Introduction, search and navigation

• Overview
• Access your researcher profile
• Searching IRIS
• Advanced search
• Search and filter faculty publications

Overview

Access your researcher profile

Accessing your researcher profile

Your researcher profile gives you an overview of your personal and academic information. From this space, you can:

1. View and edit publications you’ve created, as well as those you’re linked to.
2. Access your ORCID settings page.

There are two ways to access your researcher profile in IRIS:

Accessing Your Profile via the Login Menu

1. From the IRIS homepage, click on the login menu.
2. In the dropdown menu, select “My account and profile.”
3. You’ll be redirected to a page titled “Update Profile”. Click on “View” to open the full version of your profile.
4. You will then be directed to your researcher profile.

Accessing Your Profile via Search

1. From the IRIS homepage, click on “People.”
2. In the search bar that appears, enter your name (a), then click “Search” (b).
3. Once the search is complete, your profile will appear in the results. Click on your name (c).
4. You will then be directed to your researcher profile.

Searching IRIS

Start your search

From the IRIS homepage, you can begin a search in two ways:

1. By clicking the search icon: type your keyword and press the Enter key on your keyboard. Note: This option is available from any page within IRIS.
2. By clicking directly into the search field: enter your keyword, then click “Search.”

Both methods allow you to search across the entire repository, covering all entities (people, publications, units, and journals).

Filters and settings

Once your search is launched, you'll automatically be redirected to the search results page. A series of filters allows you to narrow down the results, including:

1. Entity: people, publications, units, or journals
2. Linked person: a person associated with the publication (not necessarily the author)
3. Author
4. Publication date
5. Type of publication
6. Journal or magazine name
7. File presence: with or without 
8. Language of the publication
9. Keywords
10. Linked unit
11. Institution: UNIL/CHUV/Unisanté + partner institutions or external

    

    

To reset the filters, simply click “Reset filters.”

You can also choose to limit your search to a specific collection. To do so, click into the search bar and select the desired collection.

Sorting settings are available to help organize your results as you prefer.

You can sort by:

1. Relevance
2. Title
3. Publication date
4. Date of creation

Each of these can be sorted in ascending or descending order.

You can also adjust the number of results displayed per page.

Search by collection

Another way to refine your search is to start directly from a specific collection. From the homepage, click on the collection you’re interested in.

You’ll then be redirected to the collection-specific search page, where you can enter your keyword in the search field.

The search results page will look similar, but the filters displayed will vary depending on the selected collection.

Advanced search

Search and filter faculty publications

There are two main ways to view a faculty’s publications in the repository.

From the "Units" tab

1. From the homepage, click on “Units.”
2. Type the name of the faculty into the search bar, then click “Search.” The results will display the faculty itself, along with its associated organizations.
3. To show only the relevant faculty, click on the “Type” filter and select “Faculty.”

   

4. Click on the faculty’s name.

   

5. Once on the faculty’s page, click on the “Publications” tab.
6. You will now see all publications from the faculty and its organizations.
7. You can use the available filters and settings to refine the results (by date, publication type, etc.).

   

From the "Publications" tab

Unlike a search performed through the “Units” section, a search in the “Publications” section targets only the publications of the faculty itself, without including those of its associated organizations.

1. From the homepage, click on “Publications.”
2. To display publications specific to the relevant faculty, click on the “Unit” filter. You can either type the name of the faculty directly into the search bar, or scroll through the list by clicking “Show more” and selecting it manually.

   

3. The page will automatically refresh and display only the publications of the selected faculty, excluding those from its associated units, unlike the results shown when searching through the “Units” tab.
4. You can further refine the results using the other available filters and settings.