ORCID and Elsevier

Mike TaylorResearch Specialist

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8534-5985

My presentation

• Please stop me and ask questions• Orcid is “just a number”• Orcid is not very hard technology• Orcid is philosophically, socially, culturally very

challenging

Orcid and me ->

ORCID and me

• I have worked with ORCID since day -1• Elsevier was on the panel when it was

announced• Technical Strategy Group, Technical

Architecture Group, Profiling Group (etc)• Co-wrote the specification for the original

computer interface (API)

Research project ->

Research project

Mike Taylor is common->

• How are peoples views on maintaining scholarly records changing?

• How is Orcid viewed by scholars?• What should be stored by scholars?• What are the privacy issues?• Who should be in control of researcher’s

identity?• Mike and Eleonora Dagiene, Lithuania

ORCID and me – it’s personal

Provider differences ->

ORCID and me – it’s personal

Provider differences ->

Me

Him

Global data, local greatness

Global challenges

• Because of my interest in identity, I research Scopus metadata

• Some countries provide excellent metadata – Japan, Brazil, Denmark

• Some countries provide poor metadata – China, Italy

• Globally, we have multiple millions of records and researchers

Global context, global attribution

Making profiles is difficult ->

• In the US, there are 1,713 family names that represent 50% of the population (Family name number 1,713 = Spangler)

• In Korea there are three: Kim, Park and Lee.• http://editorsupdate.elsevier.com/issue-37-

october-2012/new-orcid-id-aims-to-resolve-authorship-confusion/

Making profiles is hard, expensive

How we’re helping ->

• We use multiple factors to create author profiles, to map scholarly output

• There is almost nothing globally in common (not name structures)

• ORCID can help us even if is not complete• But the growth in problem areas is significant

Scopus to ORCID

How 4 hours makes a difference ->

• The first ORCID / Scopus integration• Choose your articles and one-click add to

Orcid• Does not automatically update Orcid from

Scopus• Does not automatically Scopus from Orcid• http://orcid.scopusfeedback.com

ORCID on Scopus

Helping researchers ->

• Uses free, public API and Javascript• Originally developed in an afternoon• Not an expert programmer (me)• Adds websites, other names, biographies to Scopus profiles• Searches ORCID for DOIs and returns all the authors• http://labs.elsevier.com/blog/orcid-scopus-integration-in-four-hours

ORCID in Elsevier Editorial Systems

ORCID in Elsevier’s heart ->

• Elsevier has editorial submission systems and metadata systems for books, articles, etc

• ORCID is being added to articles next week• Books to follow• Three stage plan to integrate ORCID• Makes submission easier – metadata,

co-authors, institutions, related documents• NOT COMPULSORY

ORCID in Elsevier Systems

A smart world has connections ->

• Elsevier has built linked data repositories• Elsevier has built centralized metadata servers• ORCID being added within the year• ORCID being part of our linked data within the

year• Commitment• NOT COMPULSORY

A smart world has connections

Standards enable connections->

• Linked data• APIs• Mash-ups• R&D• Faster, better, cheaper

Standards enable connections

What can ORCID enable? ->

• These standards define the rules by which we publish:

• ISSN• ISBN• DOI• And ORCID is one of these – the commitment is

at the highest level and runs throughout the company

What can ORCID enable?

Projects->

• Not ORCID – the organization• Not Elsevier – the publisher• What can an open, international scholarly

identification system enable?

Projects

OrcidLIVE!->

• Sign-on to systems• Authentication to use other systems• Altmetrics – import works using Orcid at

ImpactStory.org• To generate standard letters and CVs for grant-

applications• To reduce form-filling

Last slide: OrcidLIVE!

Provider dfferences ->

• www.orcidlive.org• “Mash up” between Orcid and Googlemaps• Not quite live, but a good picture of the global

Orcid world• To be precise: 26% of the Orcid changes from last

24 hours (privacy controls)• Not a US organization• Not an EU organization• Genuinely global