The RIAN (http://www.rian.ie) Open Access portal was developed by Enovation solutions on behalf of the Irish Universities Association. The premise behind the portal is to showcase Irish research in one central location that is easy to use.
In these challenging economic times it is imperative that Ireland continues to demonstrate its commitment to innovation and research. In this context, the fact that RIAN can now be searched on the EU portal http://www.dart-europe.eu is great news indeed.
Currently RIAN will allow you access research papers and resources from the 7 Universities in Ireland as well as the Dublin Institute of Technology. It is hoped to add more institutions to this roll-call in the coming months.
Some of the features of RIAN include:
- Comprehensive search functionality (by Institution, Item type, Funder, Peer review status, Language)
- Portal level Statistics
- Reporting – exceptions, new items etc
- Per item Statistics – geographic, also viewed, rating etc.


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