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ON CRIS AND IR
AUTHORS
Ligia Ribei o
Pablo de Cas o
Michele Mennielli
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Execu i e Summa y
In oduc ion
Su ey esul s
CRIS Sys em ea u es
IR Technologies
Open access policies and manda es
Use o sys ems o he hen IR o s o e esea ch
ou pu s
Con en ypes s o ed in CRISs and IRs
IR In e ope abili y
Openai e and ORCID compliance
IR Ins i u ional o au ho e alua ion
compliance
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Figu e 1 Geog aphic dis ibu ion o esponden s
Figu e 2 CRIS, IR and CRIS & IR usage
Figu e 3 Same CRIS and IR pla o m
Figu e 4 Same pla o m o CRIS & IR
Figu e 5 CRIS p o ide s
Figu e 6 CRIS & IR yea o ope a ion
Figu e 7 CRIS main unc ionali ies
Figu e 8 Links o in e nal sys ems
Figu e 9 Links o ex e nal sys ems
Figu e 10 P o ocols, s anda ds and ocabula ies
Figu e 11 CRIS managemen
Figu e 12 IR pla o ms
Figu e 13 OA policies and manda es
Figu e 14 IR ype o con en s
Figu e 15 CRIS/IR ype o con en s
Figu e 16 IR links o o he ins i u ional se ices
Figu e 17 CRIS/IR links o in e nal sys ems
Figu e 18 OpenAIRE and ORCID compliance
Figu e 19 CRIS/IR ORCID adop ion
Figu e 20 IR Ins i u ional o Au ho E alua ion
Figu e 21 CRIS/IR usage o ins i u ional o au ho e alua ion
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Lígia Ma ia Ribei o has been P incipal Resea che a he Facul y o Enginee ing o he Uni e si y
o Po o since 2002. She was p o- ec o a he Uni e si y o Po o be ween 2006 and 2014, being
esponsible o ICT. Be ween 2004 and 2006, she was P esiden o EUNIS, a e being Vice-P esiden o
wo yea s. She is p esen ly a membe o he EUNIS Boa d o Di ec o s.
Michele Mennielli is esponsible o In e na ional Rela ions and Business De elopmen a Cineca, he
I alian Conso ium o Uni e si y. He coope a es wi h di e en in e na ional o ganiza ions o c ea e
c oss-na ional collabo a ions and p ojec s. He is Boa d Membe and Sec e a y o EUNIS; Membe o he
DSpace S ee ing G oup and Boa d Membe Execu i e o Ex e nal Rela ions o eu oCRIS.
Pablo de Cas o wo ks as Open Access P ojec O ice a LIBER, he Associa ion o Eu opean Resea ch
Lib a ies in The Hague. He is an expe in Open Access and esea ch in o ma ion wo k lows and
managemen sys ems, an a ea he›s wo ked a o G andIR L d and he EDINA Na ional Da a Cen e in
Edinbu gh. MSc/BSc in Physics om UCM, he has a backg ound as Ins i u ional Reposi o y manage o he
Spanish Na ional Resea ch Council (CSIC). Besides being an ORCID Ambassado , Pablo is also se ing on he
eu oCRIS Boa d as leade o he CRIS/IR In e ope abili y Task G oup
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The ising s a egic impo ance o Cu en Resea ch
In o ma ion Sys ems (CRISs) and Ins i u ional Reposi o ies
(IRs) o highe educa ion and esea ch ins i u ions
ela es o he need o os e esea ch and inno a ion and
o p o ide a as e and b oade echnology ans e o
indus y and socie y. These a e c i ical ac o s o global
compe i i eness, and he inc easing compe i ion among
ins i u ions o inc ease and dissemina e excellence in
esea ch is ano he a ea whe e hese sys ems p o ide a key
con ibu ion. Addi ional impo an elemen s wi h a s ong
impac on such s a egic e olu ion a e he new policies on
Open Access, Na ional Resea ch Assessmen and Resea ch
Funding. I is indeed om 2003 onwa ds ha he inc ease
in he numbe o eposi o ies becomes appa en , oge he
wi h he ise o he Open Access mo emen , as well as
om 2010 on when new policies s a ed o be implemen ed
which a ec ed he adop ion o CRIS sys ems: %83 o he
esponden s s a ed ha hey a e ollowing Open Access
policies wi hin hei own ins i u ions.
