Unique Author ID Resources - Author Identifiers - CampusGuides at University of Cincinnati

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Unique Author ID Resources

Below are a number of resources used for unique author
identification. Most require registration on their website. Some, such
as ORCID and ResearcherID, support integration between products.

• ORCID (Open Researcher & Contributor ID)
  Nonprofit, started in 2009, all disciplines
• ResearcherID: Thomson Reuters
  Thomson Reuters, started in 2008, all disciplines indexed in Web of Knowledge
  
  From
  ResearcherID: "The ResearcherID ORCID integration allows for the
  seamless exchange of publication data between the two
  systems...ResearcherID and ORCID are complementary attribution
  identifiers, and it is essential that scholarly authors and researchers
  have both. ORCID is a platform-agnostic identifier, whereas the
  ResearcherID identifier is specific to Thomson Reuters."
• Scopus Author Identifier: Elsevier
  Elsevier, started in 2006, all disciplines indexed in Scopus
• arXiv Author ID
  Cornell
  University Library, started in 2005, discipline specific: physics,
  mathematics, computer science, and related disciplines
• PubMed Author ID Project
  National Library of Medicine, started in 2010, life sciences disciplines
• OpenID
  "Can't
  remember your passwords? Tired of filling out registration forms?
  OpenID is a safe, faster, and easier way to log in to web sites."

Unique Author ID Resources - Author Identifiers - CampusGuides at University of Cincinnati