5. A Portal for the Scientific Outputs of Researchers in the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

This paper presents the creation of FUTUR, the portal for the scientific outputs of researchers at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), which was supported by the Libraries Service and launched in April 2014.

FUTUR offers academic information on UPC researchers and includes: 198,818 publications, 11,719 projects, 1,042 patents generated by 3,500 researchers linked to 298 UPC research groups. The scientific output contained in FUTUR is mainly provided by the UPC’s current research information system and institutional repository. FUTUR is enhanced with data contained in the repository for doctoral theses at Catalan universities and the database of the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office. It also features the social network citation counter Altmetrics, which gathers citations of the portal’s publications on social networks.

Researchers and research groups can personalise the pages featuring their CVs by publishing the following: a photograph, their areas of expertise, the collaborative networks to which they belong, their h-index, identifiers such as ORCID, ResearcherID and Scopus Author Identifier, and their professional rank and qualifications. The portal is published in three languages and is compliant with mobile devices.

Through this corporate web portal, the University aims to meet the following objectives:

• To provide researchers with a corporate publishing tool for their CVs
• To provide open access to scientific publications
• To raise the profile and heighten the impact of UPC researchers and UPC research worldwide

The main benefits of the portal are:

• For researchers, the portal adds value to the research effort.
• For the Libraries Service, the portal embeds librarians in the research workflow and allows them to ensure that the information presented is of a high quality.

This paper deals with the technical aspects, development and main achievements of the project carried out in collaboration with other UPC units. Future challenges, such as additional features and new opportunities, are also presented.