Discover RIMS Blog
Insights on research intelligence, rankings, accreditation, and modern research data management.
Journal and Researcher Metrics: A Guide for Research Offices
Journal Impact Factor, CiteScore, SJR, SNIP, h-index, FWCI — what each metric measures, where it misleads, and how a RIMS keeps decisions evidence-led.
May 16, 2026
Measuring Societal Research Impact Beyond Citations
Citations measure scholarly attention, not societal change. The components of a credible, evidenced impact account — and why it needs reconciled data.
May 16, 2026
A RIMS Buyer's Guide for Research Universities
Six criteria — coverage, time to value, deployment, security, total cost, and proof — plus a scorecard and who should be in the evaluation.
May 16, 2026
Security and GDPR Checklist for Research Systems (for CIOs)
The RIMS security and GDPR checklist for CIOs: data residency, encryption, RBAC, audit logs, and the three GDPR controls that are non-negotiable before deployment.
May 15, 2026
Research Impact and Open Science: A Strategic Guide
Why impact and openness are now strategic, how to evidence impact beyond citations, and how reliable data turns it into a defensible institutional narrative.
May 15, 2026
A Research Data Checklist for Institutional Accreditation
Accreditation stress is rarely about weak research — it is about data readiness. A six-point checklist and what review-ready looks like.
May 14, 2026
Migrating to a New RIMS: A Data Migration Playbook
Migration is a chance to fix attribution and duplication, not preserve it. A source-led migration playbook that avoids importing old problems.
May 14, 2026
Core RIMS Capabilities Explained: From Profiles to Analytics
A practical capability map for evaluating a RIMS: researcher profiles, unified publications, collaboration and impact analytics, and reporting.
May 14, 2026
RIMS Implementation Timeline and Change Management
Time to value is decided as much by change management as software. A realistic phased timeline and the organisational work that drives adoption.
May 13, 2026