Unparalleled data accuracy
Oura delivers 30+ biometrics with proven accuracy. A 2025 independent peer-reviewed study found that Oura Ring consistently showed the strongest agreement among consumer wearables for both HRV and RHR measurements.1
Oura for research
Power your scientific discoveries
Track participant metrics with research-grade accuracy across a variety of research studies.
At a glance
Oura offers a solution for researchers, combining the unparalleled accuracy of Oura Ring with customizable dashboards and simple data integration.
Trusted by top organizations
A flexible, end-to-end solution built for research
High participant adherence
Oura Ring is preferred over wrist devices, with a recent study showing 24-hour wear time for 95% of participants over 8 weeks, demonstrating greater compliance, reduced drop-offs, and more ecologically valid biometric data.2
Flexible data access and dedicated support
Access your real-world biometric data and track cohort trends with customizable research dashboards. Easily integrate participant metrics, backed by our dedicated customer success team — offering onboarding, data access, and ongoing support.
Designed by scientists, for scientists
30+
PhDs across our data science, engineering, and health science research teams
130+
peer-review publications contributing to advancing science
10+
years of research and innovation
200+
active research collaborations worldwide
Accurate data for leading-edge research
50-100x stronger pulse signal
Outperforms wrist wearables
The finger’s arteries provide a 50-100x stronger pulse signal, leading to more accurate readings than wrist wearables, since typical wrist wearables sit on top of the wrist farther away from the arteries on the underside.
Our products
Devices and flexible software that work together to deliver continuous data and seamless control for researchers.
Oura Enterprise Platform
Empowers researchers with continuous data, multiple dashboards with analysis tools, and simple data integration.
Oura Ring
The revolutionary smart ring with unparalleled accuracy and high engagement.
Oura App
A personalized experience that keeps participants engaged and remote app management that supports researchers.
Oura Enterprise Platform
Empowers researchers with continuous data, multiple dashboards with analysis tools, and simple data integration.
View and analyze health data
- Track participant adoption, attrition, and engagement
- View curated dashboards with tools like filtering, tagging, and trends
- Academic researchers can access premium metrics
Access and integration
- Manage groups and access levels
- Download data by individual or group
- Integrate data into existing systems with Oura API
- Flexible data export of raw data to CSV or JSON file
Robust security and privacy
- Complies with stringent data protection laws like GDPR and processes PHI in accordance with HIPAA
50+ health and wellness metrics
Sleep and rest
Insights on metrics like:
- Sleep timing and quality
- Nighttime movement
- Sleep regularity
- Sleep stages
- SpO2
Heart health
Oura Ring measures:
- Heart rate
- Resting heart rate
- Heart rate variability (HRV)
- Respiratory rate
- Pulse wave velocity
- VO2 Max
Women’s health
Insights on metrics like:
- Temperature trends
- Fertile window
- Cycle day
- Cycle phase
- Period prediction
Metabolic health
Insights on metrics like:
- Nutrition breakdown
- Glucose biosensing with Stelo by Dexcom
- Time above range with Stelo by Dexcom
Activity and fitness
Oura Ring measures:
- Calories burned
- Step count
- Activity level
- Distance
- Average pace
- Average heart rate
Hear from organizations like yours
Research
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Oura Ring [is] a potential savior for the problem of how to ubiquitously measure sleep in large numbers of people.”
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[Oura] has not only validated its products across multiple age groups but also revealed to sleep professionals the methodology.”
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Oura has really done an amazing job managing relationships with researchers at all levels of the TemPredict project.”
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Research
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Oura Ring [is] a potential savior for the problem of how to ubiquitously measure sleep in large numbers of people.”
Research
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[Oura] has not only validated its products across multiple age groups but also revealed to sleep professionals the methodology.”
Research
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Oura has really done an amazing job managing relationships with researchers at all levels of the TemPredict project.”
Oura research and news
Footnotes
- 1 Dial MB, Hollander ME, Vatne EA, Emerson AM, Edwards NA, Hagen JA. Validation of nocturnal resting heart rate and heart rate variability in consumer wearables. Physiol Rep. 2025;13(16):e70527. doi:10.14814/phy2.70527.
- 2 Norful, A. A., de Jacq, K., Zhao, J., Gao, Y., Asadoorian, K., Yang, Y., … Shechter, A. (2025). Exploring longitudinal physiologic stress measurement and sleep quality interventions to improve psychological well-being in nurses: a pilot study. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2025.2503376
- Oura Ring is not a medical device and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, monitor, or prevent medical conditions or illnesses. Please do not make any changes to your medication, nutrition, or workouts without first consulting your doctor or another medical professional.