The terms portal and crawler have specific technical and institutional meanings, especially in a university’s research infrastructure. At Koya University (KoU), or any similar higher‐education institution, their roles can be quite significant.
The role of a portal in the research field at Koya University is to facilitate access, organization, and dissemination of research-related resources and activities. At Koya University, the research portal and associated systems serve both administrative and academic functions that support students, staff, and faculty in their research efforts. At Koya University, a portal in the research field is a digital platform designed to support and manage various aspects of academic research. It acts as a central access point for researchers, students, and staff to interact with research-related information, tools, and services. It is an online system that facilitates the storage, organization, access, and dissemination of research outputs and activities across the university.
1. Research Portal
The Research Portal serves as a centralized digital platform that collects, organizes, and displays academic and scientific achievements of Koya University’s researchers.
It provides access to:
- Research profiles of staff and students
- Publications and conference papers
- Ongoing projects and collaborations
- Institutional research statistics
- Open-access resources and R&D announcements
This system enhances transparency, facilitates internal and external collaboration, and helps policymakers and funding bodies evaluate research impact.
2. Research Crawler
The Research Crawler is an intelligent web-based system designed to automatically collect and update research data from various academic sources and databases.
It works by:
- Crawling trusted sites such as Scopus, Google Scholar, and ResearchGate
- Extracting publication metadata (title, authors, citations, keywords, etc.)
- Updating researcher profiles automatically in the university’s research portal
- Supporting analytics for research performance and citation trends
3. Benefits to Koya University
- Promotes visibility of Koya University’s research output
- Reduces manual data entry for researchers and administrators
- Provides accurate and up-to-date statistics for university rankings
- Encourages collaboration within and beyond the university
At Koya University, the Research Portal and Crawler System has been developed to support the university’s vision of advancing research visibility, collaboration, and data-driven innovation.
4. Future Development
The next phase includes integrating AI-powered analytics for predicting research trends, enhancing data visualization dashboards, and connecting the portal with the university’s R&D Center and Digital Repository.
