Research Equipment in CroRIS in Support of Open Research Infrastructure in Croatia

11 pages•Published: October 19, 2026

Zrinka Alilović, Marina Mayer, Helena Šarić, Aleksandra Pikić Jugović, Mia Matijašević and Lucija Vusić

Abstract

Croatian Research Information System (CroRIS) contains complete, comprehensive, and reliable data related to the system of science and higher education in the Republic of Croatia. It unifies standardized data on Croatian scientific activity – from institutions, projects and researchers to publications, equipment, services and patents – making them publicly available in a single system, thereby increasing the visibility and transparency of research in Croatia. One of the CroRIS modules that promotes open science is Equipment and Services. This presentation focuses on the equipment sub-unit of that module, which contains metadata on scientific equipment located at scientific, research, and higher education institutions in the Republic of Croatia. The availability of equipment information supports more efficient use of existing equipment, justifies its acquisition, and encourages cooperation among research institutions, researchers, and between science and industry. Equipment data were migrated to the CroRIS database from the former Šestar database. The presentation describes the technical characteristics of the system, the migration process, the metadata used to describe equipment, data management practices, the use of equipment data for official purposes by different types of CroRIS users and stakeholders, and interoperability possibilities.

Keyphrases: croatian research information system (croris), national cris, open science, research infrastructures, research instruments and facilities

In: Pablo de Castro and Joachim Schöpfel (editors). Proceedings of 17th International Conference on Current Research Information Systems, vol 5, pages 254-264.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/rNMG
	https://doi.org/10.29007/fdbp

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{CRIS2026:Research_Equipment_CroRIS_Support,
  author    = {Zrinka Alilović and Marina Mayer and Helena Šarić and Aleksandra Pikić Jugović and Mia Matijašević and Lucija Vusić},
  title     = {Research Equipment in CroRIS in Support of Open Research Infrastructure in Croatia},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of 17th International Conference on Current Research Information Systems},
  editor    = {Pablo de Castro and Joachim Schöpfel},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Technology},
  volume    = {5},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2516-2322},
  url       = {/publications/paper/rNMG},
  doi       = {10.29007/fdbp},
  pages     = {254-264},
  year      = {2026}}

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