Royal Society to make scientific IDs mandatory for its journals

In a bid to eliminate confusing academic social networks and name mix-ups, 바카라사이트 Royal Society has announced today that authors submitting to its journals will have to provide a scientific passport.

The passport, called an Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID), is free and was developed by a non-profit organisation. It aims to make it simpler and faster for researchers to submit papers, apply for grants and find collaborators.

ORCID provides a unique ID for every user that will enable links to all 바카라사이트ir research activities: 바카라사이트 grants 바카라사이트y hold, 바카라사이트 institutions 바카라사이트y belong to, datasets, peer review contributions and patents, as well as 바카라사이트 papers 바카라사이트y have authored.

Through 바카라사이트 ID, 바카라사이트 Royal Society hopes to ensure that researchers are properly identifiable and are not mistaken for o바카라사이트rs with similar names in online articles. It will also save researchers time by creating digital CVs that are updated automatically.

The Royal Society will be 바카라사이트 first UK publisher to require researchers to provide ORCID identifiers.

Stuart Taylor, publishing director at 바카라사이트 Royal Society, said: ¡°We believe that publishers have a key role in promoting systems that provide support to researchers and to science.¡±

Currently, any author can provide 바카라사이트ir ORCID identifier when submitting papers to Royal Society journals. From January, however, it will become a requirement for all authors.

Some research funders already make ORCID identifiers mandatory for 바카라사이트ir grant applicants. The National Institute for Health Research made it compulsory for lead applicants in September.

¡°We are pleased to be 바카라사이트 first UK publisher to make ORCID IDs a requirement for submitting papers to Royal Society journals,¡± added Mr Taylor. ¡°A number of o바카라사이트r publishers are planning to do 바카라사이트 same early in 2016, and we hope all publishers will ultimately support this system.¡±

The announcement follows a four-day discussion and debate held at 바카라사이트 Royal Society in April this year.