NVI-categories

Categories that can be reported

(Marked with a "flower" in the NVA system)

Academic chapter

A book where the chapters have different authors. The book itself typically has one or more editors. Only the chapters in a scientific anthology can be reported to NVI. This means that no publication points are awarded for being an editor.

Some books contain both chapters that meet the requirements for reporting and chapters that do not. Only the chapters that meet the criteria can be registered as academic chapters and reported.

Academic commentary

A scientific commentary on a text usually includes a summary and incorporation of previous research, text establishment with textual criticism, and commentary on the entirety and parts of the work. Fundamentally, an authoritative commentary should excerpt all significant research and place it into a new philological and analytical context.

In the humanities, commentary editions are primarily found for biblical texts and texts within philological fields (especially Latin, Greek, Old Norse, Germanic, and Slavic philology). In musicology, a critical edition of sheet music is a variant of the scientific commentary edition. The scientific and technical requirements here are the same, with the difference being that it is sheet music, not texts, that are commented on and presented in a new edition based on the scientific work conducted.

Works in this category can be included in NVI reporting according to specific criteria.

Academic monograph

A book where all chapters/the entire work is written by the same author(s). For academic monographs, the book as a whole is assessed for reporting to NVI, not each individual chapter.

Academic article

An article that meets the requirements to be classified as academic, according to the reporting guidelines, and is published in a journal approved for awarding points in NVI reporting.

Original Article

An article that presents the researcher(s)’ own research for the first time.

Review Article

An article that reviews multiple studies within a topic or research area and presents an overview of the research on the field/topic.

Conference Article

An article published in connection with a conference is called a conference article (conference paper). It can be reported if the conference has routines for peer review.

Publication types that CANNOT be reported

Professional article

An article aimed at other professionals but does not meet all the requirements for academic publications in the reporting guidelines.

Popular science article

Presentation of research results in a format that makes it understandable to people without a professional background in the subject. Examples of popular science publications include forskning.no, Illustrated Science, and Aftenposten History.

Textbook

A book intended to convey knowledge about a subject to individuals who have no prior knowledge. It is often specifically aimed at students or pupils.