A Research Identifier is a persistent digital identifier or unique identifier assigned to a researcher.
Advantages of having an identifier:
Three most common ID's
ORCID – is an effort to connect all researcher ID systems together. You can create a profile, and link it to your Scopus ID, ResearchID, and other systems. Many publishers now request or even require ORCID ID's at submission.
ResearcherID - is connected to Web of Science, EndNote, and Journal Citation Reports. Researcher ID offers a public profile. You can choose what to show publicly. Researcher ID is also important as a basis to provide feedback to Web of Science for grouping author name variants or corrections to affiliations.
Scopus Author ID helps author recognition and disambiguation when searching publications. Many researchers already have a Scopus ID without realizing it. You can still claim and manage your Scopus Author ID by establishing an account in Scopus.
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