From: "Meadows, Alice" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 13:54:06 +0000

As some of you may have spotted, this announcement was intended to be
published on Thursday rather than today! The main reason for this is that
the open letter will be made live on the ORCID website then, so I hope that
LibLicense readers will check our website (orcid.org) then. I'm also
delighted to report that, since sending out the announcement, another
publisher has joined this effort - AAAS's Science magazine is now a
signatory.

Thanks, Alice

Alice Meadows
Director of Communications, ORCID
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+1 857-559-3337
orcid.org/0000-0003-2161-3781



On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 3:59 AM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: "Meadows, Alice" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 20:37:07 +0000
>
> EMBARGOED TILL 9.00AM GMT, JANUARY 7, 2016
>
> Publishers to Require ORCID Identifiers for Authors
>
> A group of seven publishers today announced that, during 2016, they
> will begin requiring authors to use an ORCID identifier (iD) during
> the publication process. The American Geophysical Union (AGU), eLife,
> EMBO, Hindawi, the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
> (IEEE), and the Public Library of Science (PLOS) will join the Royal
> Society – which already (as of January 1, 2016) requires its authors
> to include iDs at submission – in making this commitment.
>
> ORCID iDs are persistent identifiers for people. Using an ORCID iD
> ensures that researchers can be easily and correctly connected with
> their research activities, outputs, and affiliations. Over 200
> research platforms and workflow systems collect and connect iDs from
> researchers: grant application and publishing systems, association
> management systems, and university CRIS and other research information
> systems.
>
> Over 1.8 million researchers globally have registered for an iD,
> understanding the value a digital name provides in enhancing
> discoverability and reducing their reporting paperwork.  Some funders
> have started to require ORCID iDs as part of the grant proposal
> process, and in a recent survey researchers indicated strong support
> for similar requirements by publishers.
>
> According to Mark Patterson, Executive Director of eLife, one of the
> three original organizations behind this initiative: “There is a
> pressing need to improve the way researchers are evaluated. ORCID
> helps by providing a unique ID for an individual which makes it easier
> for researchers to gain recognition for all of their research
> contributions. eLife is very happy to be part of this initiative aimed
> at encouraging broader adoption of ORCID.”
>
> Veronique Kiermer, Executive Editor of PLOS, another of the original
> organizations, adds: “PLOS is committed to providing due credit to all
> researchers who contribute to the work we publish and we see ORCID as
> an essential means to achieve this.”
>
> While Stuart Taylor, Publishing Director at the Royal Society - the
> third organization - says:
>
> “We recognize the great potential value of ORCID to the research
> system. We believe that publishers have a key role in promoting
> systems that provide support to researchers and to science.”
>
> Laure Haak, Executive Director of ORCID, also welcomes this
> initiative: “This action by publishers will help improve
> discoverability - and ultimately recognition - for researchers, and
> also means that publishers will use best practice for implementing
> ORCID: a win for everyone.”
>
> ABOUT ORCID:
>
> ORCID (http://orcid.org) is a community-driven non-profit organization
> that aims to solve the name ambiguity problem in research and
> scholarly communications.  ORCID maintains a central registry of
> unique identifiers for individual researchers and provides open and
> transparent processes for connecting ORCID iDs with persistent
> identifiers for people, organizations, and research activities and
> outputs.  Connecting these identifiers can improve the research and
> scholarly discovery process, reduce reporting burdens, increase the
> efficiency of research funding, and support sharing and collaboration
> within the research community.  For more information contact Laurel
> Haak, ORCID Executive Director, at [log in to unmask]
>
>
> Alice Meadows
> Director of Communications, ORCID
> [log in to unmask]
> orcid.org/0000-0003-2161-3781