Pure

Research Output Registration
last modified

February 18, 2026

What is it?

Pure is VU Amsterdam’s Current Research Information System (CRIS) that serves as the central research information system for recording all research activities and outputs. All VU researchers can register their research activities and outputs in VU Pure. This information is used for annual reports and research evaluations. Additionally this information is shown on the publicly available VU Research Portal to increase the visibility and discoverability.

What can it be used for?

Research output registration

The following record types can be registered in Pure:

  • Publications: This can be (journal) articles, books, conference contributions, working papers, preprints, PhD theses1, patents, case notes and web publications.
  • Activities: peer review, editorial work, participating in or organising an event, lectures, presentations, consultancy, PhD examinations, visiting external institutions, hosting external visitors and memberships of institutions based on academic expertise.
  • Datasets: Research data that you have created for your research also constitutes research output and can be related to publications, projects and software.
  • Software: Research software that you have created for your research also constitutes research output and can be related to publications, projects and datasets.
  • Prizes/Grants: This can be a prize given for research output or a grant awarded for research proposals.
  • Press/Media: This can be the participations in various media forms as an expert or public engagement activities to promote (future) research.
  • Projects: This can be all forms of projects in scope and size2 with the ability to link all related research activities and output.
  • Courses3: This can be the development of courses or the presentation of these courses.

Researcher profiles

VU Researchers can create and maintain comprehensive academic profiles by providing personal information, academic background and research focus and interests.

Reporting

Pure can be used to report on all the content registered. Pure is used for the annual report and research evaluations.

CV generation:

Pure contains a tool to combine all the research activities and personal information into private or public CV documents.

Footnotes

  1. VU-related PhD theses are registered in Hora Finita and when approved are automatically imported into Pure.↩︎

  2. Projects registered in the VU financial systems are automatically imported into Pure.↩︎

  3. All the current courses are automatically imported into Pure.↩︎