KFAS Research Portal
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KFAS ResearchPortal

Overview

The Gateway to Impactful Research in Kuwait

The KFAS Research Portal is a public gateway showcasing KFAS-funded research and its impact. This innovative research information management system offers new insights into the scholarly expertise and collaborative opportunities between KFAS and researchers engaged in joint projects with various entities. The portal is designed to help researchers and potential collaborators identify people working with KFAS in specific research or scholarly areas.

KFAS: Paving the Way

KFAS supports Kuwait's Research Community, both individually and institutionally. The KFAS Research Portal aims to:

  • showcase KFAS-supported projects;

  • encourage collaboration among researchers

  • promote communication and dissemination;

  • promote research infrastructure and facilities.

What is it

What is the KFAS Research Portal?

It serves as the centralized system for managing publications, grants, projects, and researcher profiles. The KFAS Research Portal, powered by Pure, provides a single, searchable platform that aggregates and showcases all KFAS-funded research outputs and impact in one place.

Who can access

Who can access the KFAS Research Portal?

Everyone has access to the Portal; it showcases all the research achievements of KFAS to our audience in Kuwait and around the world.

Eligibility

Who can create a profile in KFAS Research Portal?

Only researchers who have engaged in projects with KFAS, whether past or future, are eligible to create profiles on the KFAS Research Portal.

KFAS Research Portal:

The portal showcases the following:

  • Data Showcased: The KFAS Pure Portal includes publications, research outputs, people, projects and grants, research units, prizes, and research-related activities. Items can be interconnected, allowing research centers to tag publications based on their funded research.

  • Sustainable Development Goals: The Portal demonstrates KFAS' contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the individual researcher, research-unit or institutional, and research-output levels.

  • Potential Collaborators: The Portal is an excellent starting point for finding an adviser or co-author, or assembling a multidisciplinary grant team

  • Research Performance Metrics: The portal also provides:
    • Research-Output Metrics: such as Scopus Citations, PlumX Metrics, and the Altmetric Donut, which track citations, online engagement, and research visibility across various platforms.
    • Author-Level Metrics: such as the Scopus h-index, Elsevier Fingerprint, and a Global Map of Collaborations help assess researcher impact, identify key expertise, and visualize international research partnerships.

Contact Us:

If you have any inquiries, please email us at: [email protected]

Telephone: (+965) 22278125 or 22278126

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KFAS Research Portal be your gateway to impactful research