Supporting research security
As the spotlight on research security intensifies, we’ve proactively worked with our academic research security advisory board over the last five years to develop robust research security analytical capabilities, to support accurate due diligence and help institutions be compliant with mandatory research security requirements to avoid fines, penalties, reputational damage and the potential loss of stakeholder trust and funding.
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How can I evaluate the risks of international collaborations effectively?
By drawing on Dimensions – the world’s largest global research database – the Research Security app enables you to:
- Assess and prioritize the potential risks of international collaboration partners, including identifying affiliations in high-risk countries or institutions backed by a foreign military.
- Surface dual affiliations in publications and uncover direct and indirect funding sources.
- Examine funded research cited in patents and clinical trials to identify potential risks.
How can I demonstrate to funders that researchers have undergone thorough vetting?
Funders of research in sensitive areas – such as defense technology – have strict requirements. Thoroughly conduct due diligence to:
- Surface international collaborations on publications and grants while reviewing past and current affiliations.
- Analyze international funders acknowledged in researchers’ outputs.
- Identify undisclosed collaborations or international funding sources that could impact compliance and grant applications.
Dimensions has become the cornerstone of our workflow to understand the extent of foreign influence at our institutions… Processes that took us hours to complete in the past can now be done in just minutes with much greater fidelity
Chief Research Security Officer | University System Office
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We have a polluted information river… it’s difficult to understand what we should trust, what is real and what we shouldn’t trust. With the opening up of research, we have been challenged with understanding the scaffolding of trust that goes around it.
Leslie McIntosh | VP, Research Integrity
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