UK-based online publishing services provider Semantico Ltd has announced that the recently launched ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) Registry was engineered by the company. ORCID recently launched its Registry, where researchers can differentiate themselves by creating a unique personal identifier.
The technical solution uses an API-driven service-oriented architecture, and is being developed using an agile, iterative process.
Interoperability is critical, so the system has been designed to enhance the scientific discovery process and improve the efficiency of research funding and collaboration within the research community. Thomson Reuters has provided ORCID with a perpetual license and royalty free use of ResearcherID source code giving ORCID the critical technology to create its system.
The system as launched provides a switchboard for linking with other existing researcher identifier systems. Elsevier is providing a way for researchers to link their Scopus Author IDs to ORCID and synchronise their publication information between the two systems.
Thomson Reuters' ResearcherID will link to ORCID and allow researchers to synchronise their publication information. In addition to manuscript tracking systems and vendors including Nature Publishing Group, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, Copernicus, Aries, Scholar One, and eJournal Press, several research information system providers have integrated ORCID identifiers, including AVEDAS, figshare, KNODE, Faculty of 1000, and ImpactStory. Through its affiliate ORCID EU, ORCID is working with DataCite to link ORCID identifiers with research datasets.
