Norwegian Research Information Repository (NVA)

• 18 November, 10.15: NVA: Introduction and guidance (in English if needed)
• 3 December, 14.15: NVA: Introduction and guidance (in English if needed)
• 15 January, 13.15: NVA: Introductin and guidance (in English if needed)

The following categories may count as academic publications :

• Academic article/academic literature review (Main category: Journal publication)
• Academic monograph/academic commentary (Main category: Book)
• Academic chapter/article/conference paper in academic anthology/conference proceedings (Main category: Part of book/report)

Publications registered in these so-called NVI categories may qualify for publication points, if the general criteria for academic publications are met. Be aware that an academic anthology (edited volume) does not qualify for publication points, only its individual chapters do. Read more about NVI categories on Sikts website. 

The individual researcher is responsible for registering one’s own publications in due time every year. Academic articles (journal publications) should be uploaded to NVA.

Please note that if you are registering a chapter in an anthology, the anthology itself needs to be registered in NVA first. Unless one of the other contributors has already done so, you can easily do this yourself (see the instructions in Register results in NVA).

NVA distinguishes between “academic” (vitenskapelige) publications and “popular scientific” (faglige) publications. Only publications belonging to the first category qualify for publication points. 

In NVA you may also register other results (non-academic publications, conference presentations etc.). We recommend that you check whether your faculty has its own guidelines in this respect.

A full list of categories available in NVA is available on Sikts website. 

We recommend that researchers register their projects in NVA. By registering your project you make it visible online, including on HVL’s project site.

NVA has no general criteria that you need to meet in order to define your research as a “project”.

As your project generates publications and other results, we recommend that you link these to your project in NVA (see "Link to project" in the Detailed guide). By default, only the project manager can do this, but other participants may also be assigned access to edit the project page.

If you cannot find your joint institution in NVA when registering your project, you may register the joint institution here (in Norwegian only). 

Projects supported by the Research Council of Norway (RCN): When registering publications financed by RCN grants, you must remember to include the 6-digit project number issued by RCN. See NVA's guidelines and RCN’s requirements.

Health research projects: If you have applied for approval of your project by the regional committee for medical and health research ethics (REK), your project will automatically be registered in NVA as soon as it is approved. The project manager may subsequently add more information about the project, publications and links to other related projects.

• makes sure that her/his own academic publications are correctly registered no later than February 1 each year;
• makes sure that publications resulting from external funding contain project number (see Register results in NVA);
• deposits the full manuscript in the institutional repository NVA;
• includes, if relevant, in the NVA post an URL referring to research data as stored in HVL Open Research Data or similar archives.

The library

• Verifies and approves information registered in NVA related to academic publications in accordance with national regulations;
• Contacts the researcher if more information related to the academic character of a publication is needed;
• Collaborates with other institutions in approving joint publications;
• Presents publications whose academic character is in doubt to the publication committee (see below);
• Performs as secretary to the publication committee;
• Reports unsolved issues to the NVA secretariat;
• Reports approved NVA posts in accordance with national regulations;
• Assists researchers in using NVA;
• Informs the faculties about deadlines and guidelines from authorities and funders;
• Provides analyses and publication lists on request.

The publication committee assists the library in assessing the academic character of a publication, in cases of doubt. According to its own mandate, the committee

• Makes assessments of publications in order to determine whether it meets the criteria for research established by the Ministry of Education and Research;
• In each case provides a written assessment suitable as documentation, be it internally at HVL, for use by other institutions in cases of joint publications, or vis-à-vis Cristin’s dispute committee.

The publication committee consists of

• The pro-rector for research
• The vice-deans for research of each of HVL’s four faculties
• Representatives from the library, serving as secretary
• Observer from the research administration (Division of Research, Internationalisation and Innovation)