using orcid identifiers to distinguish yourself (m. buys)

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Using ORCID identifiers to distinguish yourself

Matthew Buys Regional Director, ORCID

m.buys@orcid.org @mjbuys

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7234-3684

Engaging Researchers

“Researchers want to be read, acknowledged, and quoted.”

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“Researchers want to spend their time on research,

not reporting”

•  Productivity: measured by the number of professional activities

•  Quality: impact analysis

•  Recognition: measured by citations, mentions etc.

•  Influence/Reputation: measured by invitations to present keynote addresses, prizes, membership of boards

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Research Leaders

Government

ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes researchers from each other and links them to an organization identifier

ORCID record

Individuals register for free and use this at their institution, funders and publishers

Organizations join as members and can build integrations into their systems

Universities

Funders

Associations

Publishers

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Productivity (1)

•  Professional activities •  Education •  Employment •  Funding •  Works

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Productivity (2) Publishers and Funders can now assert peer review activities

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Quality & Recognition (1) •  Improved reporting mechanisms •  Enforcing uniqueness •  All associated professional activities

associated with a single ORCID iD •  Cluster research group •  Metadata auto-update

Researcher A Carleton University Immunology dept ORCID: 0123-1234-2345-3456

Researcher B University of Alberta Immunology dept ORCID: 0011-2233-4455-6677

Researcher D University of Alberta Immunology dept ORCID: 1122-3344-5566-7788

Researcher F University of Cape Town Immunology dept ORCID: 2233-4455-6677-8899

Researcher E Carleton University Immunology dept ORCID: 2345-3456-4567-5678

Researcher C Carleton University Biochemistry dept ORCID: 1234-2345-3456-4567

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Quality & Recognition (2) Improved visibility of professional activities across ORCID connected systems

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Quality & Recognition (3) Several analytics platforms have integrated with ORCID to provide comprehensive impact assessment

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Influence & Reputation

•  Public presence and portable persistent iD that is independent of publisher, employer, funder, geography and association

•  Multiple professional activities can be added

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Demonstration

Managing Permissions

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•  Register at http://orcid.org/register

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Thank you!

Matthew Buys Regional Director, ORCID

m.buys@orcid.org http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7234-3684