What is Pure and why use it?

What is Pure?

Pure is a Current Research Information System (CRIS), collecting a range of information about the university’s research. This is used for internal and external reporting, performance review, benchmarking, and raising the university’s research profile on the web. It serves as a single point of access for all research information and fulfils a number of functions across the university. Pure is a web-based system and can be accessed from anywhere.

Why is Pure important?

Pure serves as a single point of access for all research information and fulfils a number of functions across the university.

As a researcher you can use Pure for:

• Meeting the funders’ open access requirements by uploading publication full-texts to Pure
• Raising the visibility of your research profile through the SETU Waterford research portal
• Running the Self-tasked researcher annual report and research university/centre/group annual reports
• Keeping an up to date record of all your research activity at SETU Waterford and produce automated CVs

At the university level, Pure is used for:

• Producing research management reports, reducing the requests for research data from researchers, departments, schools and enhancing the data available for planning purposes
• Raising the public visibility of our university’s research through the SETU Research Portal
• Meeting funder compliance requirements for making publications open access and information about research datasets and shareable equipment transparent
• Preparing our university submission for the HERD biennial survey on research active staff

What kind of data is there in Pure?

Pure takes data on research from our existing data systems (Scopus, Web of Science, etc.) and combines it with data stored directly in Pure (e.g. impact and esteem activities), to provide an overview of research at SETU Waterford. Pure contains data about and can report on all aspects of research information, including (but not exclusively):

• Research staff
• Grants and contracts
• Publications
• Research impact
• Collaborations
• Postgraduate research students