To ensure the uniformity and quality of publication metadata research organizations need to provide certain required data fields for each publication they store to VIRTA (see chart below).  For data collection, the publications are classified based on features such as their format (publication type classification), scientific quality (publication forum) and contents (field of scientific classification). The information can also be supplemented with optional data fields in addition to the required data. The data must also fulfill certain technical criteria. List of all collected fields for each publication can be found here.

Classifications are used to harmonize the knowledge base required for evaluating the publication activities of Finnish research organizations. The purpose of the publication data collected and the classifications applied to them is also to serve as a general national standard for outlining publication activities not only in the monitoring of research activities, but also in materials such as researcher CVs or publication lists attached to funding applications.

As owners of the data the research organizations that produce the data sent to VIRTA are responsible for the validity of the data and for keeping the data updated. After each data transfer the organization receives a message of possible errors so that the data information can be supplemented. Organizations can correct and complement the data at any time. However, for the Ministry of Education and Culture data collection, the data information of the statistical year must be filled within the schedule defined for the yearly data collection.

Data Content of Virta Publication Information Service

For more detailed information of the collected data see the list of collected fields for each publication.

Data contents of Virta Publication Information Service


Finnish 

English 

Definition 

More information 

Mandatory field

<OrganisaatioTunnus> 

Organization ID 

Organization ID according to a certain classification 

ID is 5-8 characters and it is determined according to a certain classification. e.g. Finnish universities 

X

<IlmoitusVuosi> 

Reporting year 

The year in which the publication was reported for the first time, 2011 or after.  

Reporting year is automatically generated in VIRTA.  

 

<JulkaisunTilaKoodi> 

Status of the publication 

Status of the publication. Value -1,0, 1, 2 or 9 

Values:
-1 -> Rejected
0 ->   Accepted with inadequate data
2 -> Accepted with complete data 

9 -> co-publication

Generated automatically in VIRTA 

 

<JulkaisunOrgTunnus> 

Organization-specific ID of publication 

The organization's own ID for the publication. 

Free text field, for example sequential numbers, e.g. 2015_0001, 2015_0002, etc. 

X 

<YksikkoKoodi> 

Organization sub-unit 

Faculties, departments or units (max. 20) of the organisation with contribution to the publication 

Free text field. Codes defined by the organization 

 

<JulkaisuVuosi> 

Publication year 

The year in which the publication was published for the first time as a version with full bibliographic information. 

A four number digit between 1900–2020 

X

<JulkaisunNimi> 

Publication title 

Publication title as given in the article or the book. If necessary, the title of a foreign-language publication may be transliterated. 

Free text field 

X

<TekijatiedotTeksti> 

Publication authors 

Authors of the publication in the format and order in which they were listed in the original publication or source database. 

Free text field. Several authors should be separated by semicolon: 

Forename, Surname; Forename, Surname 

X

<TekijoidenLkm> 

Number of authors in publication 

The total number of authors in the publication. 

A positive integer, not 0.  

 

<SivunumeroTeksti> 

Pages 

Publication's page numbers in which the article was published in the same format as in the original article or source database. 

Free text field 

 

<Artikkelinumero> 

Article number 

Article number used for the publication of the article (if applicable) in the same format as in the original article or source database. (Usually in electronic publications) 

Free text field 

 

<AvainsanaTeksti> 

Keywords 

Keywords that describe the content of the publication as accurately as possible. 

Free text field. Several keywords should be separated by semicolon 

 

<ISBN> 

ISBN 

Publication or parent publication ISBN number.  

Validity is verified by the method described in  http://isbn-information.com/10-digit-isbn.html and 

http://isbn-information.com/13-digit-isbn.html 

 

<JufoTunnus> 

Publication Forum ID 

Publication forum identifier according to the Finnish Publication forum (JUFO-ID) (e.g. 5003).  

http://www.tsv.fi/julkaisufoorumi/haku.php 

 

 

Generated automatically in VIRTA


 

<JufoLuokkaKoodi> 

Publication Forum ranking 

The classification has three levels: 1 = basic; 2 = leading; 3 = top (0 =  identified publication channels which have not received level 1)  


http://www.tsv.fi/julkaisufoorumi/materiaalit/jufo_arviointikriteerit.pdf 

 

Generated automatically in VIRTA


 

<JulkaisumaaKoodi> 

Publishing country 

Country of publication of the journal, series, monograph or parent publication according to the countries 2007 classification of Statistics Finland. 

