SCI MARINA

Name

SCI MARINA

Legal name

CONSULTING IMARINA 2012, S.L.

Website

https://scimarina.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Scientific Information Systems / Research Information Management Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Other Computer Related Services (541519), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro industry

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Enterprise Architecture & IT Operating Model

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Technology & Digital Consulting

Keywords

• Research information management
• Scientific information system
• CRIS platform
• Bibliometric analysis
• Researcher curriculum management

Headquarters

HQ city

Granada

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. SaaS Platform Licensing (SciMarina): Cloud-based software-as-a-service platform licensing for scientific information management (CRIS system). Institutions pay for access to the SciMarina platform including modules for curriculum management, institutional repositories, scientific portals, and bibliometric indicators. Deployed as a hosted service with technical support included.
2. Specialized Consulting Services: Bespoke consulting engagements for bibliometric analysis, scientific production evaluation, technical report preparation for public funding applications, and I+D program evaluation. These are project-based professional services tailored to institutional needs.
3. Technical Office Training Programs: Specialized online training programs for research center administrators, researchers, and teaching staff covering technical information treatment, I+D+i management, bibliometrics, and scientific communication and dissemination.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

SCI MARINA (operating as iMarina) provides a cloud-based Scientific Information System (SIC/CRIS) platform that helps universities and research institutions manage researcher curricula, scientific production, institutional repositories, and bibliometric indicators. The platform is modular (with components such as iColet, iCvn, iPublic, iEval, iBase) and aligned with Spanish (CVN-FECYT) and European (CERIF) research information standards. Revenue is generated primarily through SaaS platform licensing plus specialized consulting and training services.

Product overview

SciMarina is a modular cloud-based Scientific Information System (Sistema de Información Científica - SIC) platform designed to facilitate knowledge management linked to research activity and scientific production. The platform consists of multiple functional modules organized in operational layers: Infrastructure Services (iCloud, iOt), Scientific Information Systems (iColet, iAgent, iBase, iStd, iReport), CRIS: Curricular Researcher Management (iCvn, iHelp, iNews, iPublic, iEval), Complementary Modules (iWs API), plus complementary Consulting Services and Technical Office Training. The architecture enables institutions to integrate sources, automate evidence capture and validation, and deliver dashboards aligned with Open Science and Responsible Evaluation principles.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SciMarina: The cloud-based platform providing scientific information management solutions for research institutions, including modules for curriculum management (CRIS), research output management, institutional repositories, and scientific indicators.
• iColet
• iAgent
• iBase
• iStd
• iReport
• iCvn
• iHelp
• iNews
• iPublic
• iEval
• iWs
• iCloud
• iOt
• CRIS-AVANZA

Products and services

• SciMarina Platform (iMarina) Modular cloud-based SaaS platform providing Scientific Information System (SIC), Curricular Researcher Management (CRIS), and Open Educational Resource (REA) functionality for universities and research institutions. Includes modules for curriculum management, scientific production, institutional repositories, public scientific portals, bibliometric indicators, and HR integrations.
• Specialized Consulting Services Professional consulting services for analysis and evaluation of scientific and institutional production, including technical reports for public funding applications, mass scientific-technical data treatment, indicator development, and strategic decision-making interpretation. Targeted at universities, research centers, and institutions needing bespoke scientific information analysis.
• Technical Office Training Programs Specialized online training programs for research center administrators, researchers, and teaching staff covering technical information treatment, R&D+i management, bibliometrics, and scientific communication and dissemination.
• iCloud Cloud hosting infrastructure module providing SaaS deployment of the SciMarina platform with secure data center infrastructure, security certifications, and bunkerized architecture.
• iOt (Oficina Técnica) Technical support office module providing continuous accompaniment to system administrators during platform implementation and operation via email, chat, and telephone channels.
• iColet Automated data harvester and importer module integrating with Web of Science, Scopus, Dialnet, PubMed, DSpace, EPrints, and HR/academic management systems to standardize scientific information under CVN 1.4 and CERIF 1.6 models.
• iCvn Researcher curriculum vitae manager supporting automatic synchronized updates, validation and certification of CV items, and exports in CVN 1.4 standard format for ANECA/FECYT evaluations.
• iPublic Institutional research portal providing public access to scientific and curriculum information, with searchable researcher directory, configurable researcher profiles, and customizable institutional branding.
• iEval Adaptive management dashboard providing bibliometric indicators and multidimensional analysis panels (quantitative, qualitative, structural, social, trajectory-based) for institutional or competitive call evaluation requirements.
• iWs (REST API) REST API web service providing JSON-formatted endpoints for querying and retrieving scientific and curriculum data stored in the platform, enabling integration with institutional applications and analytics tools.