Today we see CRISs ac ing as eposi o ies, eposi o ies wi h
ex ended da a models, a wide ange o in e ope abili y
ea u es be ween co-exis ing CRISs and eposi o ies and
e en a new species in he ecosys em ha claims o be bo h
a eposi o y and a CRIS.
The scope o his EUNIS and eu oCRIS join ini ia i e, he
CRIS/IR su ey, was o collec in o ma ion on CRIS and
IR echnological solu ions ha suppo Resea ch and
o analyse hei links o o he sys ems used a Highe
Educa ion Ins i u ions: how hey in e ope a e, which da a
and me ada a a e made a ailable and how hese a e being
used.
The CRIS/IR su ey, which was launched in Ap il 2015, was
based on a p e ious ini ia i e o collec in o ma ion on he
CRIS and IR in as uc u e a ailable in Po ugal. The su ey
was dis ibu ed by EUNIS and eu oCRIS ia a numbe o
na ional and in e na ional mailing lis s and was open un il
mid-Sep embe 2015.
The e was wide pa icipa ion om he communi y, and we
collec ed 84 ull esponses om 20 di e en coun ies.
The wo main ques ions he Su ey ied o answe we e:
a e CRISs g adually eplacing IRs? A e he wo sys ems
o e lapping in hei unc ionali ies? F om he esul s we
ha e collec ed, bo h ques ions seem o ge a nega i e
answe . The wo sys ems a e clea ly complemen a y:
while IRs a e he p e e ed choice o managing esea ch
publica ions and disse a ions and hesis, CRISs a e
egula ly chosen o managing he ins i u ional esea ch
in o ma ion as a whole including me ada a o esea ch
pape s.
Th ough he analysis o he collec ed esul s we can
obse e ha %62 o he su eyed ins i u ions ha e bo h a
CRIS and an IR and ha %18 o hem use he same so wa e
applica ion.
F om he answe s ob ained, i is also clea ha he ange o
da abases, p og amming languages and amewo ks used
is e y wide, wi h O acle and MySQL as p e e ed da abases
and Ja a as he mos equen ly chosen p og amming
language
CRIS sys ems hold a la ge a ie y o con en s, he mos
common being me ada a o esea ch publica ions (%81),
p ojec s (%76) and epo ing ea u es (%75).
No su p isingly IRs mainly s o e bo h me ada a and ull-
ex o publica ions (%96) and disse a ions and hesis
(%86). Among he a ailable eposi o y solu ions, DSpace is
he mos equen ly adop ed one, being used in %56 o he
cases.
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Sed u pe spicia is unde omnis is e na us e o si
olup a em accusan ium dolo emque laudan ium,
o am em ape iam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo
Sed u pe spicia is unde omnis is e na us e o si
olup a em accusan ium dolo emque laudan ium,
o am em ape iam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo
When analysing he in e ope abili y aspec s and he links
be ween CRISs, IRs and ex e nal sys ems we no iced ha : (i)
almos %65 o he ins i u ions ha e linked hei CRIS and hei
IR, so bo h pla o ms a e pe cei ed o be closely ela ed; (ii)
when i comes o in e ope abili y wi h legacy sys ems such
as Finance and HR, CRISs a e he p e e ed sys em o link
o because o he da a and in o ma ion con ained in hem;
(iii) he e is s ill e y li le in eg a ion be ween Lea ning
Managemen Sys ems and ei he CRISs o IRs.
The analysis also showed ha he mos equen ly adop ed
s anda ds and p o ocols a e he OAI-PMH p o ocol (%50), he
CERIF o ma (%41) and ORCID (%32).
Ano he impo an aspec he su ey collec ed in o ma ion
on was he managemen o CRISs sys ems. This will usually
a y om one ins i u ion o he nex , bu we obse ed ha
Lib a ies and he Resea ch & Inno a ion o Resea ch &
De elopmen uni s ha e a p ominen ole on he di e en
aspec s o CRIS managemen .
A key conclusion o he eplies we ha e collec ed o he
su ey is ha bo h CRISs and IRs a e conside ed aluable
ools o suppo Ins i u ions in he esea ch assessmen
exe cises o bo h uni e si y and au ho e alua ion.
