Hi folks,
ORCID, the "Open Research Contributor ID":
http://orcid.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ORCID
is an identifier for contributors to academic papers, journals, and
other such publications. It's the equivalent, for such people, of an
ISBN for a book or a DOI for a paper. ORCID is an open data project,
run by a not-for-profit foundation.
An ORCID enables us to determine that the Jim Smith who wrote paper A
is the same Jim Smith who wrote paper B, and James T. Smith who wrote
paper C, but is not the Jim Smith who wrote paper D. It also allows us
to determine that Jim Smith-Jones is the same author, after a name
change, say on marriage or divorce.
An individual can create an ORCID at the first URL given above, free,
and the process only takes a few seconds. they can then list the works
they have authored on their ORCID profile page. I urge any of you who
contribute to publications to register for an ORCID.
Organisations using ORCID already include Cambridge University Press,
Nature Publishing Group, and the Wellcome Trust. I'm leading work to
integrate them into Wikipedia, Wikidata and sister projects, for
article subjects, contributors and, in future, authors we cite.
Should you decide to use ORCID, or if you already are, please let me know.
Best wishes,
--
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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