IRIS is… a consortium of research universities using big administrative data to understand, explain, and improve higher education and research.
IRIS is… a consortium of research universities using big administrative data to understand, explain, and improve higher education and research.
Happening @ IRIS
Wayne State University joins IRIS
IRIS is pleased to welcome Wayne State University as the newest member of the consortium. Wayne State’s sponsored research volume has grown 70% since 2015, totaling $320 million in Fiscal Year 2020. Read more…
Researchers at Ohio State University use IRIS-UMETRICS data to explore the ripple effects of research funding
A recently published piece in Science Advances relied on UMETRICS data to examine the ripple effects of research funding.
IRIS member universities submit data to the institute and receive back reports focused on institutional research, governmental relations, and public communications.
IRIS produces interactive reports to illuminate the impact of universities’ research activities on the economy and career pathways of employees.
The IRIS dataset is a valuable asset for researchers in a variety of disciplines, capturing detailed data from nearly 400,000 awards representing more than 41% of U.S. total R & D spending at univerisities.
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News @ IRIS
UMETRICS data used in Nature article: Women credited less than men in scientific paper authorship
Women are less likely to be credited with authorship on scientific publications than men, suggests an analysis of US data published in...
Wayne State University joins IRIS
IRIS welcomes Wayne State University as its newest member. Membership in IRIS will help the university describe the human and economic...
Video available from “IRIS 101” webinar
Video is now available from the May 24, 2022, webinar titled "IRIS 101: An Introduction to the Institute for Research on Innovation and...
Jan Weisenberger of Ohio State University and Mike Holland of University of Pittsburgh (incumbent) elected to the IRIS Board of Directors
Jan Weisenberger of Ohio State and Mike Holland of University of Pittsburgh were elected to the IRIS Board of Directors.
IRIS’ Jason Owen-Smith and Bruce Weinberg co-author piece in the Harvard Data Science Review on a data mosaic approach to research on innovation and science
This article presents a new framework for realizing the value of linked data understood as a strategic asset and increasingly necessary form of infrastructure for policy-making and research in many domains. We outline a framework, the ‘data mosaic’ approach, which combines socio-organizational and technical aspects.
Researchers at Ohio State University use IRIS-UMETRICS data to explore the ripple effects of research funding
A recently published piece in Science Advances relied on UMETRICS data to examine the ripple effects of research funding. Science Advances...
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