Researcher Identifiers and your Online Research Profile
A guide to the
various different researcher identifiers, and how to set up researcher
identifiers, as well as managing your online research profile.
various different researcher identifiers, and how to set up researcher
identifiers, as well as managing your online research profile.
Contacts
For further information on Researcher Identifiers, please contact:
USC Research Bank:
Rebecca Owen (Repository Coordinator) - research-repository@usc.edu.au
Liaison Librarians:
- Sue Svensen (School of Communications, School of Social Sciences) - ssvense1@usc.edu.au
- Courtney Moran (School of Business) - cmoran@usc.edu.a
- Karen Randall (School of Law) - krandall@usc.edu.au
- Roger Carter (School of Health and Sports Sciences, School of Nursing and Midwifery) - rcarter@usc.edu.au
- Shan Kelly (School of Education and Engineering, SRC) - skelly1@usc.edu.au
Why have a researcher identifier?
Over
the last few years, it has become increasingly important for
researchers to maintain an online presence to their research. As the
research landscape
the last few years, it has become increasingly important for
researchers to maintain an online presence to their research. As the
research landscape
expands,
it becomes essential to differentiate yourself from fellow peers and to
disambiguate yourself from other researchers with similar names or
fields of study.
it becomes essential to differentiate yourself from fellow peers and to
disambiguate yourself from other researchers with similar names or
fields of study.
Two ways to do this are to:
- Establish your researcher
identifers to ensure that your research is associated with your name
only (and not with other, similar sounding names); and - Establish an online profile of your
research to allow for greater dissemination, which in turn can lead to
greater impact and citation metrics.
Example of why research identifiers need to be used...
An example of the problem the party infrastructure was attempting
to solve is demonstrated by the following examples of public
information about Tim Flannery:
Flannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof) (1956-)
He is also known as:
And he may also be known as:
to solve is demonstrated by the following examples of public
information about Tim Flannery:
Flannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof) (1956-)
He is also known as:
- Flannery, Tim
- Flannery, Timothy
- Flannery, Timothy F.
- Flannery, Timothy Fridjof
And he may also be known as:
- Flannery, T.
- Flannery, T.F.
- e.g. Scopus Id, Researcher Id, etc.
Researcher Identifiers
Researcher identifiers are important because they:
Provide a persistent identifier
Easily identify your work and increase your visibility
Offer a tool to measure impact
Resolve author misidentification and any changes in institutional affiliations
Group name variants for which an author has published under- Provide more accurate citation metrics, as all your publications are linked to your identifier without any 'ring-ins'
Researcher identifiers are like creating a DOI for a person.
Check out this example of linked identifiers (courtesy of ANDS):
Research Online Profile
The
rise of academic social networking sites, such as ResearchGate and
LinkedIn, has meant that researchers are increasingly being provided
with avenues to disseminate their research outputs and to connect with
other researchers in their field. However, while it may be a good idea
to promote your online presence, care should be taken as to which online
site is used for what purpose, and to know the difference between what a
social networking site is compared to the humble open access
repository.
rise of academic social networking sites, such as ResearchGate and
LinkedIn, has meant that researchers are increasingly being provided
with avenues to disseminate their research outputs and to connect with
other researchers in their field. However, while it may be a good idea
to promote your online presence, care should be taken as to which online
site is used for what purpose, and to know the difference between what a
social networking site is compared to the humble open access
repository.
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