Higher education
Research-administration standards for universities
Universities sit at the centre of the research-information ecosystem: they run current research information systems (CRIS / RIM), report to national assessment frameworks, maintain institutional repositories, and manage researcher profiles connected via ORCID and ROR. As research assessment shifts towards narrative CVs and responsible-metrics principles (DORA, CoARA), universities need shared, vendor-neutral vocabulary to keep contributions, outputs, and funding interoperable across systems and reporting lines.
Thousands of research-active universities worldwide
What this sector cares about
Key research-administration concerns
- CRIS / RIM interoperability and clean data exchange (CERIF-aligned)
- ORCID and ROR adoption across staff, students, and affiliations
- Research assessment via narrative CVs and responsible-metrics principles
- Institutional repository deposit and open-access compliance
- Contributor attribution (CRediT) feeding institutional reporting
- Funder mandate compliance across a diverse grant portfolio
Universities increasingly run their research record-keeping through current research information systems aligned to community models such as the euroCRIS CERIF model, the same interoperability instinct CASRAI applies to contribution and assessment vocabularies.
Standards in play
Relevant standards beyond CASRAI
- CRediT
- ORCID
- ROR
- CERIF (euroCRIS)
- CRIS / RIM models
- DORA
- CoARA
- FAIR data principles
Typical actors
Who's involved
- Research office administrator
- Repository / open-access librarian
- CRIS / RIM systems manager
- Pro-vice-chancellor for research
- Principal investigator
- Research-data steward
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