CRISalid Consortium: towards an innovative information system for scientific research
Initiated by Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Université de Toulon in July 2023, the CRISalid consortium now brings together twelve higher education and research establishments, including Université de Montpellier, to design and implement the software modules that make up a CRIS (Current Research Information System). The consortium agreement signed in December 2024 provides a structured framework for the successful completion of this project.
The community of interest formed around the CRISalid project is in line with the essential missions of public teaching and/or research establishments, which include disseminating and promoting the results of scientific and technical research.
Initially formed informally around the initial work and experiments carried out by the University of Toulon (SoVisu), the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Expert Finder System) and the University of Paris-Saclay (BiblioLabs), the community was gradually strengthened between 2023 and 2024, and today comprises twelve establishments:
- École des hautes études en sciences sociales - EHESS
- École supérieure de commerce de Paris - ESCP Business School
- Institut de recherche pour le développement - IRD ● Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales - Inalco
- Nantes University
- Sorbonne Nouvelle
- Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University
- University of Montpellier
- University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
- Paris-Saclay University
- Université Polytechnique Hauts de France
- Toulon University
The objective of the CRISalid consortium is to develop a collaborative, agile CRIS - a shared, open-source research information system. It will consist of software modules dedicated to the management and tracking of information linked to research activities, with the aim of simplifying the day-to-day work of Professors, researchers and support staff, by streamlining the circulation of research information and mobilizing artificial intelligence tools.
Finally, CRISALID will :
- help researchers to better identify, disseminate and promote their work;
- promote the visibility of research activities at different levels, from the research structure to the institution;
- provide reliable data and indicators for institutional governance and research players.
At the heart of CRISalid's objectives are the issues of data quality and its circulation between the various research players. These data will be consolidated in the form of an institutional knowledge graph, including information on researchers, the structures within which they work, and their scientific output....
This knowledge graph will be used to feed public portals, websites and research management tools. CRISALID will thus contribute to the functioning of the research and open science ecosystem, while respecting the stakeholders involved, in line with the principles and commitments of the European COARA coalition (Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment), which promotes the quality and impact of research.
The SoVisu+ module currently under development, for example, will offer a range of functions enabling researchers to improve the quality of their research reports, and thus share them more effectively.
Application modules produced by CRISalid using open-source software will be made available free of charge to the entire scientific and academic community.
Beyond the creation of new tools, CRISalid will be an open community of experts, driven by a spirit of mutual support and enthusiasm for shared innovation.