research bites | your identity as a researcher - orcid
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Overview of the problems of name ambiguity for researchers, and the potential solution of registering for an ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/ Some slides reproduced with the permission of Michael Ladisch: http://www.slideshare.net/eservice/orcid-m-ladischyork20140704TRANSCRIPT
Your identity as a researcher - ORCID
Tanya WilliamsonAssistant Librarian: Postgraduate, Researcher & Staff Support
• Your own perspective, knowledge and experience is what makes your work unique
• Your name (not necessarily your affiliation) will tie your work together throughout your career
Who are you?
Common and transliterated names“Estimates by China's Ministry of Public Security suggest that more than 1.1 billion people — around 85% of China's population — share just 129 surnames. Problems with abbreviations, ordering of given names and surnames and inconsistent journal practices heighten the confusion.”http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080213/full/451766a.html
Half of the population on the Korean peninsula share the three most common surnames (Kim, Lee, Park)P. Ghosh: International Business Times online, 15th Nov. 2013
Name variations
J. Å. S. Sørensen
J. Aa. S. Sørensen
J. Å. S. Sorensen
J. Aa. S. Sorensen
J. Å. S. Soerensen
J. Aa. S. Soerensen
Jens Å. S. Sørensen
Jens Aa. S. Sørensen
Jens Å. S. Sorensen
Jens Aa. S. Sorensen
Jens Å. S. Soerensen
Jens Aa. S. Soerensen
J. Åge S. Sørensen
J. Aage S. Sørensen
J. Åge S. Sorensen
J. Aage S. Sorensen
J. Åge S. Soerensen
J. Aage S. Soerensen
Jens Åge S. Sørensen
Jens Aage S. Sørensen
Jens Åge S. Sorensen
Jens Aage S. Sorensen
Jens Åge S. Soerensen
Jens Aage S. Soerensen
J. Åge Smærup Sørensen
J. Aage Smaerup Sørensen
J. Åge Smarup Sorensen
J. Aage Smarup Sorensen
J. Åge Smaerup Soerensen
J. Aage Smaerup Soerensen
Jens Åge Smærup Sørensen
Jens Aage Smaerup Sørensen
Jens Åge Smarup Sorensen
Jens Aage Smarup Sorensen
Jens Åge Smærup Soerensen
Jens Aage Smaerup Soerensen
An illustrative example: Jens Åge Smærup Sørensen
Name changes
I’ve published under different
namesI’ve changed my
name
My name changed when I moved
country
Funding • Grants • Contracts • Seed Funding • Coop Agreements
Research administration, processes and outputs
Publications • Journal Articles• Books • Patents • Legal Briefs • Algorithms• Software Code
Datasets • Physical Objects• Electronic Files• Protein Structures
Genetic Sequences
Impacts • Policy • Legal • Health • Environment • Education • Product Development • Spin Off • Workforce
The challenge
As a researcher, you want to• eliminate name ambiguity, distinguishing you from
other researchers and ensuring proper attribution.• ensure your work is discoverable and connected to
you throughout your career;• minimize the time you spend entering repetitive
data online
A solution?
• Open Researcher & Contributor ID• Unique, persistent identifier for researchers &
scholars• Free to researchers• Can be used throughout one’s career, across
professional activities, disciplines, nations & languages
• Maintains a registry
Register, link, use
Register: Names including in other characters
Link works: automatically using the import features, and manually if necessary
Add info:Other IDs,EducationEmployment…
Use ID: emails, profiles, publications, manuscript submissions, job applications, grant applications, datasets…
• IDs could be integrated into University systems, such as Research Information System, HR, Repository, REF
• More publishers could start to request an ORCID upon submission
Possible future applications
“The motto is: ‘Input once – re-use often.’”
Wolfram Horstmann, Associate Director, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
For benefits to be realized…
Researchers must claim
and use ORCID iDs
Research information processes
and systems must embed
ORCID iDs and link back
with the ORCID
Registry
• ORCID website http://orcid.org/• User help: http://support.orcid.org/knowledgebase/topics/32827-website-user
• Ghosh, P. (2013) Kim, Park And Lee: Why Do Koreans Have So Few Surnames? International Business Times. 15th November 2013. (Accessed on 25th September 2014 from http://www.ibtimes.com/kim-park-lee-why-do-koreans-have-so-few-surnames-1472324)
• Qiu, J. (2008) Scientific publishing: Identity crisis. Nature, 451, 766-767 DOI:10.1038/451766a (Accessed 25th September 2014 from http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080213/full/451766a.html )
• Whitlock Burton, K. (ed). (2008) Random Samples: One Wei or Another. Science, 319 no. 5865, 881 DOI: 10.1126/science.319.5865.881d (Accessed 25th September 2014 from http://www.sciencemag.org/content/319/5865/881.4.full.pdf?sid=a591f3ed-c7ef-49fb-9335-13f6a9099ccd)
Many thanks to Michael Ladisch (http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0124-5582) for kindly permitting me to reuse content from his slides and to the ORCID Community for providing the Overview of ORCID slides for use in raising awareness.
Useful links and credits
Questions and discussion
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