The assessment of research activities is a key step in the decision-making process for every organisation investing in such activities; whether it is:

• a Funder evaluating the proper allocation of grants to maximise societal impact,
• an Institution looking to find hidden potential and room-for-improvement areas, or
• a Research Initiative considering expanding its network, to name a few examples.

The reliable and timely monitoring and evaluation of research activities are indispensable for the efficient allocation of resources and the overall decision-making process.

OpenAIRE MONITOR (https://monitor.openaire.eu/) is an on-demand service built upon the OpenAIRE Graph providing tailored dashboards to Funders, Institutions and Research Initiatives (RIs), populated with well-documented metrics and indicators of research activities. It streamlines the tracking and assessment of an organisation's research impact, fostering transparency and empowering informed decision-making.

By joining OpenAIRE MONITOR, funders have the opportunity to make a difference by gaining comprehensive insights into the impact of their research funding, making evidence-based decisions, fostering collaboration, promoting open science, and influencing research policy. Together with the OpenAIRE community, funders can drive positive change and unlock the full potential of research for the benefit of society.

In addition, OpenAIRE allows the researcher and/or administrator to gather the outcomes of their projects all in a single webpage in order to simplify reporting.

OpenAIRE can also provide advance analytics on demand that can be exported with the ease of a click.

OpenAIRE stands for an open and transparent policy on open science, to empower a research infrastructure that gives access to all funded research results (research literature, datasets, software and other research products).

Therefore open access, open research data and open science require participatory and joined-up infrastructures in order to embed a culture of ‘open’ and ‘transparent’ in national funder and institutional policies.

There are many aspects related to Open Access which require a variety of accompanying aligned policies and efficient, interlinked infrastructures for a seamless Open Science environment. The data within these rich information infrastructures needs to be connected and interoperable, in order to provide a free and instant access to scholarly communication outputs. OpenAIRE already has an active participation in these matters, since it supports European funders, with policy implementation and actively supports countries with national Open Access / Open Science policies and with EC directives.

There are significant economic, social and educational benefits in making research outputs available to access without financial, legal and technical barriers. Open Access (OA) incorporates national research into an interoperable network of global knowledge, increases national research impact, provides new research partnerships, and removes professional isolation.

Open science is a policy priority for the European Commission and the standard method of working under its research and innovation funding programmes as it improves the quality, efficiency and responsiveness of research.

For more information about policies and mandates see our guide here.

OpenAIRE MONITOR: Personalised research monitoring

• Service home page
• How it works
• More detailed information in the catalgue

OpenAIRE MONITOR factsheet

• https://zenodo.org/record/8136347
  

OpenAIRE MONITOR user guide

• How to join OpenAIRE: Small steps towards big results (guide for funders)

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