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Haris - Hanken research database

Guide to Haris - Hanken's research database

Basic facts about Haris

What is Haris

Haris is Hanken's Current Research Information System (CRIS), the main tool for collecting, managing and showcasing research conducted at Hanken. The information is made publicly available through the Haris portal

Haris allows for researchers to:

  • Present their academic expertise – publications, activities, projects and other research related contents
  • Increase the visibility of their reserach
  • Monitor and maintain their academic profile

Researchers are responsible for keeping their Haris profiles and research information up to date.

 

How to log in to Haris

Researchers log in to Haris via MyWeb: MyWeb → Tools → Haris Admin
Use your Hanken username and password to access the system.

Login issues? 

  • Need access right (administrative staff)? Contact haris@hanken.fi.
  • Problems with your Hanken credentials? Contact help@hanken.fi.


User access and roles in Haris

Haris’s users include researchers, amanuenses and helpdesk staf, library and HR staff. 
Researchers automatically recieve access to Haris through a valid employment contract. Support staff can be given editor rights upon request –contact haris@hanken.fi.
Haris supports different user roles with varying levels of access, depending on your role, you may have permissions to view, add, edit or delete content. Different users also access Haris through different login paths (via Shibboleth or direct login).

Service breaks

Haris undergoes regular maintenance on the second Thursday of every month, typically around midday. These service breaks usually last about 15-30 minutes.


How is Haris data used?

The data in Haris is essential for external as well as internal reporting and evaluation, for example: 

External reporting

  • Annual reporting to the Ministry of Education and Culture
  • International accreditations and ranking assessments
  • Bibliometric analyses

Internal use

  • Resource allocation
  • Hanken Foundation’s publication bonus system
  • Various internal evaluation purposes

Quick guide and getting started

This quick guide helps you to get started with Haris. By following these instructions, you will ensure your profile is up to date, your research merits are visible, and you understand what is expected of you as a researcher. Detailed information is provided in related sections in the Haris libguide.
 

Check and update your profile

Start by reviewing your public profile in the Haris portal. Ask yourself:

  • Does it accurately describe your research?
  • Is it up to date and relevant?

To make changes, log in to Haris Admin and select Edit profile. Note: Basic information such as your academic title, education and organizational affiliation is imported from the HR database and cannot be edited in Haris. If you notice any errors, please contact personalarenden@hanken.fi.

Monitor an maintain your profile. Regularly update your profile to ensure your research merits are visible and accurately represented. This includes:

  • Adding new publications and other content types 
  • Adding and updating project information
  • Creating links between related content types, e.g. connecting publications and activites relating to a project.
  • Keeping your research description current
     

Enrich your profile

It is desirable that your profile in the Haris portal is at least as detailed as your personal page on Hanken's web. You can add the following:

  • Add your ORCID ID or create one directly via Haris. Note: ORCID should always be added.
  • Research interests (free text and/or keywords)
  • Education details
  • Career overview  or short curriculum description
  • Teaching information
  • Links to social media profiles (e.g., LinkedIn, ResearchGate, Google Scholar)
  • Profile picture
     

Register your publications

All Hanken researchers are responsible for ensuring that their publications and other research related activities are registered in Haris.
Newly employed researchers must retrospectively register all publications from the past five years, even if they were not affiliated with Hanken. 
You can:

  • Add publications manually
  • Import from databases
  • Request the library to add them for you

The library imports publications proactively from Scopus, but you should still check your records to:

  • Add SDG keywords, if relevant
  • Link to related content in Haris


Open access and self-archiving

Haris is a tool for publishing open access at Hanken. Whenever possible, your publications should be made open access. This is according to Hanken’s guidelines for open science, and directly benefits Hanken as OA is part of the funding model of the Ministry of Education and Culture.

If published open acess, the final version of record can be used and uploaded to Haris. If not, self-archiving is an option when publishing in closed channels (when gold or hybrid OA is not available). For more information on self-archiving and options to publish open access, consult the libguide on open access or contact haris@hanken.fi.
 

Register other content types

To give a full picture of your academic work, it’s important to register also other relevant types of content in Haris. These include:

  • Activities – such as peer review and editorial work, participation in or organizing events (e.g., conferences), memberships, PhD supervision or examination, teaching, visiting an external organisation or hosting a visitor (= faculty mobility). Faculy mobility must be registered.
  • Projects – externally and internally funded projects
  • Press/Media –  media contributions and mentions related to your professional expertise
  • Prizes –  prizes and other professional distinctions, international, national, regional or local prizes 
  • Datasets – research data sets
     

Your responsibilities as a researcher

As a researcher at Hanken, you are expected to:

  • Keep your Haris profile updated
  • Ensure your research output and other types of content is submitted to be used for institutional reporting and visibility of research conducted at Hanken

Help and support

If you have any questions about Haris or need assistance with:

  • Registering content
  • Open Access publishing and self-archiving
  • ORCID integration
  • Any other Haris-related issue

Please contact haris@hanken.fi


Help and support are also available directly within Haris:

  • Look for the Help icon at the bottom right corner of the browser window when logged into Haris.
  • Click on “Manual” to open a window with:
    • Detailed descriptions of Haris features
    • Step-by-step tutorials
    • Guidance on how to use different modules