Norwegian Centre for Research Data

The Norwegian Centre for Research Data (Norwegian: Norsk senter for forskningsdata) (NSD) was a Norwegian institution established to manage data for the research community of Norway. Until 1 March 2016 it was known as Norwegian Social Science Data Services.[1] In 2022, the organization was merged together with Uninett and Unit (Norway) into Sikt, the Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research.[2]

The centre was established in 1971 as part of the Research Council of Norway. In 2003, the NSD was restructured as a limited company, with ownership retained by the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research.[3] As of 2015, it was one of the world's largest archives for research data, employing a staff of 90 people in Bergen[4]

NSD operated the Norwegian Scientific Index and the European database ERIH PLUS,[5] the first of which continues to be provided by Sikt since the merger. ERIH PLUS is currently hosted by the Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills.[6]

  1. ^ "NSD har fått nytt navn". www.nsd.uib.no (in Norwegian). 2016-03-01. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
  2. ^ "Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research".
  3. ^ "Norsk Samfunnsvitenskapelige datatjeneste AS" (in Norwegian). Ministry of Trade and Industry. 2006. Archived from the original on 29 November 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  4. ^ Grethe Tidemann, "Nytt register skal kvalitetssikre europeiske, vitenskapelige publikasjoner" [New index shall ensure the quality of European academic publications], Uniforum, 29 May 2015
  5. ^ "Search | ERIH PLUS | NSD".
  6. ^ "Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills".