Researcher Identifiers

Stand out from the crowd and claim your identifiers

A researcher identifier is often used to ensure the accurate attribution of publications to authors, particularly where there may be challenges around common names or working in a large institution. Some initiatives like ORCID are used by publishers and funders to help identify academics, while many databases like Scopus and Dimensions automatically assign IDs.

This page outlines some key identifiers and aims to guide you on how to claim your own.

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Types of Researcher Identifiers

ORCID

What is ORCID?

ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is a global, not-for-profit organisation. An ORCID ID is a unique, 16 digit, open digital identifier that distinguishes you from every other researcher with the same or a similar name to you.

Why should I have an ORCID?

You can connect your ORCID with your professional information - affiliations, grants, publications, peer review, and more. You can use your identifier to share your information with other systems, ensuring you get recognition for all your contributions, saving you time and hassle, and reducing the risk of errors. An increasing number of funders and publishers also require researchers to have an ORCID to engage with their systems.

If you use ORCID in your publications, this ensures that you receive full credit for all your work. This is useful not only because your name may be similar to another researcher, but your ORCID record can be used to collate that information and make it easy to share and take with you wherever you go.

How do I register for an ORCID?

Any researcher can register an ORCID for themselves free of charge on the . You should only ever register for an ORCID once, as your ID stays with you even if you change your name, organization, discipline, or country. It is advised you sign up with a personal email address as well as your 桃色视频 address, so that you can maintain access to your ORCID even if you change institution.

Scopus

What is a Scopus ID?

Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database containing both peer-reviewed research literature and quality web sources. Scopus identifiers are automatically generated by the Scopus publications database and used to link papers by the same author or to browse within the database.

Why should I check my Scopus ID?

The identifier automatically generates a profile page in Scopus, with a list of publications and some associated bibliometrics. As this process is automated, it is not perfect, and researchers may wish to correct it to accurately reflect them and their research.

How do I find/claim my Scopus ID?

To find your ID, simply in Scopus to find your profile, which will list your Scopus ID. While you cannot directly control these records, you can edit the profile to submit corrections, request that two records be merged and associate it with an ORCID identifier.

Dimensions

What is a Dimensions ID?

Dimensions is a multidisciplinary research platform from Digital Science which, in addition to traditional research outputs, also covers grants, data sets, clinical trials, patents, and policy documents. Dimensions identifiers are automatically generated to link papers by the same author or to browse within the database.

How do I find my Dimensions ID?

Once you log in with your 桃色视频 credentials, from the search page, you will be able to select the "Researcher" filter to search for yourself. Once you then limit the search to just yourself, it will then bring up the option to view the profile. When you view the profile, your Dimensions ID can be found at the end of the URL.

Google Scholar

What is Google Scholar?

Google Scholar broadly searches the web for scholarly literature across disciplines and source types: journal articles, theses etc. from publisher websites and institutional repositories.

Why should I manage a Google Scholar profile?

Google Scholar is a widely used tool, partially as it is freely available, but its inclusion criteria is less refined than other database tools. As such, when it scopes the web for content, it often makes mistakes as it collects information. Managing a Google Scholar profile allows you to ensure that the information associated with you and your publications remains accurate.

How do I setup/claim my Google Scholar profile?

To setup your Google Scholar profile, first, you must . Then, you can register your details and link it with an institutional email address. Once you have done this, you will be able to manage your publications. At the moment, there is no functionality to link your Google Scholar profile with your Symplectic Elements profile.

Claiming your Identifiers in Elements

Once you've claimed your identifiers, your publications will automatically update on your profile, saving you time and hassle. Claiming your identifiers is easy:

Step 1 - Log in

using your institutional email address and password.

Step 2 - Go to Research identifiers

From the panel on the left, select "Profile & work", then "". This will bring you to the identifier claiming page.

Step 3 - Claim your suggested identifiers

When you first enter the system, it may suggest some identifiers. You can click on the ID number to check if it's yours. If you aren't sure, click 'Ignore', and associated publications will still be suggested to you, which you can claim or reject. Select 'No' only if you are certain this isn't you.

If the ID is yours, click 'Yes' - you will then be asked whether you would like the system to 'Auto claim' or 'Auto suggest' (notifying you to choose to claim or reject any associated publications) in the future.

Step 4 - Claim any other identifiers

You can add other identifiers manually by selecting the type of profile under 'Add external profile' and entering the relevant ID. You can also tell the system to identify your outputs using email addresses other than your University of 桃色视频 address.

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