Measuring scientific research trends using an online scientific research management system (OSRMS)‎

Abstract EN

Scientific research is a major pillar in terms of its strength, power, and support for the success of any academic institution.

It's crucial for university rankings and academic promotions.

This calls for a methodological approach to reflect on the convincing vision of scientific research to be recorded and managed.

Recently, the Applied Science University -Bahrain (ASU) reached the 37th, 29th, 22th place among others in the Arab QS region on 2020,2021,2022 respectively.

In order to improve this rank and meet the need for research management, a new system is created to overcome the limitations and challenges of the current ASU research system.

In addition, the existing system can be enhanced through new publications management processes and functionalities.

After building the online scientific research management system (OSRMS), many types of tests were carried out to ensure that all functions work correctly.

The development of a new system would support the research management of the university, which would create a system that can manage the publication process in general.

The search function, which seeks to reduce time & effort in searches for any publication, provide additional information about each publication, for example: the full document, keywords, abstract, publication link, authors details and others.

Additionally, the system includes an online submission process, which benefits staff by allowing them to submit publications more conveniently than in the past.

OSRMS is generating different types of publication reports which will be contributing to the correct documentation of different research statistics at the ASU.

As a result, these statistics might be used to identify improvement areas, that in turn can support the university to improve and achieve even more.