The document discusses the importance of creating a personal research identifier or profile through various systems such as ORCID, Google Scholar, ResearchGate, Scopus, Mendeley, and Publons. It explains that a unique identifier allows researchers to create a persistent digital ID, build a research profile showcasing their work, and make their research more discoverable. Registering for identifiers like ORCID is free and easy. The document provides brief descriptions and registration information for each of the research profile systems.

1. Create your
Personal Research
Identifier/Profile
Dr. Md. Zahid Hossain Shoeb
University Librarian
Faculty Orientation and
Development Workshop
14-17 May, 2018
North South University

2. Research ID/Profile
• By creating a research ID & using these systems you can:
• Create a unique persistent digital identifier that you keep throughout your
career
• Create your own research profile & import work you have authored
• Create your personal research identifier-
• ORCID
• Google Scholar Profile
• ResearchGate Profile
• Scopus ID
• Mendeley Profile
• Publon

3. Why do I need a unique ID?
• Author name is not always adequate for identification
• Research community can link an author to research and professional
activity
• Makes your work discoverable, noticeable, more citations
• You may have published under different names
• You may have published from different institutions
• Change research direction or work in a different research teams
• Funders ask for a unique ID Publishers ask for a unique ID Institution
requires a unique ID

4. ORCID
• https://orcid.org/register
Open Researcher and Contributor ID
(ORCID) is a persistent digital identifier
for researchers.
Registering for an ORCID identifier is
free and easy.
Once you have your unique ORCID
identifier, you can create a profile
and/or link it to your other author IDs
and profiles
Launched on 16 October 2012
To complete your registration
email verification is required

5. Google Scholar
• https://scholar.google.com
Google Scholar is a freely accessible
web search engine that indexes the
full text or metadata of scholarly
literature across an array of publishing
formats and disciplines. Released in
beta in November 2004, the Google
Scholar index includes most peer-
reviewed online academic journals
and books, conference papers, theses
and dissertations, preprints, abstracts,
technical reports, and other scholarly
literature, including court opinions
and patents.

6. ResearchGate
• https://www.researchgate.net/
ResearchGate is a network scientist and
researchers where you can connect,
collaborate and discover scientific
publications and conferences.
The New York Times described the site
as a mashup of Facebook, Twitter and
LinkedIn. Site members may "follow" a
research interest, in addition to
following other individual members.
Launched on May 2008.
To complete your registration
email verification is required

7. Scopus ID
• https://www.scopus.com
Your Scopus Author Profile, with its
unique Author ID, is your 'public face' on
Scopus, highlighting your publication
profile and citation metrics. In some
cases not all publications by an author
are matched to a single profile. Multiple
profiles on Scopus mean that your
metrics, including h-index, will be spread
across profiles, and will appear to be
lower.
You do not need to register for a Scopus
Author ID; if you have a paper indexed in
their database, you are automatically
assigned a Scopus Author ID.

8. Mendeley Profile
• https://www.mendeley.com
Mendeley is a desktop and web
program produced by Elsevier for
managing and sharing research
papers, discovering research data and
collaborating online. It combines
Mendeley Desktop, a PDF and
reference management application
available for Windows, and Linux. It
also provides Mendeley for Android
and iOS, with Mendeley Web, an
online social network for researchers.

9. Publons
• https://publons.com
Publons is a website and free
service for academics to track,
verify and showcase their peer
review and editorial
contributions for academic
journals. It was launched in
2012 and by 2017 more than
200,000 researchers have
joined the site, adding more
than one million reviews across
25,000 journals

10. Thank You