SCImago IRIS

Assess and compare institutional performance in research integrity

What is IRIS?

01.
Integrity Risk benchmark

The IRIS platform is an advanced benchmarking tool designed to understand how Higher Education Institutions perform in terms of research integrity.

02.
Alert model

IRIS is not an index but a model designed to expose the scientific integrity risks within institutions, serving as an alert system for those responsible for research at universities.

03.
Integrity culture

The project is designed to help institutions make their efforts to foster integrity, including honesty, accountability, fairness, transparency, and stewardship.

How are IRIS’s results calculated?

IRIS utilizes several indicators, such as the Rate of Institutional Self-Citation and the Rate of Hyper-Productive Authors, to calculate an overall score that provides an overview of an institution’s potential exposure to research integrity risks.

FAQs

What is IRIS?
IRIS is an analytics tool that utilizes the Indicators of Research Integrity Risk framework to help universities identify patterns of vulnerability and benchmark their performance on a global scale.
Is IRIS a ranking of research institutions?
No. IRIS is not a ranking and not an index. It is a model designed to characterize research-integrity risks and act as an alert system for research organizations. Its purpose is to help institutions strengthen integrity through honesty, accountability, transparency, and stewardship in research practices.
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