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INTRODUCTION
Wi hin he amewo k o a Pa ne ship Ag eemen signed in
2014, EUNIS, he Eu opean Uni e si y In o ma ion Sys ems
O ganiza ion (www.eunis.o g), and eu oCRIS, he Eu opean
O ganiza ion o In e na ional Resea ch In o ma ion (www.
eu oc is.o g) launched a join su ey aiming o collec as
much da a as possible on he in o ma ion sys ems cu en ly
in use in Eu ope o suppo he Resea ch A ea.
Cu en Resea ch In o ma ion Sys ems (CRISs) and
Ins i u ional Reposi o ies (IRs) a e wo main componen s o
he Resea ch In o ma ion Managemen ealm.
The ising s a egic impo ance o CRISs and IRs o highe
educa ion and esea ch ins i u ions is linked o he need
o os e ing esea ch and inno a ion. P o iding as e and
b oade echnology ans e o indus y and socie y – a
c i ical ac o o global compe i i eness – and suppo ing he
inc easing compe i ion ac oss ins i u ions o inc ease and
communica e excellence in esea ch a e addi ional ele an
ac o s.
This su ey aimed o asce ain how ins i u ions h ough
Eu opean coun ies a e using hei CRISs and IRs.
Fo he con ex o he su ey he de ini ion o a CRIS gi en
by eu oCRIS was adop ed: a Cu en Resea ch In o ma ion
Sys em, commonly known as “CRIS”, is any in o ma ional ool
dedica ed o p o ide access o and dissemina e esea ch
in o ma ion. A CRIS consis s o a da a model desc ibing
objec s o in e es o R&D and a ool o se o ools o manage
he da a. CRISs implemen ed a Eu opean ins i u ions a e
e y o en based on he CERIF da a model (CERIF: Common
Eu opean Resea ch In o ma ion Fo ma ), meaning hei da a
model a chi ec u e is bo h s anda d and in e ope able. CERIF
is he s anda d ecommended by he Eu opean Commission
o all EU Membe S a es and i is suppo ed, main ained and
p omo ed by eu oCRIS.
Fo IRs he ollowing de ini ion was adop ed: an Ins i u ional
Reposi o y commonly deno ed by “IR”, is a digi al collec ion o
esea ch ou pu s (mainly publica ions and da ase s) aiming o
collec , p ese e and dissemina e he in ellec ual ou pu o a
highe educa ion o esea ch ins i u ion.
Bo h he CRIS and eposi o y communi ies ha e g own
ema kably du ing hese las ew yea s. The sys ems’ ea u es
ha e g adually been ex ended and hei ole wi hin he
ins i u ions is pe manen ly e ol ing as an answe o new
policies on Open Access, Na ional Assessmen and Resea ch
Funding. As a esul o his e olu ion, we o en see now CRISs
ac ing as eposi o ies, CRIS-like eposi o ies wi h ex ended
da a models, a wide ange o in e ope abili y ea u es
be ween co-exis ing CRISs and eposi o ies and e en a new
species in he ecosys em ha claims o be bo h a eposi o y
and a CRIS.
The scope o his join EUNIS and eu oCRIS CRIS/IR su ey,
was o collec in o ma ion on CRIS and IR echnical solu ions
ha suppo Resea ch and o analyse hei ela ions wi h
o he sys ems used wi hin Highe Educa ion Ins i u ions: how
hey in e ope a e, which da a and me ada a a e a ailable and
how hey a e used.
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THE CRIS/IR SURVEY
SURVEY STRUCTURE
The su ey was s uc u ed in wo main sec ions. The i s
o hem aimed o collec a pic u e o he p esen CRIS
implemen a ion le el a uni e si ies and esea ch cen es
in Eu ope. The second sec ion add essed IR sys ems.
The su ey con ained a a he comp ehensi e se o
ques ions bo h o CRISs and IRs. No e e y ques ion was
aimed o be applicable o e e y a ailable sys em, since
only he mos ad anced sys ems would be able o co e all
he analyzed a eas. The key ques ions o be answe ed o
collec ing he pic u e o CRIS and IR implemen a ions we e
subsequen ly ma ked as manda o y, while he o he ones
could be le blank whe e no applicable.
