National Approach for Interoperable repositories and Findable research results
Status
Project phase ongoing
Acronym
NAIF
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NAIF is a project initiated and funded by eight Swiss Higher Education Institutions and co-funded by swissuniversities. The project aims to enable more interoperability and standardization across Swiss institutional repositories.
Lay Summary Lead
NAIF is a project initiated and funded by eight Swiss Higher Education Institutions and co-funded by swissuniversities. The project aims to enable more interoperability and standardization across Swiss institutional repositories.
Lay Summary
Compared to other countries, Switzerland lacks a systematic overview of the output (e.g., scientific publications) produced by researchers at Swiss Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Most institutions have their own repositories in which a large number of their publications are listed. However, these repositories differ in coverage of the institutional research outputs and completeness of metadata for the available publications. An Open Access (OA) monitor has been implemented in Switzerland, which provides a rough overview of the distribution of OA publications, amongst other things. While the implementation of this monitor was a step in the right direction, it does not allow standardized data analysis beyond answering simple questions. In sum, little information and data are available on research conducted at Swiss HEIs, with the consequence that Swiss research is less visible and Swiss policymakers still rely on traditional university rankings and external data providers for monitoring and steering, rather than consulting standardized, high-quality information provided by local HEIs. The project aims
(1) to make research outputs by researchers at Swiss HEIs more visible, and
(2) to optimize the data basis for monitoring and steering Swiss research in general and OA publications in particular. To achieve these overarching goals, the project will work towards more standardization and interoperability across repositories in Swiss HEIs and develop scenarios for a national approach to disseminate and reuse Swiss research results. In addition, the project aims
(3) to promote the responsible use of indicators for research assessment on the basis of the national approach and standardized repositories.
- The project aims to create a basis for a national approach that considers both conceptual requirements and technical requirements.
- The project is divided in four tracks accompanied by a unified outcome providing a foundation for a national approach that is aligned with current trends in research assessment and open science practices, and a thorough understanding of the key factors that ensure the dissemination (i.e., integration of national output in global ecosystems) and findability (i.e., high-quality metadata) of the research outputs deposited in Swiss institutional repositories.
(1) to make research outputs by researchers at Swiss HEIs more visible, and
(2) to optimize the data basis for monitoring and steering Swiss research in general and OA publications in particular. To achieve these overarching goals, the project will work towards more standardization and interoperability across repositories in Swiss HEIs and develop scenarios for a national approach to disseminate and reuse Swiss research results. In addition, the project aims
(3) to promote the responsible use of indicators for research assessment on the basis of the national approach and standardized repositories.
- The project aims to create a basis for a national approach that considers both conceptual requirements and technical requirements.
- The project is divided in four tracks accompanied by a unified outcome providing a foundation for a national approach that is aligned with current trends in research assessment and open science practices, and a thorough understanding of the key factors that ensure the dissemination (i.e., integration of national output in global ecosystems) and findability (i.e., high-quality metadata) of the research outputs deposited in Swiss institutional repositories.
Relation to the professional field
Other
Topic PHSG
Open Science
Wissenschaftsberatung
Fields of Science and Technology (OECD)
Computer and information sciences
Project contact PHSG
Consortium Coordinator
Organisations
Partner Organisations
Consortium Coordinator(s)
Johann, David
Willemin, Simon
Principal Investigator
Bouton, Pascal
Johann, David
Jaekel, Martin
Malits, Andrea
Mutz, Rüdiger
Sicot, Julien
Vogt, Stefan
Willemin, Simon
Investigators
| Funder | Start | End | Award URL Funder | Grant Number Funder | Funder Program |
July 2025 | December 2026 | Programme Open Science II | |||
Note on the external funding