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Manage your data, inventory, and research team
Use SciNote to improve data accessibility, meet data management requirements, and simplify daily lab activities – so you can maximize your funding and publication potential.
Capturing and finding data should be easy
Research to impact takes time, and you need to be sure you can locate and trust your data months or even years later for publications or grants.
That’s why SciNote is designed with a user-friendly interface, a flexible data structure, and cross-referencing capabilities. You can easily plan, document, and locate your work within SciNote. Better yet, utilize the advanced search function and smart annotation to quickly find what you need.
With full data access control and automated backups, you can avoid data loss due to natural disasters, accidents, or when a student or staff leaves the lab.
“I love how we were forced to conceptualize everything that was going on in our lab in a [visualized, digital] way that I really hadn’t done before.”
Meet data management & sharing requirements
How are you meeting data management & sharing requirements set out by funding agencies such as NIH, NSF, ERC, or the European Commission?
SciNote will help make your research data FAIR: findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable. It will give your work the best chance of funding success, and increase the impact of your research.
Ensure you receive funding on time and maximize the potential of your research – make SciNote part of your data management plan to meet research data management requirements.
“We expect that there will be more expectations in the future [for EU research projects] to have some kind of data management plan – on how you will record the data that you gather, how you will store it, and how other people will be able to access it.”
Simplify and automate mundane lab tasks
Use SciNote as a lab management tool to help you and your lab members simplify many research tasks; let SciNote take care of the chores so you are free to focus on the important stuff. You can:
Why is SciNote better than paper/shared server folders/OneNote
Compare the pros and cons of using paper, shared file folders, and OneNote with SciNote, and you will see the difference.
Why choose SciNote
We stand by our commitment
All plans include a 14-day free trial, top-rated customer support, custom onboarding, and access to training materials and the knowledge base.
We understand your needs
The majority of our staff have a background in scientific research; we understand your pain points and what is important to you.
Your success is our contribution
Our mission is to help humanity benefit the most from science – and we do this by helping you be successful in the science you do.
How are labs using SciNote
Link to: Advanced Cellular Dynamics
“Scinote organizes your scientific workflow to enhance productivity”
The most helpful thing about Sci-Note is the ability to easily add new findings or updates to your protocol. Instead of keeping a chronological record, I can collect all my findings connected with one type of assay/idea in one place. I also save the scripts/commands I use for future reference.
Link to: Advanced Cellular Dynamics
“SciNote – The Friendly ELN”
I like that SciNote is cloud-based. This allows my students to access data outside of the lab. They typically analyze their data at home. I am new to SciNote. I especially like the webinar tutorials and the personal support I receive from SciNote.
Link to: Advanced Cellular Dynamics
“Excellent way to keep lab notebooks.”
SciNote allows you to keep all protocols, inventories, raw data, analysis and comments in one easily accessible place. No more going through the stack of paper notebooks to find things. The PI can search for experimental data from anywhere. Students can easily be shared data within your research group.
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Frequently Asked Questions
I am just starting to evaluate ELN options. Do you have resources I could use?
For ELN evaluation, check out our downloadable resources page. We highly recommend the ELN selection template that can help you systemically evaluate different ELN options.
You can speed up your research process by booking a short meeting with Jack (North and South America) or Rodrigo (EU and Asia) and have all your ELN questions answered quickly.
Why should I use SciNote if I already use a digital notebook like OneNote and Evernote?
SciNote is specifically designed for lab use, with a unique project/experiment/task structure that can help you plan and manage your research protocols, notes, and data. It offers access control, activity tracking, collaboration tools, and has other lab management and inventory management features that are not available in digital notebooks such as OneNote and Evernote.
You can learn more about the differences in our blog post Data management and sharing: Paper vs OneNote vs SciNote [comparison]
My institution already offers and ELN. Why should I use SciNote instead?
Good data management is all about documenting data regularly and automating as much as you can. To achieve this, having an ELN with a better user interface and data structure is critical.
SciNote has a strong commitment to ensure you have the best user experience. That’s why we pay additional attention to how we design the software, and provide ongoing support for all of our Premium plan users. You will notice that SciNote is structured a bit differently from other ELNs because of this reason – the file hierarchy, visualized workflow, smart citation, and many other features are available to help you make documenting data a habit and to allow easy automation through templates and workflows. Plus, we take your feedback seriously; many of our new features and updates came from suggestions from our users.
We understand that it is tempting to just use the free ELN offered at your institution, but we encourage you to give SciNote a try to see if it is the right fit for you! You can contact us for a free 14-day trial to test all the features SciNote can offer, or try our fee version (personal use only with limited features) now.
Can I import my inventories into SciNote?
You can import your inventory spreadsheets into SciNote’s inventory management system. You can also import your inventories from another inventory management platform, as long as the platform allows you to export your existing data in the .csv format. Lastly, you can sync between inventory databases and create automatic uploads into SciNote’s inventory management system using SciNote API. Learn more about how you can import inventories.
My team has never used SciNote before. Is it possible to try it before we make a purchase?
Definitely. Our team will set you up with a free demo site and a 14-day trial period so that you can test drive SciNote, and make sure you are happy with it before you purchase.
If you decide to purchase SciNote, your trial account will be converted into the premium version, and you can start using SciNote immediately.
I am interested in the manuscript writer. Can I get it on its own?
Our AI-assisted manuscript writer is an add-on. This means that you must have a paid SciNote plan before you can purchase the manuscript writer add-on.
I need to integrate other software and instruments with SciNote. Is that possible?
Yes! We offer RESTful API solutions. We are happy to share additional documentations to your IT personnel so you can determine what is feasible. We have several SciNote users using APIs to connect SciNote with other software and instruments; you can find additional examples on our blog post.
SciNote also comes with a few integrations, such as Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Protocols.io. For a complete list of available integrations, visit our integrations page.
What kind of onboarding, customer support, and training does SciNote offer?
The SciNote Research Plan come with our custom onboarding experience and top-rated customer support. For the Educational Plan, we will provide custom training for the instructors. We will also work with you to set up your account. We also maintain a LinkedIn SciNote community where users can ask questions and exchange tips to learn from each other.
We also provide training materials on YouTube and through our web knowledge base and SciNote courses; you can use these materials to train additional lab members or students.
What if I need to meet FDA 21 CFR Part 11 requirements, or have other specialized needs?
Please consider our premium plans if you need features that will help you meet FDA 21 CFR Part 11 compliance. If you have other needs or requirements, feel free to contact us directly for more information.
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