Value according to the countries 2007 classification of Statistics Finland. 

 

<LehdenNimi> 

Journal name 

Journal/series name, as complete as possible, and spelled out (no 

abbreviations). If the name of a conference article journal/series is unknown, the established conference name will be indicated without the ordinal and year and with no abbreviations. 

Free text field 

 

<ISSN> 

ISSN 

The ISSN number of the series publishing the journal, monograph or parent publication according to the primary printed version. If there is no printed version, the ISSN number of the electronic version will be indicated. 

Validity is checked. 1-2 ISSN numbers per publication can be   

 

<VolyymiTeksti> 

Volume 

Volume of the journal or series in which the article appeared. 

Free text field 

 

<LehdenNumeroTeksti> 

Issue 

Issue of the journal or series in which the article appeared. 

Free text field 

 

<KonferenssinNimi> 

Conference title 

The established name of the conference repeated in the name of the proceedings publication. 

Free text field 

 

<KustantajanNimi> 

Publisher 

Publisher’s name, as complete as possible, and spelled out (no abbreviations). 

Free text field 

 

<KustannuspaikkaTeksti> 

Place of publishing 

The place or places given in connection with the publication’s publisher. 

Free text field 

 

<EmojulkaisunNimi> 

Parent publication’s title 

Name of the edited book in which the article was published. 

Free text field 

 

<EmojulkaisunToimittajatTeksti> 

Parent publication’s editors 

Editors of an edited publication in the format and order in which they were listed in the original publication or source database.  

Free text field 

 

<JulkaisutyyppiKoodi> 

Publication type 

Publication type according to the publication type classification 

 

X

<TieteenalaKoodi> 

Field of science of the publication 

One to six fields of science in the order of relevance of each field to the publication. The first, so-called primary field of science is mandatory 

 

X

<YhteisjulkaisuKVKytkin> 

International co-publication 

At least one of the author’s is affiliated to a foreign organization 

0 = no, 1 = yes 

 

<JulkaisunKansainvalisyysKytkin> 

Internationality of publication* 

(domestic/international) 

The publisher of a national publication is the home country of the reporting organization. The publisher of an international publication 

is not the home country. The publisher 

of a conference publication refers to the publishing house.  

0 = no, 1 = yes 

 

<JulkaisunKieliKoodi> 

Publication language 

The language used to write the publication according to the Languages 2003 classification of Statistics Finland http://www.stat.fi/meta/luokitukset/kieli/001-2003/index.html  

https://virkailija.opintopolku.fi/koodisto-service/rest/kieli/koodi 

 

<AvoinSaatavuusKoodi> 

Open access 

Open access status of the  publication  

 

0 = No answer 

1 = Publication published on an open access channel 

(all publications on the channel are openly accessible) 

2 = Open access publication published on a hybrid channel (the 

channel contains both open access and non-open access publications) 

 

<YhteisjulkaisuYritysKytkin> 

Co-publication with a company 

At least one of the author’s is affiliated to a company 

 

0=no, 1 =yes 

 

<RinnakkaistallennettuKytkin> 

Self-archived 

The publication is self-archived in a field-specific or institutional repository 

0=no, 1 =yes 

 

<RinnakkaistallennusOsoiteTeksti> 

Self-archived permanent address 

Permanent address of a self-archived publication (e.g. URL) 

Free text 

 

<DOI> 

DOI 

The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) of the publication. 

Validity is checked. https://dx.doi.org/ 

 

<PysyvaOsoiteTeksti> 

Permanent address 

Website address based on permanent identifiers (e.g. DOI, URN or handle) of the publication that takes the user directly to the full text version of the publication. 

Free text field 

 

<LahdetietokannanTunnus> 

Source database code 

Publication identifier or ID number in the database from which its record was harvested (e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Pubmed, ArXiv, Cab Abstracts, Arto, Fennica). 

Free text field 

 

<OrganisaationTekijat>

Organization authors

Author affiliated in the reporting   organisation.

Free text field. May include several names but at least one is compulsory.  Several authors should be separated by semicolon:

Forename, Surname; Forename, Surname 

X

 

 

<ORCID> 

ORCID 

ORCID identifiers of authors from the reporting organisation, e.g. 0000-0000-0000-0000, see http://www.orcid.org 

e.g. 0000-0000-0000-0000, see http://www.orcid.org