What are the different relationships types in Elements?

Elements gives you the ability to create relationships (links) between the different aspects of your research:

Publications
Grants
Professional activities
Projects
Equipment
Teaching Activities

Note: available elements depends on the institutional configuration.

Adding new relationships

All your elements (Publications, Grants etc.) can have relationships to other elements or users in the system.

Existing relationships are listed on the Relationships tab of the summary view and under the Connections to Other People and Elements on the full detail view.

When adding new relationships, you have to

Choose a category: the type of element you want to link to
Choose link type: the type of link you want to this element

Relationship types

The table below lists all the possible relationships between elements. You only need to add each relationship in one ‘direction’ as the system will add the reciprocal relationship automatically.

ID	Element 1	Element 2	Link	Inverse link
40	Equipment	Equipment	Derivative of	Derives
105	Equipment	Impact	Associated with	Associated with
73	Equipment	Organisation Structure	Is housed in	Houses
68	Equipment	User	Has maintainer	Maintainer of
69	Equipment	User	Has manager	Manager of
67	Equipment	User	Has team member	Member of team
41	Equipment	User	Used by	User of
94	Funder	Grant	Funder of	Funded by
93	Funder	Publication	Funder of	Funded by
16	Grant	Equipment	Funder of	Funded by
12	Grant	Grant	Precursor of	Successor of
101	Grant	Impact	Underpins	Underpinned by
14	Grant	Organisation Structure	Funder of	Funded by
13	Grant	Professional Activity	Funder of	Funded by
15	Grant	Project	Funder of	Funded by
85	Grant	Teaching Activity	Funder of	Funded by
17	Grant	User	Funder of	Funded by
103	Impact	Impact	Associated with	Associated with
143	Impact	Organisation Structure	Associated with	Associated with
142	Journal	Policy	Has deposit advice	Is deposit advice for
28	Organisation Structure	Equipment	Owner of	Owned by
26	Organisation Structure	Organisation Structure	Parent of	Child of
72	Organisation Structure	Organisation Structure	Precursor of	Successor of
27	Organisation Structure	Project	Associated with	Associated with
30	Organisation Structure	User	Has administrator	Administrator of
78	Organisation Structure	User	Has board member	Board member of
79	Organisation Structure	User	Has committee member	Committee member of
80	Organisation Structure	User	Has consultant	Consultant for
65	Organisation Structure	User	Has deputy head	Deputy head of
29	Organisation Structure	User	Has director	Director of
66	Organisation Structure	User	Has fellow	Fellow of
64	Organisation Structure	User	Has finance manager	Finance manager of
60	Organisation Structure	User	Has head	Head of
61	Organisation Structure	User	Has HR manager	HR manager of
31	Organisation Structure	User	Has member	Member of
62	Organisation Structure	User	Has safety manager	Safety manager of
81	Organisation Structure	User	Has visiting academic	Visiting Academic in
63	Organisation Structure	User	Has web manager	Web manager of
22	Professional Activity	Equipment	Associated with	Associated with
102	Professional Activity	Impact	Associated with	Associated with
20	Professional Activity	Organisation Structure	Associated with	Associated with
19	Professional Activity	Professional Activity	Associated with	Associated with
21	Professional Activity	Project	Associated with	Associated with
91	Professional Activity	Teaching Activity	Associated with	Associated with
23	Professional Activity	User	Associated with	Associated with
36	Project	Equipment	Owner of	Owned by
104	Project	Impact	Underpins	Underpinned by
35	Project	Project	Precursor of	Successor of
37	Project	User	Funder of	Funded by
7	Publication	Equipment	Derivative of	Derives
2	Publication	Grant	Funded by	Funds
100	Publication	Impact	Underpins	Underpinned by
71	Publication	Organisation Structure	Created while visiting	Was host for research
70	Publication	Organisation Structure	Is located within	Holds
4	Publication	Organisation Structure	Property of	Has property
3	Publication	Professional Activity	Associated with	Associated with
6	Publication	Project	Derivative of	Derives
