{"id":4134,"date":"2015-06-03T16:34:24","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T14:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.embl.de\/?p=4134"},"modified":"2021-07-13T12:00:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T10:00:23","slug":"1505-orcid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/lab-matters\/1505-orcid\/","title":{"rendered":"Why you need an ORCID"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"p1 wp-block-heading\">The problem with names<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Years ago, I remember looking at Facebook for the first time to set up an account and typing in \u201cJenny Cham\u201d to see if there were other people already using the same name.&nbsp; There were loads of other girls \u2013 mostly of Chinese origin, actually \u2013 with exactly the same name as me, with search results spanning over several pages. This was a bit annoying, but at least in this context once I set up my account my friends could work out if it was me by other means,&nbsp;such as receiving a direct invite from me, or by looking at my photo thumbnail, or viewing the names of my other friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"vf-blockquote\"><p class=\"p1\">Having a similar, or the same, name as others can be much more problematic, and important.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">In other situations having a similar, or the same, name as others can be much more problematic, and important.&nbsp;Imagine you are trying to organise a conference and invite a speaker, only to find you ended up contacting the wrong person with the same name \u2013 awkward! What if you are reviewing a grant proposal and want to look up the authors to asses their credibility and contribution to the field, and one of them has a popular name \u2013 nightmare!&nbsp;Or maybe (which also happened to me): what happens if you get married and decide to change your surname? How will you ensure your publication record in your previous\/maiden name doesn\u2019t get lost going forwards?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Simple searches using an author name in a papers database, such as PubMed or EuropePMC, would be hopeless for these scenarios. But, a solution is now at hand\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"p3 wp-block-heading\">Introducing: ORCID<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">ORCID&nbsp;provides a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes you from every other researcher, which can be useful for manuscript and grant submission, and generally for linking you and your professional activities. This helps ensure that your work is recognised.&nbsp;You can include your&nbsp;books,&nbsp;papers,&nbsp;affiliations,&nbsp;education background,&nbsp;grants and&nbsp;citable datasets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">EMBL-EBI provides&nbsp;<span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/europepmc.org\/orcid\/import\">a three-step tool<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">&nbsp;to&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.428571429;\">help you link your works quickly to your own ORCID via&nbsp;EuropePMC.&nbsp;<\/span>EMBL is a pilot organisation for ORCID, so most of our employees have&nbsp;an ORCID. 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