ReaD

Directory Database of Research and Development Activities (ReaD) is a database service designed to promote cooperation among industry, academia and government. ReaD is the web site that collects and provides scientific information on research institutes, researchers, research subjects and research resources in Japan.

Directory Database of Research and Development Activitie

Japanese

Web Usage

The Number of Access

 The number of access to the English pages is as follows.
The Number of Access


ReaD User Questionnaire

 According to the ReaD User Questionnaire (No. of respondents: 1,067) implemented in FY2008, about 90% of the respondents replied “ReaD is useful / will be useful.”

 The use purposes of ReaD in descending order were “checking researchers’ profiles, research histories, etc.,” “checking partners for joint research and funded research,” “using ReaD for preliminary surveys before starting a new research project,” and “recruitment / job hunting.”

 Please click here for “Examples of ReaD being Useful.”

 Types of organizations to which users belong are academic institutions including universities (62%), public institutions (13%), companies (12%), and others.

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