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ResearcherID

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Also known as Web of Science ResearcherID, WoS RID

ResearcherID is an identifying system for scientific authors. The system was introduced in January 2008 by Thomson Reuters Corporation.

Key facts

Website.name
ResearcherID
Website.logo
Researcherid logo.png
Website.logo_size
220px
Website.logo_caption
ResearcherID logo
Website.registration
Optional
Website.language
English
Website.content_license
<!-- or:
Website.content_licence
-->
Website.programming_language
English
Website.owner
Clarivate Analytics
Website.editor
<!-- or:
Website.editors
-->
Website.launch_date
January 2008
Website.oclc
926725318
Website.current_status
Active

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • Overview
  • Development
  • Identifiers
  • Uses
  • Integration and Distinction
  • ResearcherID and ORCID
  • ResearcherID and Scopus
  • ResearcherID and Google Scholar
  • Inadequacy
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

ResearcherID is an identifying system for scientific authors. The system was introduced in January 2008 by Thomson Reuters Corporation.

This unique identifier aims at solving the problem of author identification and correct attribution of works. In scientific and academic literature, it is common to cite the name, surname, and initials of the authors of an article. However, there are sometimes authors with the same name, initials; or the journal may misspell names, resulting in several spellings for the same authors, and different authors with the same spelling.

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