Search
Search publications, people, institutions, and research fields.
Project developed for ANID
DataCiencia lets people explore research in Chile
We developed this platform so ANID could bring publications, people, institutions, and indicators together and make them searchable in one place.
What it can do
Search information and see how it connects
Connect
Explore co-authorship, institutional links, and disciplinary structures.
Analyze
Combine indicators and visualizations to study capabilities and trends.
Integrate
Bring different sources together without losing track of data provenance.
Work completed
From separate records to a public platform
To build it, we brought sources together, resolved equivalent records, and developed the queries and visualizations ANID needed.
Bring the records together
We integrated publications, authors, institutions, journals, disciplines, and indicators received in different formats.
Match the same entities
We built normalization rules and tools to prevent the same person or institution from appearing as several different records.
Make the information searchable
We developed search tools, profiles, indicators, and networks, along with the processes that update data and prepare reports.
How it is built
Sources, architecture, and tools
Information sources
Records and indicators from Web of Science, Scopus, SciELO, and InCites, together with ORCID identifiers and data managed by ANID.
Architecture
Backend and API built with Ruby on Rails 8. The new interface uses Nuxt 4 and Vue 3 while retaining Rails frontend modules that remain in operation.
Data and processing
MySQL is the main database. Sidekiq and Redis run imports, calculations, reports, and scheduled tasks outside the user-facing request cycle.
Networks and visualization
Sigma, Graphology, ForceAtlas2, D3, and ECharts support exploration of co-authorship, institutions, disciplines, indicators, and other scientific relationships.
The platform in use
DataCiencia in use
The home page comes from the public site. The other screenshots show a co-authorship network and the distribution of research fields.
What it enables
Different ways to read the same information
A person can search for a publication, author, institution, or research field.
ANID teams can review output, collaboration, impact, and the distribution of capabilities.
Networks make it possible to move from a general figure to the relationships that help explain it.
Let's talk
Tell us what you need and where your information lives.
We can help you organize it, connect it, or turn it into a useful tool.
Talk to the team