiles easy

Our Discovery Module means you can use Symplectic Elements as a Faculty Information System (FIS) to effortlessly showcase researchers’ expertise through a modern, easy-to-maintain search and discovery interface.

The Discovery Module repurposes the rich and often unique data already collected within Elements to populate fully-rounded profiles including biographical information as well as publications, grants and professional & teaching activities. Our state of the art synchronisation mechanism ensures profiles remain up to date while our suite of privacy settings ensure you can control which data will be made public.

The Discovery Module offers contemporary design optimised for both desktop and mobile use which can be branded to align with organisational branding guidelines. Importantly, it is easy to implement, meaning you can avoid time-consuming and potentially costly custom builds and instead focus your efforts on working with researchers to enrich their profiles.

Drive collaboration

Delve into an interactive collaboration network diagram within the Discovery Module. This built-in visualisation highlights interdepartmental collaborations within your organisation and enhances the discoverability of your researchers by introducing new ways to navigate between profiles. Each network diagram is generated based on the publications associated with the researcher’s profile and automatically activates for researchers which have two or more collaborators with public profiles within your Discovery Module.

See the collaboration networks in action at one of our clients here.

Enable innovation

Our new Discovery Equipment search helps organisations promote research equipment, facilities & services to maximise the use of these valuable resources, as well as opening up potential new revenue sources and helping to foster meaningful connections and collaborations with industry partners and other research organisations.