Author identifiers

Author Identifiers

Identifiers for researchers ensure that publications are unambiguously assigned to a given author.
They are needed for:

evaluating science and research
obtaining grants,
obtaining accreditation of study programmes
fulfilling the publisher's requirements when accepting an article

It is important to state the correct MENDELU affiliation in the identifier profile.

ORCID - Open Researcher and Contributor ID

Example ORCID: 0000-0002-5414-0928

ORCID is a unique identifier of a researcher from the non-profit organization ORCID. Education, institutional work, grants and publications are all in one place. ORCID can be linked to ResearcherID and a Scopus Author ID.
ORCID is registered by the author: Instructions for creating and updating ORCID

The Open Science Centre offers authors to update their ORCID profile with publications from the OBD system:

ORCID service at MENDELU

Duplicate ORCID accounts

The author should have only one ORCID. In case of duplicate accounts, the author needs to delete one account (in ORCID: Account Settings - Remove Duplicate Record). Before deleting a duplicate account, first check with the Open Science Centre at identifikatory-vedce[at]mendelu.cz to make sure you keep the identifier that is registered in the OBD system!

ResearcherID in Web of Science

Example ResearcherID: I-8213-2016 autorskyprofil-05

ResearcherID is a researcher identifier from the company Clarivate Analytics. As of August 2022, Publons has been merged with Web of Science and now you can edit the ResearcherID only in Web of Science, on the Researchers tab.

Instructions for creating and updating a ResearcherID

The identifier is created by each author. If you have previously created a ResearcherID, do not create a new one!

Please be as accurate as possible when completing your profile:

In the "Display name" field , enter the name with diacritics, e.g. Josef Novák. Beware of confusion between the order of first and last name!
In the "Primary Organization" field, enter the full name of the university in the form: Mendel University in Brno.

Publications assigned to an author's identifier must be regularly updated by the author in Web of Science. It does not happen automatically.

Link your ResearcherID to your ORCID. Linking is important to make it easier to add publications and to increase author visibility.

In case you have a duplicate Researcher ID, contact the library to keep the identifier that is registered in the OBD system! Note: if the author has two Researcher IDs, then each is filed under a different email.

Web of Science Author Records

The Web of Science Core Collection database contains Author Profilesthat are directly linked to the author's ResearcherID after confirmation by the author. The author has to confirm the publications themselves.

There are verified (claimed) and unverified Author Profiles in Web of Science:

The verified profile (claimed) is identified by the green check mark and is linked to your ResearcherID.

Unverified profiles contain unassigned and unverified publications, the ResearcherID is only temporary here.

Link to Instructions for creating and updating a ResearcherID

The identifier is set up by each author. If you have previously created a ResearcherID, do not create a new one!

Completing the ResearcherID profile:

Display name - indicate the name with diacritics, e.g. Josef Novák, pay attention to the order!
Primary Organization - give the full name of the university: Mendel University in Brno.

Link your ResearcherID to your ORCID. Linking is important to make it easier to add publications and to increase author visibility.

In case you have a duplicate Researcher ID, contact the library to make sure you keep the identifier that is registered in the OBD system!

Automatic addition of publications to verified ResearcherID Author Profiles

The Web of Science database automatically includes publications in your ResearcherID that the system evaluates as belonging to you. It is important to review these publications afterwards and reject publications that are not yours.

Publications from the Web of Science Core Collection and Preprints, which are not yet confirmed, will be added. The condition is that the confirmed profile has at least one publication in the Web of Science Core Collection.

The author will be notified by e-mail from Web of Science:

In the email, click on View your publications. After logging into your ResearcherID profile, a list of publications will appear that you can check and reject publications that are not yours.

Manually add publications to your ResearcherID

Profile – Publications + ADD

Problems with Author Profiles

Scopus Author Identifier

Example Scopus Author ID: 15056854700

Scopus Author Identifier is a unique author identifier from the producer of the Scopus database, Elsevier. The identifier is automatically assigned to each author who has publications included in the Scopus database. The author does not create the Scopus Author ID themselves, publications are automatically assigned to the identifier.

It may happen that an author has multiple Scopus Author IDs because the affiliation and author name is not linked. Duplicate Scopus Author IDs have a negative impact on the author's h-index value.
In case of duplicate Scopus Author IDs, contact the Library to keep the identifier that is registered in the OBD system!

Link your Scopus Author ID with ORCID.

Your identifiers become part of your results in the RIV database: