diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/importer/external/metadatamapping/contributor/SimpleRisToMetadataConcatContributor.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/importer/external/metadatamapping/contributor/SimpleRisToMetadataConcatContributor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5dd354c6f1
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+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/importer/external/metadatamapping/contributor/SimpleRisToMetadataConcatContributor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/**
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the license and copyright
+ * detailed in the LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the source
+ * tree and available online at
+ *
+ * http://www.dspace.org/license/
+ */
+package org.dspace.importer.external.metadatamapping.contributor;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import org.dspace.importer.external.metadatamapping.MetadataFieldConfig;
+import org.dspace.importer.external.metadatamapping.MetadatumDTO;
+
+/**
+ * This contributor extends SimpleRisToMetadataContributor,
+ * in particular, this one is able to chain multi values into a single one
+ * 
+ * @author Mykhaylo Boychuk (mykhaylo.boychuk at 4science.it)
+ */
+public class SimpleRisToMetadataConcatContributor extends SimpleRisToMetadataContributor {
+
+    private String tag;
+
+    private MetadataFieldConfig metadata;
+
+    @Override
+    public Collection<MetadatumDTO> contributeMetadata(Map<String, List<String>> record) {
+        List<MetadatumDTO> values = new LinkedList<>();
+        List<String> fieldValues = record.get(this.tag);
+        Optional.ofNullable(fieldValues)
+                .map(fv -> fv.stream())
+                .map(s -> s.collect(Collectors.joining(" ")))
+                .ifPresent(t -> values.add(this.metadataFieldMapping.toDCValue(this.metadata, t)));
+        return values;
+    }
+
+    public String getTag() {
+        return tag;
+    }
+
+    public void setTag(String tag) {
+        this.tag = tag;
+    }
+
+    public MetadataFieldConfig getMetadata() {
+        return metadata;
+    }
+
+    public void setMetadata(MetadataFieldConfig metadata) {
+        this.metadata = metadata;
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/importer/external/metadatamapping/contributor/SimpleRisToMetadataContributor.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/importer/external/metadatamapping/contributor/SimpleRisToMetadataContributor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36ea0dd478
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/importer/external/metadatamapping/contributor/SimpleRisToMetadataContributor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/**
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the license and copyright
+ * detailed in the LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the source
+ * tree and available online at
+ *
+ * http://www.dspace.org/license/
+ */
+package org.dspace.importer.external.metadatamapping.contributor;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+import org.dspace.importer.external.metadatamapping.MetadataFieldConfig;
+import org.dspace.importer.external.metadatamapping.MetadataFieldMapping;
+import org.dspace.importer.external.metadatamapping.MetadatumDTO;
+
+/**
+ * Metadata contributor that takes a record defined as Map<String,List<String>>
+ * and turns it into metadatums configured in fieldToMetadata
+ * 
+ * @author Mykhaylo Boychuk (mykhaylo.boychuk at 4science.it)
+ */
+public class SimpleRisToMetadataContributor implements MetadataContributor<Map<String,List<String>>> {
+
+    protected Map<String, MetadataFieldConfig> fieldToMetadata;
+
+    protected MetadataFieldMapping<Map<String,List<String>>,
+              MetadataContributor<Map<String,List<String>>>> metadataFieldMapping;
+
+    public SimpleRisToMetadataContributor() {}
+
+    public SimpleRisToMetadataContributor(Map<String, MetadataFieldConfig> fieldToMetadata) {
+        this.fieldToMetadata = fieldToMetadata;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Collection<MetadatumDTO> contributeMetadata(Map<String, List<String>> record) {
+        List<MetadatumDTO> values = new LinkedList<>();
+        for (String field : fieldToMetadata.keySet()) {
+            List<String> fieldValues = record.get(field);
+            if (Objects.nonNull(fieldValues)) {
+                for (String value : fieldValues) {
+                    values.add(metadataFieldMapping.toDCValue(fieldToMetadata.get(field), value));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return values;
+    }
+
+    public Map<String, MetadataFieldConfig> getFieldToMetadata() {
+        return fieldToMetadata;
+    }
+
