Keywords

Research in context graph, Ricgraph, Ricgraph Explorer, Ricgraph REST API, Data enrichment, Data harvesting, Data linking, Enrichment, Graph, Graph database, Harvest, Harvest data, Harvester, Knowledge graph, Linked data, Metadata, Utrecht University, Visualization

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  • Rik D.T. Janssen (2025). Utilizing Ricgraph to gain insights into research collaborations across institutions, at every organizational level. [preprint]. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5524439.

See Ricgraph in action:

Currently, there are people working on the following extensions for Ricgraph:

  • BackToPure is a tool designed to enhance an organization’s Research Information System Pure by enriching its content. BackToPure can identify items (such as publications, data sets or software) that exist in other external sources but are missing from the organization’s Pure, and then insert (enrich) those items into Pure. The result is a more complete overview of research at that organization. Status: experimental stage (beta).
  • A tool that helps Pure administrators to clean up “external organizations” in Pure. Part of this is integrated in BackToPure. Status: planning stage (pre-alpha).
  • A chatbot that allows you to “talk” to Ricgraph. You can formulate questions in plain English, such as “Please give me the research results of the Geosciences faculty of Utrecht University?” or “With what organizations does that faculty collaborate?”. It uses a local Large Language Model. This is a project with nine students from Utrecht University, Utrecht. Read more at Research AI. Status: planning stage (pre-alpha).
  • A project with a student from the University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht, that aims to use AI and Large Language Models to find topics and visualize large amounts of research information. It assigns topics to publications, data sets, and software. By selecting a number of topics, research results are grouped, and possibly experts on these topics can be found. Status: planning stage (pre-alpha).
  • A project with a student from the University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht, to develop a modern frontend-backend user interface for Ricgraph information. Status: planning stage (pre-alpha).

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