Scholar Identity and Research Impact

	Name Consistency	Report a consistent version of your name when possible across all research outputs ex. Use Guo Yang, not intermix G. Yang and Gao Yang in different publications
	Author Identifiers	Report your ORCID identifier when publishing or sharing your work Reconcile your publications under one author profile
	Institutional Affiliation	Use University of Manitoba as the primary affiliation for all work, grant agencies (i.e. avoid departmental level affiliation and report institute relationships as a secondary affiliation) Ensure your research is credited to you and linked to the University of Manitoba
	Publication Plan	Choose reputable open access publication vehicles that target your desired audience and is discoverable in major databases
	Strategic Word Choice	Use words clearly identified with your topic in titles, keywords, headings Keep title short and concise and repeat topic keywords as often as reasonably possible
	Share Your Work	Deposit outputs and supplementary files (when possible) in repositories Create plain language/wide audience versions of the work for news and social media, conference presentations

Modified from: https://guides.library.ualberta.ca/research-impact/research-visibility

ORCID

For more information, see the ORCID section of this guide. 

ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-based effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers.

As researchers and scholars, you face the challenge of distinguishing your research activities from those with similar names. You need to be able to attach your identity to research objects such as datasets, equipment, articles, citations, experiments and patents. ORCID  provides two basic services:

• A registry to obtain a unique identifier and manage a record of activities 
• APIs that support system-to-system communication and authentication. Libraries is a member of the ORCID CA consortia that provides sponsorship support to the registry and has access to member services. For more information about these services, email Library Research Services.

SCOPUS ID

For more information about Scopus Author Identifier, visit the Scopus Support Centre

The Scopus Author Identifier assigns a unique number to each author in the Scopus database and groups together all their publications automatically. It accounts for variant versions of names by matching affiliations, addresses, subject areas, co-authors and dates of publication.

To search for an author profile, see the free Scopus Profile lookup or search for you in the Scopus database under the Author search option.

Web of Science ResearcherID

For more information about ResearcherID, visit Web of Science Help.

A Web of Science ResearcherID is a unique identifier that connects you to your publications across the Web of Science ecosystem. The Web of Science ResearcherID matches and disambiguates researchers across it and its companion products.

Having a Web of Science ResearcherID helps:

• solve author identity issues
• ensure correct attribution between you and your publications on the Web of Science
• effortlessly keep your ORCID up to date by linking it to your Web of Science ResearcherID

To claim or create an author profile, see the see the free ResearcherID Profile lookup or search for your name in the Web of Science database under the Author search option.