Research information system

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A research information system (FIS) is an information system , usually a database , which is a continuously updated, comprehensive directory of researchers and research activities (e.g. publications , projects and patents ) at a research institution .

Integrated research information systems are used by academic and non-academic research institutions (such as research and development departments of industrial companies) to oversee, manage, evaluate and further develop the portfolio of their research activities. In this respect, research information systems are primarily a research administration tool. At the same time, they are also a data source for authoritative, structured, current and comprehensive data on researchers, their affiliations, activities, outputs and resources for third-party funding providers , the public sector and the general public (research documentation).

Demarcation

In contrast to literature databases and digital libraries , research information systems are used to map the activities of (current and past) members of a particular research institution. Depending on the type of institution, this may include technical papers and other typical research publications. B. also the participation in third-party funded projects or the supervision of doctoral theses.

In contrast to commercial social networks for researchers (e.g. ResearchGate , Mendeley or academia.edu ), the public researcher profiles in research information systems can be changed or supplemented by the persons described therein; however, basic information (e.g. the names of the researchers and the type of membership in the respective research institution) is given. The use of commercial social networks, on the other hand, is purely voluntary, the information contained is therefore incomplete.

Research Information Systems Market

The market for research information systems is dominated in numerous countries by the products and services of major scientific publishers:

Internationally, the free software VIVO and the linked open data ontologies that are associated with it play a formative role. The aim of VIVO is to report on research and current research activities, as well as to promote it. The platform is intended to map researchers and research online. We are working on translating and using the complete ontology of VIVO for the German-speaking area as well.

In German-speaking countries there are various research information systems that are developed and operated as in-house solutions as commercial systems (e.g. FACTScience research information system from QLEO Science GmbH) or as free software, mostly by academic libraries, e.g. B. PUB at Bielefeld University and Invenio at the central library of the Jülich Research Center , at CERN , the libraries of the German Electron Synchrotron ( DESY ), the Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research ( GSI ) and the RWTH Aachen . According to a study in Germany in 2014, of 51 universities with the right to award doctorates that took part in a survey, 22 operated a research information system (43%). 13 other universities stated that they were setting up an FIS, 10 were in the planning phase. In Austria, a 2015 study showed the wish of many scientists to gain increased visibility of their own research by means of networked research information systems. The Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy has been promoting the development of the portfolio / showroom research information system since 2017, which will be available as open source software from 2019 and is currently supported by the University of Applied Arts Vienna , Basis Wien , Austrian Academy of Sciences and the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna is implemented.

Standards and Associations

literature

  • EuroCRIS Adopts DSpace-CRIS as Its Official Institutional Repository | DuraSpace. Accessed December 25, 2013. (online at: duraspace.org )
  • Sven Bittner, Stefan Hornbostel , Frank Scholze (eds.): Research information in Germany: Requirements, status and benefits of existing research information systems. Berlin 2012. (online at: forschungsinfo.de )
  • Frank Scholze, Friedrich Summann: Research Information And Open Access Repository Systems. In: Science Management. Volume 15, No. 3, 2009, pp. 41-42. (online at: Wissenschaftsmanagement.de )
  • DINI-AG Research Information Systems (AG_FIS): Research Information Systems in Universities and Research Institutions - Request for Comments. January 24, 2014. doi: 10.5281 / zenodo.7697
  • K Sticht: Use of research information systems at universities and colleges with the right to award doctorates in Germany. Results report , 2014. doi: 10.5281 / zenodo.13841

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hauschke, Christian: VIVO - collaborative adaptation of an open source research information system . October 19, 2017, p. 32 , urn : nbn: de: 0290-opus4-32648 .
  2. ↑ Forschungszentrum Jülich - News - New Publication Portal - JuSER Löst VDB und JUWEL From. Accessed December 25, 2013. (online at: fz-juelich.de ) ( Memento from March 14, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )
  3. ↑ K. Sticht: Use of research information systems at universities and colleges with the right to award doctorates in Germany. Results report. 2014. doi: 10.5281 / zenodo.13841
  4. ↑ B. Bauer, A. Ferus, J. Gorraiz, V. Gründhammer u. a: Researchers and their data. Results of an Austria-wide survey - Report 2015. Version 1.2. October 13, 2015. doi: 10.5281 / zenodo.32043
  5. ^ Website of the Portfolio / Showroom project. Accessed December 6, 2017. www.portfolio-showroom.ac.at
  6. ↑ Brigitte Jörg: Harmonization of Research Information Systems and the European Standard CERIF. (online at SlideShare)
  7. ↑ DINI: Research Information Systems. Accessed December 25, 2013 (online at: dini.de )