The Norwegian Centre for Research Data ( no, Norsk senter for forskningsdata) (NSD) is a Norwegian government-owned company responsible for managing data for the research community of Norway. Until 1 March 2016 it was known as Norwegian Social Science Data Services.
The agency is owned by the
Ministry of Education and Research, had 90 employees in 2015 and is based in
Bergen
Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula o ...
. It is one of the world's largest archives for research data.
[Grethe Tidemann,]
Nytt register skal kvalitetssikre europeiske, vitenskapelige publikasjoner
ew index shall ensure the quality of European academic publications ''Uniforum'', 29 May 2015
Established in 1971, it was part of the
Research Council of Norway
The Research Council (also the Research Council of Norway; no, Norges forskningsråd) is a Norwegian government agency that funds research and innovation projects. On behalf of the Government, the Research Council invests NOK 11,9 billion (2021) ...
until 2003 when it became a
limited company
In a limited company, the liability of members or subscribers of the company is limited to what they have invested or guaranteed to the company. Limited companies may be limited by shares or by guarantee. In a company limited by shares, the lia ...
owned by the ministry.
NSD operates the
Norwegian Scientific Index
CRIStin (Current Research Information System in Norway) is the national research information system of Norway, and is owned by the Royal Ministry of Education and Research. CRIStin documents all scholarly publications by Norwegian researchers, an ...
and the European database
ERIH PLUS.
[https://dbh.nsd.uib.no/publiseringskanaler/erihplus/]
References
External links
Official site
Government-owned companies of Norway
1971 establishments in Norway
Business services companies of Norway
Companies based in Bergen
Business services companies established in 1971
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