Use of the publication data in other information services or systems
VIRTA publication data service makes the information produced by publications within the Finnish research system available for other services through a single, efficient interface. The information resource enables using the information in the services of research funders. For example, researchers could transfer their publication information stored in the system of their home organisation to applications and project reports easily and automatically.
All publication information in VIRTA data collection is available to other services via APIs.
Browse the publication data collection
In addition to science policy and statistical objectives, data collection serves the purpose of making publication data available for wide-scale utilisation. The publication data collected can be openly viewed in the JUULI publication data portal (www.juuli.fi). The data information shown in Juuli is constantly updating and can in some cases be incomplete.
The purpose of the Ministry of Education and Culture for collecting publication data from higher education institutions, research institutions and university hospitals is to produce a knowledge base on the research activities and the social impact of the Finnish research system. The Ministry uses the publication data collected from higher education institutions not only as a knowledge base for calculating the basic funding allocated to universities and universities of applied sciences, but also for otherwise monitoring research and development activities.
Statistics on the number of publications are available in the Vipunen statistics service of the Finnish National Board of Education (www.vipunen.fi). The information shown in Vipunen is updated once a year.
