infrastructure for Collaborative Open Network Nurturing Equity, Co-creation & Team Science

Track who did what in research collaborations.

i•CONNECTS is a free, scientist-focused collaboration platform that coordinates distributed research projects and makes contribution credit transparent, verifiable, and portable.

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What it does

Built for systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and coordinated distributed experiments in ecology, biology, and medicine.

Task & verification

Assign, complete, and peer-verify tasks. Each closed task becomes a permanent, attributable contribution record.

Contribution ledger

Cross-project contribution history, mapped toward CRediT taxonomy for fair, evidence-based authorship conversations.

Global, ORCID-linked

Free for external collaborators. ORCID identity links keep researcher profiles portable across institutions.

How it works

  1. 1

    Create a project

    Set a title, description, and project lead. Choose whether the project is public or private.

  2. 2

    Invite collaborators

    Add members by email or share a join link. Assign roles: Admin, Lead, Collaborator, Member.

  3. 3

    Assign & verify tasks

    Tasks move from new → assigned → done → closed. An optional peer verifier signs off before a task closes.

  4. 4

    Generate a contribution record

    Each closed task is an immutable contribution record. Export it for authorship and CRediT statements.

Start a project or join one.

Free to use. University-hosted. No commercial seats.