ECRIN Researcher Guide

ECRIN is a collaboration platform for researchers developed by Le Havre Normandie University.

What You Can Do with ECRIN

ECRIN allows you to:

• Present your work: describe your scientific questions and reference your publications
• Find collaborators: build teams and find experts
• Visualize networks: explore the community's collaboration graphs
• Search for data: find data and experts to enrich your research
• Publish your content: share your data and news with the community

ECRIN Cards

The application is organized into 6 sections representing the different stages of scientific collaboration.

Introduce - Present Your Work

Card	What You Can Do
Me	Describe your profile
My scientific question	Describe your scientific question to get feedback from the community
My references	Reference your recent scientific publications in one place

Collaborate - Build Your Team

Card	What You Can Do
Create my project	Declare your project to find collaborators
Build my team	Find collaborators by sharing your needs
Find my expert	Connect with experts to enrich your project
Fund my project	Search for funding opportunities

Explore - Visualize Networks

Card	What You Can Do
My graph	Visualize your scientific question and project as a graph
Community graph	Explore the community's connections to discover interesting projects

Ask - Search for Resources

Card	What You Can Do
Data	Search for data to support your research
An expert	Chat with an expert based on their location, topic, or data

Publish - Share Your Content

Card	What You Can Do
My data	Publish your research data to share with the community
My news	Write an article to share your work and news

Administrate - Manage Your Account

Card	What You Can Do
My account	Manage your account: registration, logout, deletion
My survey	Manage your survey responses and data policy

Available Features

Available Now

• Registration and authentication via magic link (email)
• Project creation with REDCap survey
• Collaboration graph visualization
• Account management (registration, logout, deletion)
• Survey management (download, deletion)

Under Development

• Presentation of scientific questions
• Publication referencing
• Expert search by domain
• Team building
• Data and news publishing

Find an Expert

Find an Expert is a companion application for discovering and analyzing researcher expertise.

What You Can Do

• Search for institutions via OpenAlex
• Manage your consent for data sharing
• View publication statistics

Need Help?

• ECRIN Roadmap - Upcoming features
• Technical Documentation - For developers