An information system perspective on research information systems

Herwig, Sebastian; Schlattmann, Stefan

Abstract

The growing demand of reporting obligations with which universities are being confronted hassubstantial influence on the perceived relevance of research information systems (CRIS). Althoughbeing summarized under the same term, implementations of such systems show a wide rangeregarding the design and the purpose of use. The fact that there is no shared as well ascomprehensive definition for research information systems causes the vague usage of this term. Byconsidering a well-accepted definition of information systems in general, this paper deals with thederivation of applicable characteristics for a CRIS to foster the establishment of a commonunderstanding for this type of information systems.