In o de o collec as wide an insigh as possible, he su ey
add essed bo h ully ope a ional sys ems and hose unde
implemen a ion o e en unde design, asking esponden s
o speci y a which s age o implemen a ion hei sys ems
we e and allowing hem o p o ide in o ma ion ha would
no be made public. A checkbox was hus included a he
end o he su ey o hose ins i u ions willing o appea
on he eu oCRIS Di ec o y o Ins i u ional Resea ch Sys ems
(DRIS, h p://dspacec is.eu oc is.o g/simple-sea ch?que y
=&loca ion=c isd is) o speci ically ag ee wi h sha ing he
in o ma ion hey we e p o iding.
The co e s uc u e o he su ey is p esen ed in Annex A o
his epo .
Bo h pa s o he su ey should ideally be illed in by a
single ins i u ional ep esen a i e. Howe e , he po en ial
need o in ol e mo e han one ins i u ional ep esen a i e
was aken in o conside a ion.
The su ey esul s a e p esen ed in he ollowing sec ions.
The CRIS/IR su ey was p epa ed by a join EUNIS and eu oCRIS
eam including Lígia Ribei o (EUNIS), Michelle Mennielli (EUNIS
and eu oCRIS), and Pablo de Cas o (eu oCRIS) based on a
p e ious collabo a ion be ween FCT/FCCN, Uni e si y o Po o
(www.up.p ) and eu oCRIS o ca ying ou a Po uguese CRIS
.su ey in 2013
The ee open sou ce so wa e su ey ool LimeSu ey was used
o suppo his CRIS/IR su ey, which was a ailable a h ps://
inque i os.up.p /limesu ey/index.php/727886/lang-en, be-
. ween 7 h Ap il and 14 h Sep embe 2015
The su ey was announced ia email o EUNIS and eu oC-
RIS membe s, and u he dis ibu ed ia local mailing lis s
o membe s o na ional associa ions like AMUE (Agence de
Mu ualisa ion des Uni e si és e É ablissemen s, www.amue.
) in F ance, SURF (www.su .nl) in he Ne he lands, CINECA
(www.cineca.i ) in I aly and FCT/FCCN (Na ional Founda ion o
Science and Technology/ Founda ion o Na ional Scien i ic
Compu a ion, www. ccn.p ) in Po ugal. I was also announced
.on he websi es o bo h EUNIS and eu oCRIS
The p elimina y esul s o he CRIS/IR su ey we e p esen ed
in June 2015 a he 21s Annual EUNIS Cong ess “The Jou ney
o Disco e y” a Abe ay Uni e si y in Dundee, UK, h p://www.
eunis.o g/eunis2015/wp-con en /uploads/si es/3/2015/06/
Pa allel-2-T ack-4-Pape -87-Su eying-CRISs-and-IRs-ac oss-
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SURVEY RESULTS
GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF THE
COLLECTED ANSWERS
The pa icipa ion o he communi y in he CRIS/IR su ey
was ema kably success ul. The numbe o iews, which
was moni o ed om he su ey pla o m, was a ound
one housand, wi h a en h o hem leading o submi ed
answe s. This p o ides e idence o he in e es a isen by
he ini ia i e and makes he su ey esul s signi ican .
The esponses conside ed o analysis amoun ed o 84,
a i ing om 20 di e en coun ies.
As he su ey was designed o Eu opean ins i u ions,
answe s collec ed om coun ies ou side Eu ope such
as Colombia we e no included in he analysis. Likewise,
answe s a i ed om o ganiza ions o he han highe
educa ion o esea ch ins i u ions, e.g. in e na ional
p ojec s such as EPOS (Eu opean Pla e Obse ing Sys em)
we e no aken in o accoun ei he .
Fo he pu pose o he analysis i was also kep in mind
ha ins i u ions al eady included in he eu oCRIS DRIS
Di ec o y could dis ega d he su ey, e en i some o hem
ac ually p o ided upda ed in o ma ion. The same applies
o Po uguese ins i u ions ha had al eady answe ed he
p e ious 2013 su ey ha led o he cu en one.
