Analysis of the motivations for RIMS profile maintenance identified six motivation scales. The Share Scholarship motivation was ranked significantly higher than the rest of the scales. Research publications and data are the main products of a research activity, and they determine researchers’ standings in their home institutions and peer communities, their promotion, and their tenure . Hence, it was not surprising that the desire to make authored content more findable and accessible was ranked the highest. It is noteworthy that this motivation scale showed no statistically significant difference among different seniority groups.