132	Publication	Publication	Corrects	Is corrected by
1	Publication	Publication	Derivative of	Derives
130	Publication	Publication	Supersedes	Is superseded by
131	Publication	Publication	Supplements	Is supplemented by
84	Publication	Teaching Activity	Associated with	Associated with
8	Publication	User	Authored by	Author of
92	Publication	User	Contributed to by	Contributor to
9	Publication	User	Edited by	Editor of
82	Publication	User	Translated by	Translator of
89	Teaching Activity	Equipment	Associated with	Associated with
106	Teaching Activity	Impact	Associated with	Associated with
87	Teaching Activity	Organisation Structure	Associated with	Associated with
88	Teaching Activity	Project	Associated with	Associated with
86	Teaching Activity	Teaching Activity	Associated with	Associated with
52	User	Equipment	Trained on	Training obtained by
133	User	Grant	Clinical evaluator of	Has clinical evaluator
122	User	Grant	Co-investigator of	Has co-investigator
119	User	Grant	Co-leader of	Has co-leader
126	User	Grant	Collaborator on	Has collaborator
125	User	Grant	Consultant on	Has consultant
116	User	Grant	Co-primary investigator of	Has co-primary investigator
121	User	Grant	Co-principal investigator of	Has co-principal investigator
135	User	Grant	Mentor of	Has mentor
134	User	Grant	Multi-PI on	Has multi-PI
141	User	Grant	Other significant contributor on	Has other significant contributor
117	User	Grant	Personnel on	Has personnel member
95	User	Grant	Primary investigator (sub-project) of	Investigated by (primary, sub-project)
43	User	Grant	Primary investigator of	Investigated by (primary)
120	User	Grant	Principal investigator of	Has principal investigator
136	User	Grant	Program co-ordinator of	Has program co-ordinator
137	User	Grant	Program director of	Has program director
118	User	Grant	Project lead of	Has project lead
138	User	Grant	Researcher on	Has researcher
96	User	Grant	Secondary investigator (sub-project) of	Investigated by (secondary, sub-project)
44	User	Grant	Secondary investigator of	Investigated by (secondary)
97	User	Grant	Senior/key personnel of	Has senior/key personnel
124	User	Grant	Site investigator of	Has site investigator
123	User	Grant	Site PI of	Has site PI
140	User	Grant	Sponsor of	Is sponsored by
139	User	Grant	Statistician on	Has statistician
99	User	Impact	Contributes to	Contributed to by
98	User	Impact	Lead contributor of	Lead contributor is
127	User	Organisation Structure	Faculty in	Has faculty member
128	User	Organisation Structure	Librarian in	Has librarian
45	User	Organisation Structure	Researcher in	Has researcher
46	User	Project	Administrator of	Administered by
129	User	Project	Business owner of	Has business owner
48	User	Project	Project champion of	Championed by
49	User	Project	Project leader of	Led by
47	User	Project	Project manager of	Managed by
51	User	Project	Researcher on	Has researcher
50	User	Project	Team member of	Has member
83	User	Teaching Activity	Associated with	Associated with
77	User	User	Collaborator of	Collaborator of
107	User	User	Doctoral advisory committee chair for	Has doctoral advisory committee chair
108	User	User	Doctoral advisory committee member for	Has doctoral advisory committee member
111	User	User	Internship advisor for	Has internship advisor
55	User	User	Manager of	Managed by
109	User	User	Master's thesis committee chair for	Has master's thesis committee chair
110	User	User	Master's thesis committee member for	Has master's thesis committee member
75	User	User	MSc student of	Has MSc student
59	User	User	PA to	Has PA
54	User	User	PhD supervisor (primary) of	PhD supervised (primary) by
58	User	User	PhD supervisor (secondary) of	PhD supervised (secondary) by
115	User	User	Professional master's (non-thesis) advisor for	Has professional master's (non-thesis) advisor
76	User	User	Project student of	Has project student
112	User	User	Research supervisor of	Has research supervisor
113	User	User	Teaching activity supervisor of	Has teaching activity supervisor
114	User	User	Undergraduate honors thesis advisor for	Has undergraduate honors thesis advisor

What are the different relationships types in Elements?

Adding new relationships

Relationship types

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