The geog aphic dis ibu ion o he su ey answe s is shown
on Figu e 1 below. The numbe o ins i u ions ha p o ided
hei in o ma ion om No way, I aly, F ance, Finland, he
Uni ed Kingdom and Po ugal we e all abo e a e age.
The a e age ime hese ins i u ions ook o ill in he
su ey was 48 minu es, wi h an a e age o 17 minu es o
Sec ion I on CRIS sys ems and 27 minu es o Sec ion II on
ins i u ional eposi o ies. The emaining ime was used o
he ins i u ion iden i ica ion and o inishing he su ey.
TABLE1: GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF RESPONDENTS
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OPEN ACCESS
POLICIES AND
MANDATES
Open Access policies a e common among he su ey
esponden s, wi h %83 posi i e answe s. The numbe o
manda es is signi ican ly lowe (%26), wi h some ins i u ions
men ioning ha ing bo h ypes o p inciples.
FIGURE 13 OA POLICIES AND MANDATES
OA Manda e
OA Policy
26%
84%
33 su ey esponden s answe ed a i ma i ely when asked
abou he use o o he sys ems besides he ins i u ional
eposi o y o s o e esea ch ou pu s.
The mos equen ly men ioned addi ional sys ems we e
CRIS sys ems, speci ic sys ems o pa en s and hesis and
na ional eposi o ies. O he eposi o ies – mos ly discipline-
speci ic ones – a e some imes used mainly a depa men al
o labo a o y le el. Resea ch da a and esea ch epo s we e
e y a ely men ioned o be s o ed in speci ic sys ems.
USE OF SYSTEMS OTHER THAN IRs
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CONTENT TYPES STORED IN CRISs
AND IRs
FIGURE 14 TYPE OF CONTENTS STORED IN IRs
FIGURE 15 TYPE OF CONTENTS STORED IN CRISs AND IRs
No su p isingly IRs s o e mainly esea ch publica ions (%96)
and disse a ions and hesis (%86). Lea ning objec s and
da ase s a e less common, wi h %22 and %18 posi i e answe s
among he esponden s, as shown on Figu e 14.
O he con en ypes we e also men ioned, such as g ey
li e a u e, a is ic, cul u al and mul imedia wo ks and pa en s,
as well as – bu less equen ly – p o essional and esea ch
lec u es, blog en ies, g an s, ins i u ional documen s, OERs,
and so wa e.
A compa ison be ween he con en ypes s o ed in CRISs
and IRs is shown in Figu e 15. This g aph p o ides answe s
o wo o he mos p essing ques ions aised in he las ew
yea s, namely whe he CRISs a e eplacing IRs and whe he
o no he wo sys ems o e lap in hei unc ionali ies. Bo h
ques ions seem o ge a nega i e answe .
The wo sys ems a e clea ly complemen a y: while IRs a e
he p e e ed ones o managing ull- ex publica ions and
disse a ions and hesis, CRISs a e egula ly chosen o
managing all he ins i u ional esea ch in o ma ion da a, also
including me ada a o esea ch publica ions.
I is wo h no icing ha da ase s a e managed in a s ill e y
small pe cen age o ins i u ions and ha he only en i y ha
sees a ce ain o e lapping is disse a ions and hesis.
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Lea ning Objec s
Disse a ions & Thesis
Da ase s
Resea ch Publica ions 74 3
14 63
66 11
17 60
No
Yes
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20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Pa en s
P ojec s
Da a
Da ase s
Disse a ions
& Thesis
Scien i ic
publica ion’s
ull ex
Scien i ic
publica ion’s
me ada a
Resea ch
Publica ions
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51%
76%
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86%
49%
81%
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96%
51% IR
CRIS
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IR INTEROPERABILITY
Ins i u ional eposi o ies also hold links o o he
ins i u ional se ices o sha ing o in o ma ion. Howe e ,
om he esponses o his su ey hei implemen a ion
does no each %50 o any o hese in e ope abili y
ea u es, which a e lis ed in Figu e 16.
The mos equen link is o lib a y managemen sys ems
(%47), ollowed by in eg a ed sea ch sys ems (%38) and
esea che s’ webpages (%36). The connec ion wi h inancial
sys ems is incipien (%4).
O cou se he e a e also links be ween IRs and CRISs as
men ioned p e iously and shown in Figu e 17. Se e al
esponden s men ioned he in en ion o link hei CRIS
and IR in he sho o medium e m. A link o a s uden
adminis a ion sys em was also poin ed ou .