+    public void setFieldToMetadata(Map<String, MetadataFieldConfig> fieldToMetadata) {
+        this.fieldToMetadata = fieldToMetadata;
+    }
+
+    public MetadataFieldMapping<Map<String, List<String>>,
+           MetadataContributor<Map<String, List<String>>>> getMetadataFieldMapping() {
+        return metadataFieldMapping;
+    }
+
+    public void setMetadataFieldMapping(MetadataFieldMapping<Map<String, List<String>>,
+                                        MetadataContributor<Map<String, List<String>>>> metadataFieldMapping) {
+        this.metadataFieldMapping = metadataFieldMapping;
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/importer/external/scielo/service/ScieloFieldMapping.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/importer/external/scielo/service/ScieloFieldMapping.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d7183a1f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/importer/external/scielo/service/ScieloFieldMapping.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/**
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the license and copyright
+ * detailed in the LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the source
+ * tree and available online at
+ *
+ * http://www.dspace.org/license/
+ */
+package org.dspace.importer.external.scielo.service;
+import java.util.Map;
+import javax.annotation.Resource;
+
+import org.dspace.importer.external.metadatamapping.AbstractMetadataFieldMapping;
+
+/**
+ * An implementation of {@link AbstractMetadataFieldMapping}
+ * Responsible for defining the mapping of the Scielo metadatum fields on the DSpace metadatum fields
+ *
+ * @author Boychuk Mykhaylo (boychuk.mykhaylo at 4science dot it)
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+public class ScieloFieldMapping extends AbstractMetadataFieldMapping {
+
+    /**
+     * Defines which metadatum is mapped on which metadatum. Note that while the key must be unique it
+     * only matters here for postprocessing of the value. The mapped MetadatumContributor has full control over
+     * what metadatafield is generated.
+     *
+     * @param metadataFieldMap The map containing the link between retrieve metadata and
+     *                         metadata that will be set to the item.
+     */
+    @Override
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    @Resource(name = "scieloMetadataFieldMap")
+    public void setMetadataFieldMap(Map metadataFieldMap) {
+        super.setMetadataFieldMap(metadataFieldMap);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/importer/external/scielo/service/ScieloImportMetadataSourceServiceImpl.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/importer/external/scielo/service/ScieloImportMetadataSourceServiceImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2ebe520fde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/importer/external/scielo/service/ScieloImportMetadataSourceServiceImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,230 @@
+/**
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the license and copyright
+ * detailed in the LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the source
+ * tree and available online at
+ *
+ * http://www.dspace.org/license/
+ */
+package org.dspace.importer.external.scielo.service;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.net.URLEncoder;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import javax.el.MethodNotFoundException;
+import javax.ws.rs.BadRequestException;
+
+import org.apache.http.client.utils.URIBuilder;
+import org.dspace.content.Item;
+import org.dspace.importer.external.datamodel.ImportRecord;
+import org.dspace.importer.external.datamodel.Query;
+import org.dspace.importer.external.exception.FileSourceException;
+import org.dspace.importer.external.exception.MetadataSourceException;
+import org.dspace.importer.external.scopus.service.LiveImportClient;
+import org.dspace.importer.external.service.AbstractImportMetadataSourceService;
+import org.dspace.importer.external.service.components.QuerySource;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+
+/**
+ * Implements a data source for querying Scielo
+ * 
+ * @author Boychuk Mykhaylo (boychuk.mykhaylo at 4Science dot it)
+ */
+public class ScieloImportMetadataSourceServiceImpl extends AbstractImportMetadataSourceService<Map<String,List<String>>>
+        implements QuerySource {
+
+    private static final String ENDPOINT_SEARCH_SCIELO = "https://search.scielo.org/?output=ris&q=";
+
+    private static final String PATTERN = "^([A-Z][A-Z0-9])  - (.*)$";
+
+    private static final String ID_PATTERN  = "^(.....)-(.*)-(...)$";
+
+    private int timeout = 1000;
+
+    @Autowired
+    private LiveImportClient liveImportClient;
+
+    @Override
+    public void init() throws Exception {}
