PURE Handbook for Researchers
This handbook is intended for researcher and PURE-editors of the organisational units of the PMU, SALK and Klinikum Nuremberg. This handbook covers essential PURE knowledge, including how to search in PURE, import research outputs, and enter information about applications, among other core functionalities.
1. Check Your Content
1.1. Global Search
This searches through metadata of all records and content types available in PURE:
1.2. Search Within a Content Type
Click on, for example, Research outputs on the left navigation to open the content list view with...
1.3. Filter Within a Content Type
After choosing, for example, Research outputs, navigate, for example to the category 'all publica...
1.4. Sort by Within a Content Type
After obtaining a list of records within, for example, Research outputs, there is the possibility...
1.5. View Types Within a Content Type
For exampe, for Research outputs, you can choose from the list view or the matrix view to visuali...
1.6. Export a List Within a Content Type
For example, for Research outputs, on the bottom of the page, you can select your preferred file ...
2. Create Your Content - Research Outputs (Publications)
2.1. Before Creating a Research Output
First, you always need to check if the content already exists in PURE: 1. Remove the my co...
2.2. Ways Importing and Creating Research Outputs
After checking your Research output and ensuring that the publication does not exist in Pure, you...
2.3. Import From Online Source
This option is most preferable because this method can save you time, minimize effort, and reduce...
2.4. Import From File
This option is to be chosen if importing from online sources is not possible. Here, you can add a...
2.5. Create From Template
Please use this method only if the two other methods mentioned above are not possible. For instan...
2.6. Assignment of Research Topics to a Publication – NEW!
For details on assigning research topics to a publication, please refer to FAQ6.
2.7. Assignment of a RIC (FIZ) to a recorded publication – NEW!
For details on assigning a RIC (FIZ) to a publication, please refer to FAQ7.
2.8. Chapter(s) in a Book
To register a Chapter in a book, you will need to fill in some extra fields additionally to the ‘...
2.9. Automated Search (Without Immediate Effect)
You can set up automated search for your publications in PubMed, Web of Science, and ORCID. When ...
2.10. Potential Duplicates
Please, always pay attention to duplicate warnings (here is an example of it): When clicking...
2.11. Claim a Publication
If you find a Research output in Pure where you are not listed as an author, you can request to b...
2.12. Disclaim a Publication
If you find a Research output in your publication list that does not belong to you, you can discl...
3. Create Your Content - Applications, Awards, and Projects
3.1. Introduction
Award Management module utilizes the following content types: Applications Awards Projects ...
3.2. Competitive Projects, such as PMU-RIF, FWF or EU Projects (Awarded Applications)
If your Application is awarded, you need to create both an Award and a Project as well. This meth...
3.3. Non-competitive Projects, Such as Clinical or Privately Funded Projects (Awards with Projects)
In case of a not competitive project, such as privately funded projects (corporate funding) etc.,...
3.4. Applications - Details
An application in Pure is a record with information about a Researchers' Application for funding....
3.5. Awards - Details
An award in Pure is a record with information about research funding granted by a funder. If you ...
3.6. Projects - Details
A project in Pure is a record of information about a research Project, such as the participants a...
4. Create Your Content - Activities
5. Create Your Content - Prizes
6. Create Your Content - Press/Media
7. Create Your Content - CV
8. Create Your Content - Dataset
9. General Features of Content Types
9.1. Create a Copy
This function is useful when you need to use the same or similar data multiple times. For example...
9.2. Delete an Item
You can completely delete an item by clicking on the red 'x' icon. By doing so, you will receive ...
9.3. Relations
One of the most important advantages of Pure is, that it connects content types with each other. ...
9.4. Visibility
Visibility controls the internal and the external access of the records in Pure. You can control ...
9.5. Comments and History
If you want to contact someone about a record in Pure, you can send them a message from that reco...
9.6. Information Icons
Information icons are valuable tools that assist in correctly filling out fields. We highly recom...
10. Workflows
10.1. Workflows in General
Workflows allow to keep track of the information status in Pure. For example, an incomplete publi...
10.2. Workflow of Research Outputs
The content type Research outputs have a 3-step workflow. 1. Entry in progress: The Research ...
10.3. Workflow of Projects
The content type Projects has a 4-step workflow: 1. Entry in progress: The project entry stil...