Publish and register your science
1. Scientific publishing
↳ 1.1 How do you find a good publishing channel?
↳ 1.2 Scientific publishing guide
↳ 1.3 Our guidelines for open access to scientific publications
↳ 1.4 Options for financing open access publishing
↳ 1.5 Institutional Rights Strategy
↳ 1.6 ORCiD
↳ 1.7 Support
1.1 How do you find a good publishing channel?
A publication channel is a journal or publisher that publishes scientific articles, chapters and monographs. In Norway, we have a register of approved publication channels for NVI (Norwegian Science Index), which is called Channel Registry. Journals and publishers that have level 1 or level 2 are approved channels.
Other great resources to help you assess a publishing channel are Think Check Submit and Phd on Track.
1.2 Scientific publication guidelines
When your research is ready for publication, you are expected to follow the guidelines for scientific publishing at Kristiania University College.
1.3 Our guidelines for open access to scientific publications
The guidelines for open access publishing are in line with today's research community and the university's values.
1.4 Options for financing open access publishing
Become familiar with open access publishing (OA) funding options early in the process, including the college's publishing fund.
1.5 Institutional rights strategy
On 10 June 2024, Kristiania University College adopted the introduction of an institutional rights strategy. The strategy applies from 1 October 2024.
1.6 ORCiD
ORCiD stands for "Open Researcher and Contributor ID", and is the term for a code used to identify researchers and other contributors to research publications. The ORCID identifier is unique and permanent, and ensures that digital databases and services can identify with certainty which researcher is behind publications and data, regardless of any name changes, misspellings of names, varying rendering of middle and last names, etc. ORCiD will be integrated into the upcoming National Knowledge Archive (NVA). You can easily acquire an ORCiD by signing up.
1.7 Support
The library's research support team consists ofHilah Geer, Martin Bolstad Hagen, Martin Smådal Larsen and Marte Irjall. They can be contacted if they have questions about scientific publishing.
2. Registration of research in Cristin
↳ 2.1 Important deadlines
↳ 2.2 About Cristin
↳ 2.3 Register your scientific publications
↳ 2.4 Record other Research, development and Artistic Research-results
↳ 2.5 How to upload a version of your article in Cristin
↳ 2.6 REC-approved projects
↳ 2.7 Login to Cristin
2.1 Important deadlines
- 30 November: Deadline for registering new level 1 publication channels to the Channel Register.
- 1 February: Registration deadline for scientific publications in Cristin for the current reporting year.
2.2 About Cristin
Cristin is operated and developed by Sikt, a government administrative agency under the Ministry of Education and Research. Cristin will be replaced by the Norwegian Knowledge Archive (NVA), which is scheduled to be implemented in 2025. Until the transition, research results will continue to be registered in Cristin.
Both universities and university colleges, the institute sector and the health trusts register scientific publications in Cristin. This forms the basis for the annual reporting to the Norwegian Science Index (NVI) and the calculation of the institutions' publication points.
It pays to have a complementary researcher profile. This helps researchers looking for new partners, committees that assess your applications and journalists looking for specialists to find you more easily.
2.3 Register your scientific publications
Scientific publications must be registered in Cristin as soon as they are published, and no later than 1 February of the year after the publication was published.
Employees at Kristiania must credit Kristiania in all scientific publications and other results related to Research, development and Artistic Research, provided that the criteria for attribution in the reporting instructions for Cristin are met (section 2.2.).
Scientific publications mean the publication forms scientific monograph, scientific chapter and scientific article in periodicals/series.
2.4 Register other Research, development and Artistic Research-results
Other Research, development and Artistic Research results can also be registered in Cristin as soon as they are published or otherwise published.
Scientific journal articles must be self-archived in Cristin. When publications are self-archived in Cristin, they are automatically sent to Kristiania's institutional archive Kristiania Open Archive (KOA).
The library double-checks whether/when the publication can be made available, before it is uploaded to KOA. Self-archiving is done even if the article is openly available, so that it is visible in the KOA.
2.5 How to upload a version of your article in Cristin
You can check Sherpa/Romeo if you are unsure whether the publisher allows for self-archiving. It pays to self-archive, as the archival technology behind KOA increases the chances of your research being found.
- If the article/chapter/book is published completely openly as gold open access, you should self-archive the publisher's published version.
- If the article/chapter/book has not been published openly, you must self-archive the post-print version. Post-print is the last version of the author submitted to the publisher after the publication has received peer review, but before the publisher has added a layout. Ask for a post-print from a co-author if you do not have one yourself.
- Pre-print should never be self-archived, even though most publishers allow it.
- Due to clauses in the publication agreement, only the researcher himself or herself is permitted to self-archive their publication. Remember that if you are one of several co-authors, you must obtain consent from your co-authors before self-archiving the publication.
- Publications that are older than the current NVI reporting year can also be self-archived in Cristin, so that the publication is entered into the institutional archive KOA.
Both internally and externally funded projects must be Registered in the project module in Cristin at start of the project. Research projects without funding are also registered in Cristin when they have a limited project period, a project description and the project must result in scientific publications.
A checklist has been prepared for what information must be registered about research projects. The information from the project module in Cristin is automatically harvested to Kristiania's website. Therefore, it is particularly important that all relevant information is filled in.
2.6 REC-approved projects
Projects that fall under the Health Research Act must be reported to the Regional Committees for Medical and Health Research Ethics (REC). See here for instructions. The project manager for such a project must register his/her Cristin ID on his/her personal card in REC's application portal before the application is sent to REC.
- Find your Cristin Person-ID and save it to your personal identity card in REC's portal
- How to edit a health project from REC in Cristin.
2.7 Logging in to Cristin
- Log in to Cristin
- Use your FEIDE user and password.
If you are not registered in Cristin, contact the super user. Please note that Feide access from previous employers must not be used.