Figu e 17 p o ides an insigh on how in e ope abili y wo ks
wi hin ins i u ions. The e a e se e al in e es ing aspec s in
hese esul s: (i) almos %65 o he ins i u ions ha e linked
hei CRIS and hei IR, so bo h pla o ms a e pe cei ed
o be closely ela ed; (ii) when i comes o in e ope abili y
FIGURE 16 IR LINKS TO OTHER INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES
FIGURE 17 CRIS/IR LINKS TO INTERNAL SYSTEMS
wi h legacy sys ems such as Finance and HR, CRISs a e he
p e e ed sys em o link because o he da a and in o ma ion
con ained in hem; (iii) he e is s ill e y li le in eg a ion
be ween Lea ning Managemen Sys ems and ei he CRISs o
IRs. This could subsequen ly be an in e es ing wo kline o
de o e some e o o.
HR
Managemen
Sys em
Lea ning
Managemen
Sys em
Financial
Sys em
Lib a y
Managemen
Sys em
Ins i u ional
Reposi o y
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
70%
80%
63%
8%
47%
36%
4% 2% 6%
68%
22%
IR
CRIS
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
R & D Uni s
Ins u ional o
au ho alida ion
Cu icula sys ems
Resea che s webpages
Financial sys ems
HR managemen
sys ems
P ojec managemen
sys ems
Lea ning managemen
sys ems
In eg a ed
sea ch sys ems
Lib a y managemen
sys em
No
Yes
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OPENAIRE AND ORCID
COMPLIANCE
Compliance wi h OpenAIRE is me by %69 o he IRs om
which su ey esponses ha e been collec ed. As opposi e o
his, he use o ORCID pe sis en iden i ie s is s ill no e y
common (%23).
The ORCID implemen a ion a es ac oss CRISs and IRs is
a he simila , as shown in Figu e 19.
FIGURE 18 OPENAIRE AND ORCID COMPLIANCE FOR IRS
FIGURE 19 CRIS/IR ORCID ADOPTION
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
ORCID
OpenAIRE
complian 36 36 36
363636
No
Yes
No answe
ORCID IR
ORCID CRIS
23%
32%
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IR INSTITUTIONAL OR AUTHOR
EVALUATION
Ins i u ions a e being inc easingly compelled o in e nally
implemen assessmen exe cises bo h o o e all
ins i u ional pe o mance (including esea ch) and o
au ho e alua ion. Fu he mo e, na ional and in e na ional
bodies a e asking o an inc easing numbe o pe o mance
indica o s in ela ion o esea ch and inno a ion.
CRISs and IRs a e excellen candida es o suppo hese
exe cises because h ough hose sys ems, Ins i u ions
can collec he da a needed o he e alua ion exe cises,
analyse hose da a, compa e and benchma k hem agains
his o ical da a. As he Figu es below show, hose se ices
ha en’ eached a high le el o ma u i y and he e is place
o u he implemen a ions and enhancemen s, bu he
pa h seems o be clea now.
While Figu e 20 shows ha IRs a e no ye ully exploi ed o
p o ide his kind o suppo , nei he a e CRISs as shown on
Figu e 21. This is ce ainly a ea u e o explo e so ha bo h
sys ems may e en ually p o ide a use ul suppo o hese
needs.
