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Sikt — research information (CRISTIN + NVA)

Name: Sikt — research information (CRISTIN + NVA)
License: CC-BY-4.0

Sikt (the Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research) exposes open research-information APIs. The connector covers CRISTIN v2 (research projects, results/publications, institutions) and NVA — the national research archive (publication search). Stable JSON endpoints without authentication. Brage OAI-PMH archives are tracked further in #1117.

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Data volume

Daily

Updates

MCP tools

Example response — /cristin/projects

{
  "data": "..."
}

MCP integration

Available MCP tools

sikt.cristin.institusjoner

sikt.cristin.prosjekter

sikt.cristin.publikasjoner

sikt.nva.publikasjoner

Configuration for Claude Desktop / Cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sikt": {
      "url": "https://data.ketl.no/mcp/sikt",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer $KETL_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Analysis apps that use this source

Ready-made tools built on Sikt — research information (CRISTIN + NVA) data. Use them directly in the browser, or wire the same data into your own analysis via the API below.

Norwegian research — institutions and projects

Explore the entire Norwegian research landscape: CRISTIN projects, scientific publications, the NVA archive (2.5M+ records) and lookup of research institutions by acronym or name. The institution lookup is unique to this app — for pure publication search against CRISTIN and NVA, see the Sikt app.

Sikt — CRISTIN and NVA archive

Search directly in Sikt's CRISTIN research projects and publications plus the NVA research archive (full text) — Norwegian research from all universities, institutes and research councils. To also look up research institutions, use the Norwegian research app.

API endpoints

GET

/cristin/projects

Forskningsprosjekter

q optional: Fritekstsøk i prosjekter (tittel/tema). q=klima
institution optional: Filtrer på Cristin institusjons-ID. institution=185
perPage optional: Treff per side (klemmes til øvre grense). perPage=10
page optional: Sidenummer. page=1

Show curl example

# GET https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/sikt/cristin/projects
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  "https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/sikt/cristin/projects"

Authenticated call — add one of these headers: x-api-key: ketl_… · Authorization: Bearer … — See the full reference in the documentation.

GET

/cristin/publications

Publikasjoner/resultater

q optional: Fritekstsøk i publikasjoner. q=havbruk
perPage optional: Treff per side (klemmes til øvre grense). perPage=10
page optional: Sidenummer. page=1

Show curl example

# GET https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/sikt/cristin/publications
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  "https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/sikt/cristin/publications"

Authenticated call — add one of these headers: x-api-key: ketl_… · Authorization: Bearer … — See the full reference in the documentation.

GET

/cristin/institutions

Institusjonsliste

q optional: Fritekstsøk i institusjonsnavn. q=universitetet
perPage optional: Treff per side (klemmes til øvre grense). perPage=10
page optional: Sidenummer. page=1

Show curl example

# GET https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/sikt/cristin/institutions
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  "https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/sikt/cristin/institutions"

Authenticated call — add one of these headers: x-api-key: ketl_… · Authorization: Bearer … — See the full reference in the documentation.

GET

/nva/publications

NVA publikasjonssøk

q optional: Fritekstsøk i Nasjonalt vitenarkiv (NVA). q=batteri
results optional: Maks antall treff. results=10

Show curl example

# GET https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/sikt/nva/publications
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  "https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/sikt/nva/publications"

Authenticated call — add one of these headers: x-api-key: ketl_… · Authorization: Bearer … — See the full reference in the documentation.

Access and pricing

Sikt — research information (CRISTIN + NVA) is openly available — create an account to get started.

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