  Research activities are generally observed and evaluated through the prism of
their production and financial elements or team composition. In addition to
standardized management indicators and bibliometrics, the French National
Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD) has been building new
indicators for the last ten years, based on the annual regulatory declarations
of the Institute's researchers. Different quality management tools allow the
evolution of the different interfaces. This source of data, more ''open'' and
more ''useful'' through its integration into the Institute's information
system, is adapted to the needs of the multi-year management of research at the
IRD. The aim is twofold: (1) to make progress in the evaluation of research and
in the mastery of information by all actors, (2) to enlighten as many actors as
possible via more efficient digital circuits and tools. The purpose of this
article is to explain how the IRD is changing the entire production chain and
the indicators of researchers' activities to better map scientific activities.
