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VIVO enables connections across many different data sources and systems through its use of semantic technologies and open global standards for the representation of scholarly work.
Why Choose Vivo?
Boost the worldwide visibility of your research expertise and outcomes
Uncover opportunities for research collaboration and mentorship across disciplines and organizations
Make data-informed strategic decisions to amplify your research expenDitures and societal impact.
Automatically connect data from your institution with external sources of data on researchers, scholarly activities, funding and impact
Participate in the Open Science ecosystem, retaining ownership of your data and avoiding the high fees of commercial providers and proprietary solutions
JOIN ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS AROUND THE WORLD
See the Magic of VIVO
Your VIVO can be automatically populated with information from many different verified sources, allowing you link a great variety of data and metadata and to transform them into meaningful information.
Create Word Visualizations
Quickly check how a particular research topic has been studied in your institution.

Water-Related Research at Texas A&M
This image represents water-related research at Texas A&M: water in Agriculture, Climate, Aquatic Systems, Energy, Materials and Drinking; what are the publications and researchers for each specific sub-topic and the relations among them.
Create Network Connections
You can see the work of your scholars and professors in supporting Master and Doctoral Thesis and the network that this activity generates.

IBICT (Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia)
CREATE YOUR RESEARCHERS AND SCHOLARS PAGES
You can easily see the strengths of your scholars and researchers, looking at their research areas of expertise, the production and outcome.

TIB VIVO – Scholar page
Join Our Community
WHAT IS COMMUNITY-DEVELOPED SOFTWARE?
VIVO is an open source software platform developed and supported by our user community, with the help and support of LYRASIS. The community welcomes your interest and participation.
REGISTER
There are over 150 VIVO instances in more than 25 countries around the world. Please take the time to register your site so you are included in our growing list of “Who’s Using VIVO?”.
Mailing List
The primary way VIVO users discuss issues and communicate with one another is through the various mailing lists.
Become a Member
VIVO Members are leaders from university, research, library organizations, and others, who have made a financial commitment to our open source projects and participate in governance.
Monitor Development Work
The VIVO community uses GitHub to track, prioritize, and guide its work.
Want to support VIVO? Become a Member Today.

WHY BECOME A MEMBER
Membership provides essential funding to advance VIVO’s program initiatives, continued development efforts and also provides critical support for staffing and operations. Your financial support is essential for the long-term sustainability of our community.

What VIVO Members Receive
VIVO membership can take many forms and no contribution is too small. Member benefits include exclusive rewards such as discounts on events and trainings, opportunities to join program Governance and much more.

HOW TO BECOME A MEMBER
Becoming a VIVO member is easy. Simply make your donation and show your support by clicking the button below or reaching out to us directly at vivoweb.org.
VIVO Resources
Resources to help you get started with Vivo.