ORCID recently hosted a webinar with Dr. Pen-Yuan Hsing, a researcher and co-founder of the MammalWeb citizen science project, on how to turn your ORCID record into a trusted, automated researcher profile. Dr. Hsing compares an ORCID record to a digital business card and offers a practical strategy for setting it up in five minutes: …
On September 3 at 11:00 CEST, ORCID is hosting a webinar focused on the use of ORCID iD in the social sciences and humanities. The webinar will explore how ORCID helps connect and protect non-traditional output types typical of this field, maximizing their visibility in an international context. Speakers include Gabi Lombardo (EASSH), Paloma Marín-Arraiza …
ORCID Webinar for the European Alliance for Social Sciences and Humanities Community Read More »
In 2024, the PID Network Deutschland project conducted a survey on the use of persistent identifiers (PIDs) in Germany and subsequently used its results to build a national strategic plan. The survey findings crystallized into five specific recommendations aimed at leading to the sustainable adoption of PIDs across the German infrastructure: Recommendation 1: Systematically expand …
Germany Has Published a National Strategic Plan for Persistent Identifier Adoption Read More »
The Canada Foundation for Innovation | Fondation canadienne pour l’innovation (CFI-FCI) invests in research infrastructure to increase the capability of Canada’s universities, colleges, research hospitals, and non-profit research organizations to carry out high-quality research. As one of the largest funders of research in Canada, the CFI has recently published open funding records for more than …
14 000 DOI for Canadian research awards through the Canadian DataCite consortium Read More »
Over the coming weeks, you can try out a demo version of the new search application for the Research Organization Registry (ROR). It now enables advanced searching based on selected criteria, such as country, city, status, Wikidata ID, or organization type. Your feedback submitted on the ROR GitHub can help shape further improvements; alternatively, you …
ROR Invites Users to Test Its New Search Interface Read More »
This event is held in the Czech language. Annotation: This webinar will present the results of a nationwide survey focusing on the adoption and integration of persistent identifiers (DOI, ORCID, ROR and RAiD) in the information systems of research organisations in the Czech Republic. The survey, the first comprehensive study of its kind in the …
The DOI registration agency DatCite has published interviews with representatives of LMU Munich and TU Dortmund regarding the results of the implementation of practical guidelines for DataCite DOI metadata recommendations through two pilot programs aimed at improving workflows within respective systems. The University of Munich has developed and published an updated version of the DataCite …
The DOI registration agency Crossref has published a position paper on the use of persistent identifiers (PIDs) in scholarly infrastructure. It emphasizes the need for a holistic approach to PIDs, focusing on their metadata, services, interoperability, and long-term sustainability. A persistent identifier is a stable designation whose value depends on the quality of the associated …
Persistent Identifiers as Part of Research Infrastructure Policy Read More »
ORCID has released a new educational animated video (available in English) that shows researchers how to unlock the full potential of their ORCID record. The video highlights three key benefits of ORCID iD: Save Time — log into systems, autofill grant forms, and sync your data across platforms without manual data entry. Build Trust — …
New Educational Video from ORCID: What Can Your ORCID Record Do for You? Read More »
The DOI registration agency DataCite has announced a few planned changes to their APIs. It is the deprecation of the DataCite version 1 REST API request endpoints (/works, /members, and/data-centers) and their replacement with version 2 equivalents (/dois, /providers, and/clients), which was already implemented this July. You can read more about the change at: https://support.datacite.org/docs/datacite-rest-api-legacy-endpoints-deprecation …
