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Create your personal Research Identifier

ResearcherID – Web of Science

ORCID ID

Scopus ID

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Presented by Jen Eidelman

By creating a research ID& using these systems you can:

• Create a unique persistent digital identifier that you keep throughout your career

• Create your own research profile & import work you have authored

Why do I need a unique ID?• Author name is not always adequate for identification

• Research community can link an author to research and professional activity

• Makes your work discoverable, noticeable, more citations

• You may have published under different names

• You may have published from different institutions

• Change research direction or work in a different research teams

• Funders ask for a unique ID

• Publishers ask for a unique ID

• Institution requires a unique ID

Some Systems to use:

ORCID IDResearcherID – Web of ScienceScopus ID

Web of Science offers ResearcherID where you can create a personal profile, build a publication list of your published research, track times cited and find

citation metrics for records in Web of Science.   

To create a ResearcherID in Web of Science go to:http://www.researcherid.com

Or go to http://www.lib.uct.ac.za

Go to: Databases and choose Web of Science

Create a ResearcherID ProfileWeb of Science

http://www.researcherid.com

http://www.researcherid.com

Web of Science allows you to search for ResearcherID’s or ORCID ID’s

ResearcherID OR ORCID ID

http://www.webofknowledge.com

Create a ResearcherID in Web of Science

Create a ResearcherID in Web of Science

Example of ResearcherID’s and ORCID ID’s embedded in the article data

• By searching in Web of science• By importing from Endnote• By importing from Refworks or any RIS file (a tagged format for expressing bibliographic citations)

How do I get publications into my ResearcherID profile?

How do I get publications into my ResearcherID profile?

HELP - ResearcherID

Tutorials: http://wokinfo.com/training_support/training/researcher-id/

Frequently asked questions:http://www.researcherid.com/resources/html/faq.html

ORCID is an acronym, short for Open Researcher and Contributor ID.

Slide with permission from Dr Rebecca Bryant / Dr Laurel L. Haak

Slide with permission from Dr Rebecca Bryant / Dr Laurel L. Haak

The ORCID Application Programme Interface (API) enables the exchange of information between systems:• Less time re-keying• Improved data• Easier maintenance• Better sharing across systems

Slide with permission from Dr Rebecca Bryant / Dr Laurel L. Haak

Slide with permission from Dr Rebecca Bryant / Dr Laurel L. Haak

ORCID is an acronym, short for Open Researcher and Contributor ID. http://ORCID.org

http://support.orcid.org/knowledgebase/articles/188278-link-works-website-user

• http://trainingdesk.elsevier.com/videos/what-is-orcid-and-how-does-it-help-solve-researcher-name-ambiguity

• http://support.orcid.org/knowledgebase/topics/32827-website-user

• http://orcid.org/faq-page#n110

ORCID HELP & FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Scopus ID (Elsevier) http://www.scopus.com/

“Many authors have similar names. The Scopus Author Identifier distinguishes between these names by assigning each author in Scopus a unique number and grouping together all of the documents written by that author.”

To determine which author names should be grouped together under a single identifier number, the Scopus Author Identifier uses an algorithm that matches author names based on their affiliation, address, subject area, source title, dates of publication citations, and co-authors.

When you search, this feature returns documents written by that author, even when an author is cited differently.

http://trainingdesk.elsevier.com/how-to/how-do-i-create-an-orcid-record-by-using-my-scopus-author-id

Or

http://www.elsevier.com/online-tools/scopus/videos

Scopus HELP- How to create an ORCID ID by using my Scopus Author ID

THANK YOUJen Eidelman

Jen.Eidelman@uct.ac.za