Quantifiable outcome

• 35,000+ researchers managed across 33 institutions on a single platform
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration16 records

AI capability6 records

Feature13 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• CRIS-AVANZA ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026iMarina participates in the CRIS-AVANZA project, a strategic initiative to transform curriculum management and scientific information systems toward models aligned with Open Science, CoARA, and Responsible Research Evaluation. The project incorporates new curriculum typologies (peer review, citizen science, scientific software, FAIR data, early research outputs), develops tools for automatic narrative generation aligned with CoARA, creates collaborative governance mechanisms, and evolves the shared CRIS ecosystem used by 30+ institutions.
• euroCRIS (Current Research Information Systems)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026iMarina is an active member of euroCRIS, the European organization for Current Research Information Systems. The company participated in euroCRIS 2023 Strategic Membership Meeting (presentation: 'iMarina: an overview of its implementation in Spain') and euroCRIS 2026 conference in Azores, presenting the CRIS-AVANZA project. euroCRIS representatives participated in the II iMarina User Encounter in Granada (2026).
• FECYT (Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026iMarina maintains a strategic relationship with FECYT, aligning its platform with the Currículum Vitae Normalizado (CVN) standard developed and maintained by FECYT. The platform was updated to support CVN version 1.4.3 per FECYT specifications. FECYT representatives participated in the II iMarina User Encounter in Granada (2026).
• ANECA (Agencia Nacional de Evaluación de la Calidad y Acreditación)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026ANECA representatives participated in the II iMarina User Encounter in Granada (2026), sharing perspectives on scientific information infrastructures and new evaluation models. iMarina's platform supports ANECA evaluation processes through curriculum management and CVN export capabilities.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Atmire: Belgium-based DSpace service provider and developer that delivers CRIS-enabled institutional repositories and research information systems. Closely comparable as a niche CRIS/repository vendor competing in European university procurement.
• Symplectic Elements: Research information management system (now part of Digital Science) widely deployed at universities for faculty profiling, publications management, and bibliometric reporting. Competes with iMarina in CRIS and research-information-system sales to universities.
• infoMetrics: UK consultancy specializing in research information systems, bibliometrics, and CRIS implementations. Comparable to iMarina as a specialist firm delivering CRIS, CV/bibliometric infrastructure, and consulting to European research institutions.
• Clarivate Research Intelligence (Converis): Clarivate's research-information management suite (built on the Converis legacy) used by universities and research institutes for CRIS, evaluations, and reporting. Closely comparable to SciMarina in serving institutional research offices.
• DSpace (Lyrasis): Open-source institutional repository platform with a CRIS layer (DSpace-CRIS) used widely by universities; iMarina explicitly integrates with DSpace via its iColet importer, making it both a complement and a competing infrastructure option for institutions.
• Elsevier Pure: Elsevier's flagship CRIS platform serving universities and research institutions worldwide. Direct competitor to iMarina's SciMarina platform in the same Current Research Information System category, targeting Spanish and European universities.

Others

• DataCite: Non-profit DOI registration agency for research data and outputs; iMarina interoperates with DOI as a persistent-identifier layer. Ecosystem participant rather than direct competitor, but central to the scientific-information infrastructure iMarina plugs into.

Broad incumbents

• Ex Libris (Clarivate): Clarivate's library-services portfolio (Alma, Esploro, bX) covering institutional repositories, research-information services, and library management. Broad incumbent offering overlapping capabilities for university research and scholarly information management.
• Digital Science Dimensions: Digital Science's research intelligence platform providing bibliometric data, analytics, and institutional benchmarking. Broad incumbent overlapping with iMarina's iEval bibliometric dashboard functionality for university decision-making.

Emerging players

• VIVO: Open-source research networking and CRIS platform developed with NSF support and used by universities in the US and abroad. Comparable as an open-source alternative to proprietary CRIS systems for institutional research-information management.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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