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Transform trusted research data into clear, actionable insight, with Pure. It brings together performance data, impact indicators, and external benchmarks in one place, helping institutions to demonstrate societal contributions. Research strategy is aligned with institutional goals and decisions are based on strong evidence, supported by high-quality, well-governed data that’s ready for advanced analytics and responsible AI use.
Achieve strategic clarity from data complexity
Research outputs, funding, collaboration, and impact indicators in one place. Pure’s dashboards provide a clear, institution-wide view of research performance and activity. Leaders can monitor progress, spot gaps, and identify strengths.
Customize your dashboard view to match your to-do list. Leaders can customize their dashboard to show specific strategic priorities.
Faster, more informed decision-making, based on complete, current, and connected data, rather than fragmented reports.
Measure and demonstrate impact with confidence
Orient research to address global needs. Pure analyzes research performance and maps outputs to strategic priorities and global challenges, such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Base compelling research narratives on consistent, validated data. Pure connects publications, projects, and outcomes to societal, clinical, and policy impact. This empowers leaders to build credible, evidence-based stories for funders, governments, and stakeholders.
Our researchers have started to think about their research activities in new ways. We didn’t collect a lot of data about research activities before, and now they can enter this information into a single platform. We can assess the impact that researchers have on policymakers, for example, or on society. I think that by seeing all this data in one place, researchers look at their own work and results in a different way.Dr. Liene Nikitina-Zake
Director, Research Department at Riga Stradins
Support accountability with reliable, real-time reporting
Real-time reporting is available on research activity, performance, and impact. Pure gives leaders the reassurance that all their accreditation, funding proposals, and strategic planning are up-to-date and correct.
Respond quickly and confidently to stakeholder requests. All reports are drawn from a single, governed source of truth, so leaders and research offices can trust the accuracy and consistency of the data.
Gain a clearer view of your research strengths and impact
Combine trusted internal research data with external benchmarks and contextual performance indicators. Pure gives leaders a complete, evidence-based understanding of research strengths, influence, and progress.
Integrate with leading analytics and bibliometric tools. Pure is interoperable with systems such as Scopus, SciVal, and Web of Science, helping to enrich insight and extend impact analysis.
Ready to address strategic AI needs anytime. Pure’s integrated data foundation prepares institutions to apply advanced analytics and responsible AI approaches as strategic needs evolve.
Case Study: Developing an information system for a growing research community
Read their case study here opens in new tab/windowFrequently Asked Questions
Pure's Reporting Module enables institutions to build custom reports and dashboards across all research data in the system — outputs, funding, people, impact and more. Users can filter, group, visualize data and export results in multiple formats. Pre-built templates cover common use cases, and scheduled reporting supports ongoing monitoring. Because Pure is the single source of truth for institutional research data, every report is based on complete, quality-assured information — giving research leaders and administrators the confidence to make strategic decisions and respond to external reporting requirements accurately and efficiently.
Yes. Pure's Community Module is designed specifically for multi-institutional use, enabling research consortia, national bodies and university networks to share and aggregate research data across a federated group of Pure installations. Member institutions retain full control of their own data while contributing to a shared, network-level view. This enables cross-institutional reporting, collaborative research discovery and portfolio-level analytics — capabilities increasingly important for national research systems and regional partnerships. For national research systems and regional partnerships, this delivers a single, comparable evidence base — supporting benchmarking, strategic planning and demonstrable collective impact.
Pure includes built-in support for mapping research outputs and activities to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Using automated keyword and topic analysis, Pure tags research content with relevant SDGs, enabling institutions to report on their contribution to the global sustainability agenda. This supports strategic decision-making, helps communicate societal impact to funders and the public and aligns with growing requirements from national funding bodies to demonstrate SDG relevance. SDG reporting through Pure is increasingly used by institutions worldwide to strengthen their international profile and evidence their commitment to responsible, impactful research. At Korea University, Professor Yong Sik Ok uses Pure to track SDG-linked publications in real time — with approximately 95% of his publications involving international co-authors across nearly 50 countries.
A RIMS centralizes the data required for national assessments and manages the quality assurance workflows for submission. Pure provides dedicated modules for the UK’s Research Excellence Framework (REF2029) and the Netherlands’ Standard Evaluation Protocol (SEP/KUOZ), streamlining what would otherwise be a highly manual, resource-intensive process. For institutions, this means stronger submission accuracy and greater confidence in output selection — without the administrative burden.
A RIMS gives research leaders real-time visibility across the institution’s full portfolio, enabling decisions on strategy, investment, and collaboration based on current data, not manually compiled snapshots. At the University of Kentucky, Pure supports responsible research assessment through the SCOPE Framework, helping leadership track $504 million in annual R&D activity and $925 million in economic impact while ensuring arts and humanities research is measured alongside STEM. For institutions navigating national assessments or funder reporting, a RIMS turns assumption into evidence.
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