Research Information Management and Open Science

Abstract

The presentation addresses the value of research information management (RIM) to gather a global snapshot of the research activity conducted within an institution or at a higher level -- regional, national or global. Emphasis is made on the need to harmonise the research information collected in CRIS systems in order to enable system interoperability and on the role of the CERIF standard to ensure such objective. It is argued that RIM underpins the implementation of Open Science, and a case study is provided for snakebite-related research. This is a particularly relevant research field for developing countries in tropical areas in line with the SDG3, but the visibility of the research carried out in such countries is often below par due to lack of the appropriate harmonised information exchange mechanisms.