Researcher Identifiers are designed to distinguish your research activities and outputs from those with similar names. Users will be better able to discover your work. Examples are:
ORCID has become the most valuable researcher identifier, often required by funders and publishers.
Sample ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3599-1417
NOTE: As stated in the August 25, 2022 Memorandum "Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research" (PDF – Links to an external source and may not be accessible), persistent identifiers will be needed for all research outputs (eg, DOIs) and for individual researchers (eg, ORCiD) -- these are also part of the recently released NSPM-33 (PDF – Links to an external source and may not be accessible)(National Security Presidential Memo 33) Requirements.
ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier) is “an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers.” Unique identifiers like ORCID help:
Attach your ORCID to all of your work throughout its life cycle -- from grant applications to publications to datasets and more.
Sign Up for an ORCID now!
1) Register for an ORCiD at: https://orcid.org/register
2) Report your ID here to connect to ODU: https://www.odu.edu/acadaffairs/faculty-activity-system/orcid
ODU is making it possible for you to easily share your research information and keep it up-to-date. With your permission, we will synchronize information between Digital Measures and your ORCID record, every ## days/weeks. Learn more in Enter once, reuse often.
You may also enter your information yourself in 3 ways:
* If you want to use EndNote to easily transfer your publications, contact Karen Vaughan, kvaughan@odu.edu, Head of Scholarly Communications & Publishing.
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Benefits of an online profile:
Below are some of the options available, each with different features and benefits. You can use all of them if you wish.
We recommend getting and maintaining a Google Scholar Profile because Google Scholar provides citation information from many disciplines and many types of publications: journal articles, conference papers, books, chapters, and gray literature.
Sample Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ZSDo0x8AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Benefits of a Google Scholar Profile:
Curate Your Profile: It's always a good idea to review your profile and edit as needed.
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Post appropriate version of your work in ODU Digital Commons or other repositories
Post research data, presentations and other content in open platforms: Figshare, SlideShare, Github
Keep your Author Rights: Use our Copyright/Author Rights guide
Update your works in Digital Measures/FAS (using your ORCID account)
Keep track of your work, your colleagues' work, new research in your field -- by setting up database alerts:
For notification whenever an article is cited, or whenever an article is available that meets your search criteria, you need to have an account/profile in the database.
Web of Science Citation Alerts: to get references citing an individual article
Web of Science Saved Search Alerts: to get references citing a particular author
Google Scholar Citation Alerts
Search for a topic in one or more databases and then save that search to be automatically run on a regular schedule. When new items are found that match your search, you will be sent an e-mail message or a new entry will appear in your RSS feed. Below are instructions for selected database providers.
You can be notified when a new issue of a particular magazine or journal publication comes out. An e-mail message will be sent or new entries will appear in your RSS feed.
EbscoHost: One-Step RSS Search Alerts -- How to set up One-Step Alerts as a quick and easy way to obtain the alert syndication feed, which can then be copied into an RSS reader.
If you have a tablet, be sure to use BrowZine
BrowZine™ is a browsable newsstand of the library’s top journals. Easily discover, read, and monitor the key journals in your field.
Use social media to promote your research: Blogs, Facebook, Twitter
More to come...