Kudos, which helps researchers and institutions maximise the impact and visibility of their publications, has announced a partnership through which the ORCID researcher identifier will be integrated into the Kudos platform to facilitate authors' ability to identify and claim publications. Kudos will also enable authors to register for an ORCID through the Kudos site.
Kudos provides a platform through which academics can ensure their work is more widely visible, and for measuring the effect of different activities that support discovery; ORCID provides unique and persistent digital identifiers that help ensure authors are recognized for their work once it is discovered.
As well as improving authors' experience of using Kudos, it is also anticipated that the new partnership may more generally accelerate uptake of ORCID within the research community.
ORCID is an independent non-profit, community-driven effort to maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and open Web services for linking research activities and affiliations to these identifiers. ORCID is a hub that connects researchers and research across disciplines, research sectors and national boundaries through the embedding of ORCID identifiers in key workflows, such as research profile systems, manuscript and data submissions, and grant applications. The ORCID Registry is available free of charge to individuals, who may obtain an ORCID identifier, manage their record of activities, and search for others in the Registry.
