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The University of Agder receives funding from the government, partly based on the number of publications in approved journals and publishers, so-called publishing channels. In order to receive approval, a publication channel must meet UHR's requirements for a scientific publication. The contribution must be in a journal or book with a peer review system.
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Approved categories
- Article in international peer reviewed journal
- Article in national peer reviewed journal
- Article in scientific series
- Article in scientific anthology
- Scientific monographs
The Norwegian documentation system for research funding was approved by the Ministry of Education and Research in 2005 on the recommendation of the Norwegian Association of Universities and Colleges (UHR). First used in connection with budget allocations in 2006, the system is designed to facilitate a performance-based distribution of research funding to institutions based on their academic publishing activity.
The research information system Cristin
CRISTIN (Current Research Information System in Norway) is a common system for registering and reporting research activities for institutions in the health sector, the institute sector and the higher education sector. The Norwegian Science Index (part of the Research Results module in Cristin) will be used by the higher education sector for reporting research publications to DBH.
Register and report in Cristin
- About Cristin
- Reporting instructions
- Publication categories
Research results/NVI
The research results module contains documentable results from research activities. Only these forms of publication should be reported. They must also meet the requirements for scientific publication and the publication channels (journals/publishers) must be approved. See Publishing channels.
- Scientific monographs
- Scientific articles in periodicals, series and websites
- Scientific articles in anthologies
See overview of categories in Cristin
Adresses
When registering your publications in Cristin, it is important that you register the same address that you enter in the publication.
Deadlines
Registration should take place on an ongoing basis. Internal deadlines are announced on innaskjærs and Cristin announces its deadlines here.
Suggest new journals and publishers to DBH before November 30
You can suggest new publishing channels that you think should be counted to DBH by November 30. Pay special attention to books that are part of series with ISSN.
Nivå 2
Approval of publishing channels and levels is the responsibility of the national publishing committee, including the professional bodies.
Cristin super users
All faculties have super users you can turn to for help.
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| Faculty of Social Sciences |
Mawdsley, Cecilie Rygh |
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| Faculty of Fine Arts |
Astrid Marie Lunde Gilje |
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| Faculty of Health and Sports Sciences |
Andås, Eli Margareth |
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| Faculty of Humanities and Education |
Baade, Inger Lin Nystad |
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| Faculty of Technology and Science |
Pätzold, Anna-Katharina |
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| School of Business at UiA |
Guttormsen, Gunvor |
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AURA - Agder University Research Archive
Agder University Research Archive (AURA) is the University of Agder's institutional digital archive for scientific articles, doctoral theses and master's theses from our staff and students.
Why should researchers contribute to the archive?
- Your research becomes more visible internationally and accessible to everyone, including researchers in developing countries.
- It provides a comprehensive overview of the intellectual production at UiA that is otherwise spread across hundreds of scientific journals.
- It is a quick and easy way to present your faculty or department's research.
- It is a supplement to traditional publishing, not a replacement.
- In AURA, all publications will have secure long-term storage and a permanent URL that can be used for CV linking and other purposes.
- Scientific articles that are available in open archives will be cited more frequently.
- The central research committee has adopted the following policy for employees at UIA: "Researchers at the University of Agder shall, if possible, publish their work through quality-assured scientific publishing channels that accept parallel publishing. These works shall be archived in the university's open archive.
Publishers' copyright
Most major publishers now allow archiving of articles in full text. There may be different conditions related to self-archiving.
The university library will assist in clarifying which conditions apply to your contribution. Most publishers do not allow the use of the publisher's own published PDF. It is therefore important that you as an author retain the latest version of your articles after peer review. When choosing between alternative publishing channels, you can check the journal's policy on self-archiving in the Sherpa/Romeo database:
How do I submit research material?
Upload via Cristin
Documents can be uploaded via the Cristin system. You must be logged in and find the correct bibliographic record.
See Self-archiving via CRIStin. Make sure that the correct version of the article is uploaded. Remember that many publishers do not accept that the published version is archived. Feel free to ask if you are in doubt.
What should AURA contain?
When it comes to material from employees, the same rules apply as for reporting to the Ministry of Education and Research. Relevant categories are scientific articles from journals or anthologies and scientific monographs. The central research committee at UiA has adopted this collection policy for AURA together with other issues related to Open Access.
What is Open Access?
Open Access is the principle that publicly funded research should be freely available electronically, immediately after publication. It is also becoming increasingly common for those who allocate funds for research to establish guidelines that ensure open access to scientific information. This includes the Research Council of Norway.
Free and open publication of research results is important for research and teaching institutions in countries with weak economies. It is also important for all researchers who are not linked to financially strong institutions. Free access to scientific information should also be a right for the general public, who have funded research through the tax system. Even if research articles are primarily written for other researchers, they may also be of great interest to others.
As an alternative to the commercial sector, high quality electronic journals have been and are still being created that operate according to different principles in terms of operational funding and access. These are so-called Open Access journals, where authors (or their employers) pay a fee for publication, while everyone has access to the content of the journal. The best-known journals based on this publishing model are published by the organization Public Library of Science (PLoS). Their first journal, PLos Biology, has already achieved great academic recognition and is cited as frequently as Nature and Science.
The philosophy behind Open Access was formulated in 2002, when the Budapest Open Access Initiative was launched. The statement had a major impact as an alternative dissemination strategy for research literature, which is otherwise often closed behind barriers due to very expensive subscriptions.
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Research data and Dataverse
Publishing research data makes it possible for others to access and reuse it. There are many services available for this purpose - the University Library offers access to DataverseNO. See the Dataverse.NO guide for more information on the steps involved in this process.