+
+    @Override
+    public String getImportSource() {
+        return "scielo";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Collection<ImportRecord> getRecords(String query, int start, int count) throws MetadataSourceException {
+        return retry(new SearchByQueryCallable(query, count, start));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Collection<ImportRecord> getRecords(Query query) throws MetadataSourceException {
+        return retry(new SearchByQueryCallable(query));
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public ImportRecord getRecord(Query query) throws MetadataSourceException {
+        List<ImportRecord> records = retry(new SearchByQueryCallable(query));
+        return records == null || records.isEmpty() ? null : records.get(0);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ImportRecord getRecord(String id) throws MetadataSourceException {
+        List<ImportRecord> records = retry(new FindByIdCallable(id));
+        return records == null || records.isEmpty() ? null : records.get(0);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getRecordsCount(String query) throws MetadataSourceException {
+        return retry(new SearchNBByQueryCallable(query));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getRecordsCount(Query query) throws MetadataSourceException {
+        throw new MethodNotFoundException("This method is not implemented for Scielo");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Collection<ImportRecord> findMatchingRecords(Item item) throws MetadataSourceException {
+        throw new MethodNotFoundException("This method is not implemented for Scielo");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Collection<ImportRecord> findMatchingRecords(Query query) throws MetadataSourceException {
+        throw new MethodNotFoundException("This method is not implemented for Scielo");
+    }
+
+    private class SearchNBByQueryCallable implements Callable<Integer> {
+
+        private String query;
+
+        private SearchNBByQueryCallable(String queryString) {
+            this.query = queryString;
+        }
+
+        private SearchNBByQueryCallable(Query query) {
+            this.query = query.getParameterAsClass("query", String.class);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Integer call() throws Exception {
+            String url = ENDPOINT_SEARCH_SCIELO + URLEncoder.encode(query, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+            String resp = liveImportClient.executeHttpGetRequest(timeout, url, new HashMap<String, String>());
+            Map<Integer, Map<String, List<String>>> records = getRecords(resp);
+            return Objects.nonNull(records.size()) ? records.size() : 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class FindByIdCallable implements Callable<List<ImportRecord>> {
+
+        private String id;
+
+        private FindByIdCallable(String id) {
+            this.id = id;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public List<ImportRecord> call() throws Exception {
+            List<ImportRecord> results = new ArrayList<>();
+            String scieloId = id.trim();
+            Pattern risPattern = Pattern.compile(ID_PATTERN);
+            Matcher risMatcher = risPattern.matcher(scieloId);
+            if (risMatcher.matches()) {
+                String url = ENDPOINT_SEARCH_SCIELO + URLEncoder.encode(scieloId, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+                String resp = liveImportClient.executeHttpGetRequest(timeout, url, new HashMap<String, String>());
+                Map<Integer, Map<String, List<String>>> records = getRecords(resp);
+                if (Objects.nonNull(records) & !records.isEmpty()) {
+                    results.add(transformSourceRecords(records.get(1)));
+                }
+            } else {
+                throw new BadRequestException("id provided : " + scieloId + " is not an ScieloID");
+            }
+            return results;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class SearchByQueryCallable implements Callable<List<ImportRecord>> {
+
+        private Query query;
+
+        private SearchByQueryCallable(String queryString, Integer maxResult, Integer start) {
+            query = new Query();
+            query.addParameter("query", queryString);
+            query.addParameter("start", start);
+            query.addParameter("count", maxResult);
+        }
+
+        private SearchByQueryCallable(Query query) {
+            this.query = query;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public List<ImportRecord> call() throws Exception {
+            List<ImportRecord> results = new ArrayList<>();
+            String q = query.getParameterAsClass("query", String.class);
