Keeping up with Scholarly Identity: Networks, Identifiers, and Metrics Felicity Dykas (University of Missouri), Amy Suiter (Washington University in St. Louis), Heather Moulaison Sandy (University of Missouri) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8295-4796 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3409-4645 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7783-7069
A host of resources and tools are used to organize research, demonstrate value, and build communities. Researchers and librarians need to understand the pros and cons of each. This poster gives an overview of some options.
Author Identifiers, Metrics, and Networks (some include profiles and/or metrics) Author and Article Metrics Profile Systems ORCiD Google Scholar Altmetric + Account created by the researcher + Automatically finds publications - Tricky with common author names + Draws from mentions in blogs, - Subscription required for + Non-profit entity + Is excellent for visibility - Metrics can be inflated (if not news, policy documents, social institutional level reporting + Platform agnostic + Citation data & h index for scholarly curated within the profile) media, etc. - Scholarly works need to + Integrated with many systems: publishers, NIH, NSF, works - No source list + Is available for free with have a DOI institutions, etc. + Easy to download bibliography - Does not connect to ORCID system bookmarklet - Does not provide metrics + Good for visibility and accurate attribution + Researchers can embed for authors, only for articles “badges” for articles on their ResearchGate websites Scopus Author ID + Includes full text - Allows posting copyrighted + Connects peers material Dimensions + Connects to ORCID ID - Database assigns IDs + Messaging system - Issues with metric gaming + Citation data & h index only to Scopus authors + RG metrics for researchers and papers - Issues with email overload + Citation data includes policy - Author search option is based on Scopus database - ID used only within + Can include ORCID ID - Does not connect to ORCID system documents, preprints, and book tricky to find + Researchers can view & Elsevier universe of chapters - Seems to be an emerging submit corrections without a products + Includes Altmetrics from resource (is the newest subscription Altmetric.com listed on this poster) MENDELEY + Allows download of open + Includes full text - Visibility only within Mendeley access ResearcherID + Connects peers - Cost for extra storage + Citation data & h index from Scopus + Connects to ORCID ID - ID used only within + Reference manager features + Citation data & h index Clarivate Analytics + Connects to ORCID system based on Web of Science universe of products database Publish or Perish + Researchers can view & ACADEMIA submit corrections without a + Pulls from Google Scholar/ - Software needs to be subscription + Includes full text - Issues with copyright Profiles, Crossref, Microsoft downloaded and installed + Connects peers - Concern about for-profit model Academic, Scopus*, and Web of - Does not connect to ORCID + Can include ORCID ID - Does not connect to ORCID system Science* system + Generates author metrics - Tricky with common names useful at differing stages of or flawed profiles career - * Use with Scopus or Web Microsoft Academic + Metrics and bibliographies of Science requires + Automatically finds publications - Does not connect to ORCID system downloadable subscription & extra steps + Citation data