e-Research extends e-Science and cyberinfrastructure to all sciences and denotes the use of information technology to support existing and new forms of research. The term e-Science (or eScience) is used to describe computationally intensive Science that is carried out in highly distributed network environments or The term " cyberinfrastructure " describes the new research environments that support advanced Data acquisition, data storage data management data integration data Information technology ( IT) as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA is "the study design development implementation support The main features are :
- collaborative
- uses GRID technologies
- data intensive
e-Research includes research activities the use a spectrum of advanced information and communication technology (ICT) capabilities. It embraces new research methodologies emerging from increasing access to:
- Networks
- Services
- Tools