Research output registration with Research Information Services (RIS)

Research Information Services (RIS) is a system that enables researchers to register, manage, and showcase their publications and datasets. Using RIS ensures that research output is included in research reports, can be made available through the Radboud Repository, and is displayed on researchers' personal profile pages.

On this page, you will find information about when to use RIS, what you can do with it, and access to manuals that support you in using the system.

What is RIS?

RIS (Research Information Services) is the user interface of Metis, Radboud University's research information system. In RIS, researchers can register their publications and datasets and link them to one another.

When do you use RIS?

Use RIS to register and keep your publications and datasets up to date. With RIS, you can:

Include publications and datasets in annual research reports;
Make the full text of your publications available through the Radboud Repository;
Display your publications and datasets on your Radboud profile page;
Link publications and datasets to one another.

Manuals

For support with registering publications and datasets in RIS, you can use the manuals below:

Main functionalities: This manual gives you an overview of the RIS interface and explains the icons used. It further introduces its main functionalities, such as add result, export and filter & sort.
Writing a data management plan: Here you can find information on how to register and write a data management plan (DMP) in the data management plan tool in RIS.
Registering a publication: This section explains how you can register various kinds of publications using the RIS interface, making them available in the Radboud Repository.
Registering a dataset: Here you can find a step by step guide to registering datasets that have already been archived in a repository.
Adding full text to a publication: This manual explains how you can upload the full text of your publication and thus make it available in the Radboud Repository using the RIS interface.
RIS publication list on profile page: Here you can find under step 3 how you can visualise your publication list on your personal profile page.
Adding your RIS publications to ORCID: This manual explains how you can add the publications you have registered in RIS to your ORCID account.

RIS Guidelines

Information registered in the RIS interface is automatically included in Radboud University's research information system, the Metis database.

Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies

The Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies requests you to register research output as soon as possible after publication. You can register your publications, upload their full text, register datasets and write data management plans in RIS.
After validation, research output will be visible in the Radboud Repository, on the internet, on your personal profile pages, and in OpenAIRE.
To avoid incomplete or incorrect information on your profile pages and the internet, it is important to be complete and register information that is bibliographically correct.

Faculty of Arts

The Faculty of Arts requests you to register research output as soon as possible at publication. You can register your publications, upload their full text, register datasets and write data management plans using RIS.
After validation by the faculty, research output will be visible in the Radboud Repository, on the internet, on your personal profile pages, and in OpenAIRE.
To avoid incomplete or incorrect information on your profile pages and the internet, it is important to be complete and register information that is bibliographically correct.

Faculty of Law

The Faculty of Law requests you to register research output as soon as possible after publication. You can register your publications and knowledge valorisation activities, upload the full text of publications, register datasets and write data management plans in RIS.
Retrospectively, you may also register publications that were written before your current position. In this case, you are requested to leave the research ID in the research field of the result category blank.
After validation, research output will be visible in the Radboud Repository, on the internet, on your personal profile pages, and in the national research data bank OpenAIRE.
To avoid incomplete or incorrect information on your profile pages and the internet, it is important to be complete and register information that is bibliographically correct. Please check the Leidraad voor Juridische Auteurs for the correct abbreviations (chapter 6, page 89 and onwards).
At registration of a publication, RIS requires you to select a result category.
You also need to include the research program.
The Faculty of Law has a list of nationally (Dutch) refereed journals (page is in Dutch).

Faculty of Social Sciences Nijmegen School of Management

Nijmegen School of Management requests you to register research output as soon as possible after publication. You can register your publications, upload their full text, register datasets and write data management plans in RIS.
Please also register other research outputs in RIS. Other research output includes conference presentations, conference visits, conference papers, appearances in media, newspaper articles, blogs, editorships of journals etc.
Retrospectively, you may also register publications that have been written before your current position.
After validation by the faculty, research output will be visible in the Radboud Repository, on the internet, on your personal profile pages.
To avoid incomplete or incorrect information on your profile pages and the internet, it is important to be complete and register information that is bibliographically correct.

Faculty of Science

Regarding publication management, the Team Library of Science, situated in the Huygensbuilding, will register the publications for FNWI staff. For more information or questions you can contact them (024-3652567 or infobfac [at] ubn.ru.nl (infobfac[at]ubn[dot]ru[dot]nl)). You can also get in touch if you miss one of your publications in RIS.
Researchers only use RIS to register datasets and write data management plans. Contact the RIS servicedesk for help.
Research output will be visible in the Radboud Repository, on the internet, on your personal profile pages, and in OpenAIRE.

Faculty of Medical Sciences

Regarding publication management, the faculty will register the publications for staff. For more information or questions you can contact them (niki.linders [at] radboudumc.nl (niki[dot]linders[at]radboudumc[dot]nl)). You can also get in touch if you miss one of your publications in RIS.
Researchers only use RIS to register datasets and write data management plans. Contact the RIS servicedesk for help.
Research output will be visible in the Radboud Repository, on the internet, on your personal profile pages, and in OpenAIRE.

Radboud Teachers Academy

Radboud Teachers Academy requests you to register research output as soon as possible after publication. You can register your publications, upload their full text, register datasets and write data management plans in RIS.
Datasets must be registered in Radboud Data Repository upon publication and/or after project end. Registration of these datasets in RIS is done automatically. Contact RTA’s data steward (r.satter [at] docentenacademie.nl (r[dot]satter[at]docentenacademie[dot]nl)) or the RIS servicedesk for help.
Research output will be visible in the Radboud Repository, on the internet, on your personal profile pages, and in OpenAIRE.

Titus Brandsma Institute

Regarding publication management, the institute will register the publications for staff. For more information or questions you can contact them (wendy.litjens [at] titusbrandsmainstituut.nl (wendy[dot]litjens[at]titusbrandsmainstituut[dot]nl)). You can also get in touch if you miss one of your publications in RIS.
Researchers only use RIS to register datasets and write data management plans. Contact the RIS servicedesk for help.
Research output will be visible in the Radboud Repository, on the internet, on your personal profile pages, and in OpenAIRE.

Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging (DCCN)

Regarding publication management, the academy will register the publications for staff. For more information or questions you can contact them (metis-dccn [at] donders.ru.nl (metis-dccn[at]donders[dot]ru[dot]nl)). You can also get in touch if you miss one of your publications in RIS.
Researchers only use RIS to register datasets and write data management plans. Contact the RIS servicedesk for help.
Research output will be visible in the Radboud Repository, on the internet, on your personal profile pages, and in OpenAIRE.

Contact

Each faculty has its own Metis administrator. Faculties generally have specific guidelines for the use of RIS by their researchers.