Scientific passport required by Royal Society next year
17 Dec 2015 by Evoluted New Media
From 2016, all papers submitted to the Royal Society will be required to have an identification code to make paper submissions easier.
From 2016, all papers submitted to the Royal Society will be required to have an identification code to make paper submissions easier.
The Open Research and Contributor ID (ORCID) - described as a “scientific passport”- will also make it easier for researchers to find collaborators and apply for grants. ORCID will hold information on each researcher including institutions they belong to, authored papers, patents and peer review contributions.
Stuart Taylor, Publishing Director at the Royal Society, said: “We recognise the great potential value of ORCID to the research system and publishers have a key role in promoting systems that provide support to researchers and to science.
"We are pleased to be the first UK publisher to make ORCID IDs a requirement for submitting papers to Royal Society journals. A number of other publishers are planning to do the same early in 2016 and we hope all publishers will ultimately support this system.”
It is claimed this indexing system will save researchers time, as they will not have to spend time filling in forms on papers when they submit then and create greater clarity between researchers with similar names. Some research funders have already made ORCID IDs a necessity when applying for grants.
The Royal Society will be the first UK publisher requiring the use of these IDs.
