EOSC in numbers

This monthly update includes the latest EOSC portal statistics related to the onboarding of new resources, service providers and user searches. You will also find key indicators related to the geographical and thematic scope of EOSC resources, their access type (language, technology readiness, etc.) and more.

Continue reading for information on the status and progress of the EOSC portal in March 2022.

EOSC in March – An overview

EOSC is growing:

• 224 EOSC providers
• 302 EOSC resources

Users discovered resources from providers whose headquarters are located in France (26), United Kingdom (24), Germany (23), Italy (23), Spain (20), the Netherlands (19), Switzerland (13), Greece (8), among other countries.

These providers predominantly represent the following domains: Natural Sciences, Engineering & Technology, Medical & Health Sciences, Humanities, Social Sciences and Agricultural Studies.

Over the last month, the top EOSC resource categories include:

• physical and e-infrastructures (compute)
• data management
• research data
• software
• training and support

These resources cover the following domains:

• General (generic)
• Earth and Environmental Sciences
• Biological Sciences
• Physical Sciences
• Psychology
• Sociology

A closer look – Additional performance indicators

In March, the most frequent search tags used by EOSC providers were: High Performance Computing, Big Data, Bioinformatics, Copernicus, Datacube, Biodiversity.

For the month, users represented the following target groups: researchers, research communities/groups; research projects; businesses; students; providers; among others.

These providers have made a number of their resources available:

• 207 resources: Worldwide
• 75 resources: EU-wide

All of the 302 onboarded resources have reached technology readiness levels of TRL-7, TRL-8 or TRL-9. This means a prototype demonstration has been performed in an operational environment, the system is complete and qualified, and the actual system has been proven in an operational environment.

Most resources are available on EOSC in the following languages:

• English
• Spanish
• French
• German