+            Integer count = query.getParameterAsClass("count", Integer.class);
+            Integer start = query.getParameterAsClass("start", Integer.class);
+            URIBuilder uriBuilder = new URIBuilder(
+                    ENDPOINT_SEARCH_SCIELO + URLEncoder.encode(q, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+            uriBuilder.addParameter("start", start.toString());
+            uriBuilder.addParameter("count", count.toString());
+            String resp = liveImportClient.executeHttpGetRequest(timeout, uriBuilder.toString(),
+                    new HashMap<String, String>());
+            Map<Integer, Map<String, List<String>>> records = getRecords(resp);
+            for (int record : records.keySet()) {
+                results.add(transformSourceRecords(records.get(record)));
+            }
+            return results;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Map<Integer, Map<String,List<String>>> getRecords(String resp) throws FileSourceException {
+        Map<Integer, Map<String, List<String>>> records = new HashMap<Integer, Map<String,List<String>>>();
+        BufferedReader reader;
+        int countRecord = 0;
+        try {
+            reader = new BufferedReader(new StringReader(resp));
+            String line;
+            while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
+                if (line.isEmpty() || line.equals("") || line.matches("^\\s*$")) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                line = line.replaceAll("\\uFEFF", "").trim();
+                Pattern risPattern = Pattern.compile(PATTERN);
+                Matcher risMatcher = risPattern.matcher(line);
+                if (risMatcher.matches()) {
+                    if (risMatcher.group(1).equals("TY") & risMatcher.group(2).equals("JOUR")) {
+                        countRecord ++;
+                        Map<String,List<String>> newMap = new HashMap<String, List<String>>();
+                        records.put(countRecord, newMap);
+                    } else {
+                        Map<String, List<String>> tag2values = records.get(countRecord);
+                        List<String> values = tag2values.get(risMatcher.group(1));
+                        if (Objects.isNull(values)) {
+                            List<String> newValues = new ArrayList<String>();
+                            newValues.add(risMatcher.group(2));
+                            tag2values.put(risMatcher.group(1), newValues);
+                        } else {
+                            values.add(risMatcher.group(2));
+                            tag2values.put(risMatcher.group(1), values);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new FileSourceException("Cannot parse RIS file", e);
+        }
+        return records;
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/resources/spring/spring-dspace-addon-import-services.xml b/dspace-api/src/main/resources/spring/spring-dspace-addon-import-services.xml
index 5e69ee9c42..7686986ae8 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/resources/spring/spring-dspace-addon-import-services.xml
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/resources/spring/spring-dspace-addon-import-services.xml
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@
     </bean>
 
 
+    <bean id="ScieloImportService" class="org.dspace.importer.external.scielo.service.ScieloImportMetadataSourceServiceImpl" scope="singleton">
+        <property name="metadataFieldMapping" ref="scieloMetadataFieldMapping"/>
+    </bean>
+    <bean id="scieloMetadataFieldMapping" class="org.dspace.importer.external.scielo.service.ScieloFieldMapping"/>
+
     <!-- Metadatafield used to check against if it's already imported or not during the JSONLookupSearcher-->
     <bean id="lookupID" class="org.dspace.importer.external.metadatamapping.MetadataFieldConfig">
         <constructor-arg value="dc.identifier.other"/>
diff --git a/dspace/config/spring/api/external-services.xml b/dspace/config/spring/api/external-services.xml
index 7f1295f839..2259ccb9f9 100644
--- a/dspace/config/spring/api/external-services.xml
+++ b/dspace/config/spring/api/external-services.xml
@@ -94,5 +94,15 @@
         </property>
     </bean>
 
-</beans>
+    <bean id="scieloLiveImportDataProvider" class="org.dspace.external.provider.impl.LiveImportDataProvider">
+        <property name="metadataSource" ref="ScieloImportService"/>
+        <property name="sourceIdentifier" value="scielo"/>
+        <property name="recordIdMetadata" value="dc.identifier.other"/>
+        <property name="supportedEntityTypes">
+            <list>
+                <value>Publication</value>
+            </list>
+        </property>
+    </bean>
 
+</beans>
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