FIGURE 20 IR INSTITUTIONAL OR AUTHOR EVALUATION
FIGURE 21 CRIS/IR USAGE FOR INSTITUTIONAL OR
AUTHOR EVALUATION
23%
77%
No
Yes
CRIS Resea ches’
assesmen
IR Ins i u ional o
au ho e alua ion
23%
31%
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ANNEX A: CORE SURVEY STRUCTURE
INSTITUTION IDENTIFI-
CATION
PART I – CRIS SURVEY CRIS iden i ica ion
CRIS main unc ionali ies
CRIS In e ope abili y
P o ocols, S anda ds and Vocab-
ula ies
Con ac pe son o he CRIS
Links o in e nal sys ems
Links o in e nal sys ems
Name o he ins i u ion
URL o he ins i u ion
Is you ins i u ion using a Cu en Resea ch
(In o ma ion Sys em (CRIS
Ins i u ion/company p o iding he CRIS
Name o he CRIS
Ac onym o he CRIS
URL o he CRIS
Name
Email
R&D uni s
Scien i ic publica ion’s me ada a
Scien i ic publica ion’s ull ex
(APC managemen (A icle P ocessing Cha ges
Resea ch da a
P ojec s
Pa en s
Bibliome ics
Disse a ions and Thesis
Repo ing
Resea che s’ webpages
Resea che s’ ac i i y epo s
Resea che s’ Cu icula Vi ae
Resea che s’ assessmen
Resea ch analy ics
O he
Ins i u ional eposi o y
Lib a y managemen sys em
Financial managemen sys em
S uden managemen sys em
Lea ning managemen sys em
Human Resou ces managemen sys em
O he
Resea ch g an sys em
Awa d managemen sys em
P ojec managemen sys em
Acc edi a ion managemen sys em
OAI-PMH
Shibbole h
CERIF
CORDIS
FOS
CASRAI
ORCID
I he CRIS is complian wi h CERIF, please
indica e he e sion o CERIF

PART II – IR SURVEY
DRIS
Ins i u ional Reposi o y Iden i i-
ca ion
Ins i u ional Reposi o y Con en
P o ocols, S anda ds and Vocab-
ula ies
Does you ins i u ion ha e an open
access policy/manda e
Con ac de ails o he eposi o y
manage
Wha ype o con en does you Ins i-
u ional Reposi o y s o e
Which o he ins i u ional se ices
does you eposi o y sha es in o ma-
ion wi h
Name o he eposi o y
URL o he eposi o y
Da e o ope a ion
Reposi o y So wa e
Do you s o e ins i u ional esea ch ou pu s
such as publica ions, pa en s o p oduc s in
o he sys ems o he ha he IR- I yes, which
?(one(s
(Policy (Yes/No
(Manda e (Yes/No
URL o he open access policy/manda e
Name
Email
Resea ch Publica ions
Da ase s
Disse a ions and Thesis
Lea ning Objec s
O he
Lib a y Managemen Sys em
In eg a ed Sea ch Sys ems
Lea ning Managemen Sys em
P ojec s Managemen Sys em
Human Resou ces Managemen Sys em
Financial Sys em
Resea che s Webpages
Cu icula Sys ems
Ins i u ional o Au ho E alua ion
Resea ch & De elopmen Uni s
O he
Is you Ins i u ional Reposi o y Ope-
nAIRE-complian
Does you Ins i u ional Reposi o y egis e e-
(sea che s’ pe sis en digi al iden i ie s ORCID
I any, please desc ibe s eps aken (o
planned o ake) in o de o in eg a e IR wi h
CRIS
Please indica e whe he you consen ha he
da a o his su ey is used o he DRIS
ANNEX B: LIST OF ACRONYMS
AMUE
APC
BoD
CERIF
CMS
CORDIS
CRIS
CRISTIN
DRIS
EPOS
EUNIS
FCCN
FCT
FOS
HR
ICT
IM
IR
OAI-PMH
OER
R&I
R&D
URL
Agence de Mu ualisa ion des Uni e si és e É ablissemen s
A icle P ocessing Cha ges
Boa d o Di ec o s
Common Eu opean Resea ch In o ma ion Fo ma
Con en Managemen Sys em
Communi y Resea ch and De elopmen In o ma ion Se ice
Cu en Resea ch In o ma ion Sys em
Cu en Resea ch In o ma ion Sys em in No way
Di ec o y o Resea ch In o ma ion Sys ems
Eu opean Pla e Obse ing Sys em
Eu opean Uni e si y In o ma ion Sys em O ganiza ion
Founda ion o Na ional [Po uguese] Scien i ic Compu a ion
Na ional [Po uguese] Founda ion o Science and Technology
Field o Science and Technology Classi ica ion
Human Resou ces
In o ma ion and Communica ion Technologies
In o ma ion Managemen
Ins i u ional Reposi o y
Open A chi es Ini ia i e P o ocol o Me ada a Ha es ing
Open Educa ional Resou ces
Resea ch and Inno a ion
Resea ch & De elopmen
Uni o m Resou ce Loca o