This week we continue our survey of persistent author identifiers with Thomson Reuters' ResearcherID and Elsevier's Scopus Author ID. How useful are they to Leiden Scholars?
Last week we talked about the importance of persistent identifiers. This week we'll be taking a closer look at two of them: ORCID and Google Scholar Citations.
In today's crowded scholarly publishing scene mix-ups with similarly-named authors, variants or name changes can easily happen. How can persistent identifiers help you claim your identity and distinguish you from others with your name?