Systems and Tools
Find the important tools, systems and databases that are used to conduct, report and manage research activities at UTS.
Available Systems
Gain research insights
These online databases and tools allow researchers to gain insights into their collaborative activity, research outputs, analytics and intelligence and research performance.
- A Power BI Dashboard, Researcher Insights displays current and historical research activity of up to 5 years. The dashboard provides easy, transparent and up to date access to your personal research data, including that held in several of the university’s databases such as HDR student enrolment, progression and completions data as well as any research income including grants and donations.
- A Power BI Dashboard, Group Research Insights provides an easy way for research group leaders to track collaborative research activity, research outputs, income and HDR data. The tool provides information about both publications and non-traditional research outputs and tracks HDR load and completions so that research managers can see information aggregated across their group as well as the information of the individuals they manage. The dashboard provides easy, transparent and up to date access to research data held in several of the university’s databases. Access must be requested via Service Connect. You will need an email from your supervisor confirming the level of access requested.
- Dimensions is a linked research knowledge system that brings together grants, publications, citations, alternative metrics, clinical trials, patents and policy documents to deliver a platform that enables you to find insights to inform future strategy. The platform offers access to the world’s largest linked research database, covering publications, grants, patents, clinical trials, datasets, policy documents and technical reports.
- Altmetric presents metrics and qualitative data that are complementary to traditional, citation-based metrics such as peer reviews, citations on Wikipedia and public policy documents, discussions on research blogs, mainstream media coverage, bookmarks on reference managers like Mendeley and mentions in social networks. Altmetric charts how often journal articles and other scholarly outputs like datasets are discussed and used around the world, measuring reach beyond academia.
Browse research databases
These online databases allow for location of multi-disciplinary, peer reviewed literature and associated citation data.
- Overton is the world’s largest collection of policy documents, parliamentary transcripts, government guidance and think tank research. It collects data globally from over 180 countries and in many different languages. Overton indexes documents to make them searchable and maps the connections between them, scholarly research and the news media, giving insight into the evidence and influences that are shaping the world around us.
- A database for locating multi-disciplinary peer-reviewed literature and associated citation data, Web of Science Core Collection contains records of articles from the highest impact journals worldwide—including open access journals— conference proceedings and books. It allows you to explore the deep citation connections in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities, with a curated collection of more than 21,000 peer-reviewed, high-quality scholarly journals published worldwide.
- Open Publications of UTS Scholars (OPUS) is the UTS open access digital repository, which showcases UTS research excellence to a world-wide audience. OPUS collects, preserves, indexes, and disseminates the research outputs of UTS staff and postgraduate students, providing free global access to the full text of works where possible. Since 2014, the UTS Open Access Policy requires UTS researchers to add their research publications to OPUS to facilitate public access to the University’s research.
- An Elsevier database for locating multi-disciplinary peer-reviewed literature and associated citation data, Scopus uniquely combines a comprehensive abstract and citation database with enriched data and linked scholarly literature. You can quickly find relevant and authoritative research, identify experts and access reliable data, metrics and analytical tools. Using precise search and analytical tools, Scopus provides you with the insights to drive better decisions, actions, and outcomes.
