New UT-researchers
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- University of Twente Research Information (research.utwente.nl)
University of Twente Research Information is the public portal where profiles, research units, projects, research output, datasets, activities, prizes and press/media are published. - Pure Research Information (ris.utwente.nl/admin)
Pure Research Information is the back-end system where researchers can manage their profiles, research units, projects, research output, datasets, activities, prizes and press/media. - Create a publication list for your website
Generate a script to place in the HTML of your group and/or personal webpage. The publication list and instructions are shown in the Webhare start screen after login. - Pure FAQ
Please see the Pure Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) website (login required).
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Pure Research Information has a lot of features, some of which are especially beneficial for researchers and their university. We've gathered the most interesting features and will explain them in detail in Quick Reference Cards.
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- Adding ORCID to your personal profile
- Adding research output from previous employments
- Article Processing Charges (APCs)
- Automated search profiles
- Changing automatically added SDG's
- Changing your name in existing research output
- Configuring user settings / adding a trusted user (delegate)
- Create research output from template
- Creating a CV
- Datasets: Adding metadata to datasets uploaded in Areda (UT data archive)
- Datasets: Registration of datasets preserved at a physical location
- Do's and don'ts when submitting/editing in Pure
- Enter a conference contribution
- How to add Activities, Prizes, Press/Media contributions and more
- How to add Artificial Intelligence Expert keywords
- Step-by-step instructions for new UT researchers
- Visualizing collaboration between researchers
What's new
New
- October 2025Upgrade to version 5.34.0-2 (backend Pure)
- Left side menu (navigation) improvements - June 2025Upgrade to version 5.33
- Transfer from DataMonitor to DataCite
- Initial phase of sunsetting classic reporting module - October 2024- New header
- Dark theme - October 2023- APA citation format updates
- September 2023- Plum metrics: discontination of Twitter/X metrics
- External affiliations possible on Activities
- H-index display on or of in your personal profile
- Add copyright etc. to images in your personal profile - December 2022- H-index source and time range expansion
- My gallery
- Google Maps, direct link
- Datasets (OpenAIRE)
- Option to add job description - December 2021- Preprint as a new sub-type of Research Output > working paper
- Pure Portal new functionality
- Scopus import in Pure
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s)
Workshop: Making (the best) use of Pure
Workshop Making (the best) use of Pure for editors/office managers
To be determined.
To be determined.
Contact
For general questions about Pure please contact the UT Pure library support team: ris@utwente.nl
If you have any questions about Pure and/or Research Information System(s) at the UT, please consult your Pure faculty manager:
Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences (BMS)

dr. L.J.M. Kamphuis - Blikman (Lyan)
Research Support BMS | BMS Ethics committee/domain HSS | Privacy Contact Person Research|PhD Policy|Open Science|Pure-RIS
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS/EWI)

drs. A.H. Sprenger (Ard)
Supporting staff
Faculty of Engineering Technology (ET)

J.J.E. Hilgers (Jolanda)
Supporting staff
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC)

G. de Jonge MSc (Grietha)
Information Specialist ITC

dr.ir. M.G.P. van Veller (Marco)
Information Specialist ITC
Faculty of Science and Technology (S&T/TNW)

dr. A.R. Rao (Ashit)
S&T Research Support Coordinator: Research Data Management, Open/Citizen Science, Ethics | Privacy Contact Person
Last edit: 11 December 2025