Scholarly Identifier - ORCID
Get an ORCID and use it!
Get an ORCID and use it and your research output will benefit from improved discoverability.
ORCID is indexed by Google Scholar and you can also link it to the author systems used in key databases like Web of Science and Scopus.
By using your iD in research workflows like manuscript submission or grant application systems, you can connect yourself with your professional activities and affiliations. After signing in to your record, you can grant permission for the systems and platforms you use to update your ORCID record with trusted information about you. This enables easy and error-free sharing and re-use of this information and reliably connects you with your professional contributions. Using your ORCID in manuscript submissions will ensure that your research outputs are correctly attributed to you which improves recognition and discoverability of your outputs. You can use your ORCID when submitting publications to many publishers (for example, Wiley, Springer Nature, IEEE, Taylor & Francis, Elsevier, PLOS).
There are other benefits of having an ORCID: read 10 Top reasons to get and use your own ORCID. We have developed a brief introduction to ORCID and your research which overviews how you can use your ORCID.
ORCID at Ulster
PURE integration with ORCID enables you to link your ORCID to your PURE profile. This enables the push and pull of your publications between the two systems. Both PURE and ORCID have built in privacy settings so you can choose what data is visible where.
Ulster's PURE and ORCID website gives guidance on integrating ORCID with PURE.
Scholarly Identifier - DOI
DOIs are not just for papers
A DOI is a Digital Object Identifier. DOIs keep the scholarly world connected, organised and accessible.
The single most important characteristic of DOIs is that they can be attached to just about any digital, online research output. If something has a URL, or a specific location on the web, it can be assigned a DOI.
The versatility of DOIs means they can be tied to journal articles, datasets, supplemental material and addendum; to video, audio, streaming media, and 3D objects; to theses, dissertations, technical reports, and visualizations. More recently, DOIs are being assigned to pre-prints of articles, acknowledging the pre-print’s role in some disciplines to be as valuable as the published version.
Like web addresses (URLs), DOIs enable research output to be discoverable and accessible. Online publishing and digital archiving have made them almost a necessity for scholarship, and they have become the de facto standard for identifying research output. Metadata and information about individual works are increasingly tied to DOIs.
DOIs at Ulster
Ulster University encourages the appropriate use of DOIs. An entire ecosystem has developed around the identification and analysis of DOIs so getting a DOI for your work is one of the best ways to take advantage of the opportunities these tools provide.
Ulster maintains a contract with the British Library, the UK representative of DataCite, that permits us to register Digital DOIs for our resources. All DOIs assigned by Ulster University need to be registered and be compliant with the requirements of the DataCite organisation.
DOIs can be created for all digital outputs that are citeable and part of the scholarly record. To request a DOI contact pure-support@ulster.ac.uk. DOIs created by publishers for research papers and other published outputs should be uploaded to PURE by researchers.
