Facilitate the Discovery and Connection of Research and Scholarship

VIVO creates an actionable map of the scholarly work of your organization.

CONNECT

VIVO creates a connected, integrated record of the scholarly work of your institution, ready for reporting, visualization, and analysis.

DISCOVER

VIVO is developing world standards for big data representation of scholarly work, providing a single shared vocabulary for data regarding scholarship.

SHARE

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

Title screen of webinar video - VIVO Current Research Information System presented by Christian Hauschke (TIB) and Dragan Ivanovic (Lyrasis)

Presentation: VIVO at ZB Med

At the invitation of Dr. Leyla Jael Castro, Dragan Ivanovic, VIVO Tech lead, and Christian Hauschke, (TIB - Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology) gave a lecture on 20 March 2025 in the Research Seminar Series of ZB MED, in which they gave an overview...

Survey Results: Identifier Use

We, the VIVO Ontology Interest Group, wanted to know which identifiers are used for research information in your VIVOs. To this end, we created a small survey that asked about the use of IDs already used in the VIVO Ontology, and also suggested additional and, above...
The ZEW Vivo Homepage

New Member Highlight: ZEW

VIVO is thrilled to welcome and highlight a new member, ZEW. ZEW is one of Germany’s leading economic research institutes and enjoys a strong reputation throughout Europe. The institute's mission is to study the optimal performance and the design of markets and...

VIVO-DE Workshop 2025

Planning is underway for the VIVO-DE Workshop 2025. If you are interested in attending, please take part in the poll and let us know which dates work best for you. Please also note that the workshop takes place over two days - only the first day is listed in the...

New project on bibliometric observatories with VIVO

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) will fund a new VIVO-related project on bibliometric observatories. The project brings together Leibniz University Hannover’s L3S research centre and our VIVO member TIB - Leibniz Information Centre for...

Research (meta)data in VIVO? The Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP) did it.

A team of researchers from the Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP) in Greifswald (Germany) recently published a preprint, in which they describe how they integrate researcher profiles with research data: “Semantic Information Management in...

Release Announcement: VIVO Ontology 1.8.0

We’re excited to announce the release of VIVO Ontology 1.8.0! This minor update brings improvements to enhance usability and maintainability. Here’s what’s new: Key Highlights: Added ROR ID: Incorporated a property for Research Organization Registry (ROR) identifiers....

VIVO included in the Infrafinder

The Infrafinder by Invest in Open (IOI) aims at helping decision-makers in research institutions to find the best possible technology options by providing accurate and up-to-date information. It serves as a central service for all those who need to find open and...

VIVO Annual Report published

The VIVO Annual Report has been published at https://vivoweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AR-2024-VIVO.pdf . The annual report contains a summary of the VIVO activities and accomplishments over the last fiscal year.

VIVO Development Roadmap and Funding Campaign approved

VIVO leadership voted to approve a new development roadmap for VIVO and the launch of a Development Fund campaign to accelerate the work. The roadmap sets forth a path and funding goals to create a VIVO that (1) is simpler to install and customize (2) easily ingests...

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.

VIVO Word Chart

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.

VIVO Master and Doctoral Thesis Network Graphic

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 - Research and Scholar Page

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.

Or simply email us at vivoweb.org if you have any other questions about the Vivo community.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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