diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/controllers/BrokerApi.java b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/controllers/BrokerApi.java
index f4fbd17..e129b42 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/controllers/BrokerApi.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/controllers/BrokerApi.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package eu.dnetlib.repo.manager.service.controllers;
 
 import eu.dnetlib.repo.manager.shared.BrokerException;
+import eu.dnetlib.repo.manager.shared.Term;
 import eu.dnetlib.repo.manager.shared.broker.*;
 import io.swagger.annotations.*;
 import org.json.JSONException;
@@ -43,4 +44,9 @@ public interface BrokerApi {
     @RequestMapping(value = "/getSubscription/{subscriptionId}" , method = RequestMethod.GET,produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
     @ResponseBody
     Subscription getSubscription(@PathVariable("subscriptionId") String subscriptionId) throws BrokerException;
+
+
+    @RequestMapping(value = "/getDnetTopics" , method = RequestMethod.GET,produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
+    @ResponseBody
+    Map<String, Term> getDnetTopics() throws BrokerException;
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/controllers/BrokerApiImpl.java b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/controllers/BrokerApiImpl.java
index a786eae..d5952a9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/controllers/BrokerApiImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/controllers/BrokerApiImpl.java
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package eu.dnetlib.repo.manager.service.controllers;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import eu.dnetlib.domain.data.Repository;
 import eu.dnetlib.repo.manager.shared.BrokerException;
+import eu.dnetlib.repo.manager.shared.Term;
 import eu.dnetlib.repo.manager.shared.Tuple;
 import eu.dnetlib.repo.manager.shared.broker.*;
 import org.json.JSONException;
@@ -21,25 +23,53 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestClientException;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
 import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;
-import sun.reflect.generics.reflectiveObjects.LazyReflectiveObjectGenerator;
 
+import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.*;
 
 @Component
 public class BrokerApiImpl implements BrokerApi {
 
-
     @Autowired
     private RepositoryApiImpl repoAPI;
     @Value("${services.broker.url}:${services.broker.port}/${services.broker.api}${services.broker.openaire}")
     private String openairePath;
     @Value("${services.broker.url}:${services.broker.port}/${services.broker.api}")
     private String apiPath;
+    @Value("${topic_types.url}")
+    private String topicsURL;
 
     private static final org.apache.log4j.Logger LOGGER = org.apache.log4j.Logger
             .getLogger(BrokerApiImpl.class);
 
+
+    private HashMap<String,Term> topics = new HashMap<String, Term>();
+
+    @PostConstruct
+    private void initDnetTopicsMap() {
+
+        LOGGER.debug("Init dnet topics!");
+        InputStream is = null;
+        try {
+            is = new URL(topicsURL).openStream();
+            ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+            JsonNode root = mapper.readTree(is);
+            for (JsonNode term : root.path("terms") )
+                topics.put(term.path("code").textValue(), parseTerm(term));
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Term parseTerm(JsonNode term) {
+        return new Term(term.path("englishName").textValue(),term.path("nativeName").textValue(),
+                term.path("encoding").textValue(),term.path("code").textValue());
+    }
+
+
     @Override
     public DatasourcesBroker getDatasourcesOfUser(String params) throws JSONException {
         JSONObject json_params = new JSONObject(params);
@@ -326,6 +356,10 @@ public class BrokerApiImpl implements BrokerApi {
         return resp.getBody();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Map<String, Term> getDnetTopics() throws BrokerException {
+        return topics;
+    }
 
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/shared/Term.java b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/shared/Term.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f3c58a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/shared/Term.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package eu.dnetlib.repo.manager.shared;
+
+import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.IsSerializable;
+
+/**
+ * Created by panagiotis on 15/1/2018.
+ */
+public class Term implements IsSerializable {
+
+    public String englishName;
+    public String nativeName;
+    public String encoding;
+    public String code;
+
+    public Term(String englishName, String nativeName, String encoding, String code) {
+        this.englishName = englishName;
+        this.nativeName = nativeName;
+        this.encoding = encoding;
+        this.code = code;
+    }
+
+    public String getEnglishName() {
+        return englishName;
+    }
+
+    public void setEnglishName(String englishName) {
+        this.englishName = englishName;
+    }
+
+    public String getNativeName() {
+        return nativeName;
+    }
+
+    public void setNativeName(String nativeName) {
+        this.nativeName = nativeName;
+    }
+
+    public String getEncoding() {
+        return encoding;
+    }
+
+    public void setEncoding(String encoding) {
+        this.encoding = encoding;
+    }
+
+    public String getCode() {
+        return code;
+    }
+
+    public void setCode(String code) {
+        this.code = code;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/application.properties b/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/application.properties
index cc73cf4..047ecbf 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/application.properties
@@ -94,4 +94,6 @@ repomanager.db.url = jdbc:postgresql://194.177.192.119:5432/repomanager
 repomanager.db.username = dnet
 repomanager.db.password = dnetPwd
 
-services.repomanager.analyticsURL = http://analytics.openaire.eu/addsite.php?
\ No newline at end of file
+services.repomanager.analyticsURL = http://analytics.openaire.eu/addsite.php?
+
+topic_types.url = https://beta.services.openaire.eu/provision/mvc/vocabularies/dnet:topic_types.json
\ No newline at end of file