CiNii Research
Business Profile
Core Value Proposition
[CiNii Research] provides integrated scholarly search and metadata access across CiNii Articles, CiNii Books, and CiNii Dissertations, with links to full-text data from multiple data sources and an experimental Knowledge Graph Search feature.
Target Customer
{"Researchers and scholars seeking to search CiNii Articles, Books, and Dissertations in a single interface","Librarians and information professionals managing academic metadata and access","Academic institutions needing integrated discovery across multiple CiNii resources"}
Key Differentiator
Integrated search across CiNii Articles, Dissertations, and Books within a single CiNii Research interface, plus multi-source metadata (JaLC, IRDB, Crossref, DataCite, NDL) and an experimental Knowledge Graph Search feature via CiNii Labs.
Pain Points
- 1Content spread across multiple CiNii resources (Articles, Books, Dissertations) requiring separate searches
- 2Fragmented metadata and links to full-text across different data sources
- 3Limited or experimental advanced search capabilities (Knowledge Graph Search) not yet standard in all workflows
Key Features
- 1Unified search across CiNii Articles, CiNii Books, and CiNii Dissertations
- 2Support for data sources and metadata partners: JaLC, IRDB, Crossref, DataCite, NDL, RUDA, JDCat, NINJAL, NIPR-ADS, NIPR-ScienceDB, OpenAIRE
- 3Links to full-text where available
- 4Knowledge Graph Search feature (trial) via CiNii Labs
- 5Metadata and API access (underlying data infrastructure and interoperability)
Target Customer Industries
Competitive Advantages
- 1Centralized access to multiple CiNii content types (Articles, Books, Dissertations) in one interface
- 2Multi-source data coverage enabling richer metadata and discovery (JaLC, IRDB, Crossref, DataCite, NDL, etc.)
- 3Early access to Knowledge Graph Search capabilities via CiNii Labs
Key Benefits
Additional Product Information
Product Description
CiNii Research is a platform that integrates CiNii Articles, CiNii Books, and CiNii Dissertations with metadata search and links to full-text data from multiple sources, and provides an experimental Knowledge Graph Search feature via CiNii Labs.
Target Market
Academic researchers, librarians, and information professionals seeking integrated scholarly discovery and metadata management
Unique Value Proposition
A single interface that consolidates CiNii scholarly content (articles, books, dissertations) with multi-source metadata and emerging advanced search capabilities to streamline discovery and access.
Technical Requirements
Accessible via smartphone or PC; Knowledge Graph Search is available as a trial on CiNii Labs; relies on multiple metadata sources and APIs
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