Question 6: How can I assign research topic(s) to a publication?

The assignment is immediately possible when creating new publications for both researchers and Pure editors. In this case, just click on the ‘Add research topics’, and select one or more suitable research topics.

Please assign research topics for the following publication from publication year 2025 onwards: Original article, review article, case report, letter to the editor, editorial, short comment/notes, book, book chapter.

For other categories, such as abstracts, corrections or publications in which only PMU teaching hospitals are involved as internal organizations, no topic assignment is required (though it is possible if you wish).

For **Researchers**:

1.     Log in to PURE (for details see Question 1).

2.     Click on the triangle icon next to ‘Personal’, then select ‘Editable’ under ‘Research outputs’:

3.     Sort the publications in descending order by ‘Publication year’ so that the most recent ones (recent year: 2026) appear at the top.

4.   Select the desired publication by clicking on it und scroll down to the ‘Research topics’ section.

5.   Click on ‘Add research topics’, and search for one or more suitable research topics, and select them: 

6.     Click on ‘Save’.

If a change needs to be made to a publication that is not listed in the "Editable" category, please contact the FM at pure@pmu.ac.at.

For **Pure editors**:

1.        Log in to PURE (for details see Question 1).
2. Click on “Editor” in the left sidebar and select “Editable” under “Publications” to view all entries you can edit. Sort the publications in descending order by “Publication ear” so that the most recent ones (recent year: 2026) appear at the top.Please make sure to assign one or more research topics to all publications with the workflow status “For Validation.” Publications that have already been assigned research topics have the status “Validated.”

If a change needs to be made to a publication with the workflow status “Validated,” please contact the FM at pure@pmu.ac.at.

3. Assign one or more research topics to the publication:

1. Select the desired publication by clicking on it.
2. Scroll down to the ‘Research topics’ section.
3. Click on ‘Add research topics’.
4. Search for one or more suitable research topics and select them:

For example, we have chosen the research topic Public Health:

4. Click on ‘Save’.

Please ensure that the workflow status ‘For validation’ is not changed:

The validation (review) of publications is always carried out by the FM.

If you don’t see your question answered here, or have suggestions for additional questions/answers, please contact pure support at pure@pmu.ac.at.