MyRID: ORCID integration 28 February 2017

Thanaletchumi Dharmalingam

Information Technology Officer

Malaysia Citation Centre.

Agenda

Background

Objectives

MyRID

Integration

Background

Researchers’ details obtained from various databases for the purpose of promotion:

Scopus

Web of Science

Google Scholar

MyCite

Different author names, difficult to get accurate h-index / citations / number of publications. Malaysians have many common names. etc: Mohammad, Abdullah, Nurul, Siti etc.

Authors change institutions

Objectives

MyRID was developed for the local researchers to manage their publications (local and international) in one place.

Import local and international publications

Local – MyJurnal & MyCite

International – ORCID, Scopus and Web of Science

Exchange profile of researchers

ORCID MyRID International

databases

Profile, publications Profile, publications

Scopus, ResearcherID, CrossRef dll

MyRID – Malaysian Researchers publication Identity

MyJurnal

ResearcherID (WoS)

Scopus

URL (http://myrid.gov.my)

Profile

Scopus

Web of Science

How MCC does the integration?

Application Programming Interface (API) is use to access resources - biographies, publications

Two kind of APIs:

Public (read-only)

Member (requires owner’s authorization)

ORCID API

Member

Requires access token resources - granted by the owner thru OAuth

Once granted, we can access API endpoints authorized by the owner - which include reading and updating resources

Development

Sandbox - Test ORCID APIs

Challenges

Some emails cannot be reached

Researchers have moved institution

Many IDs available for researchers – Scopus, ReseacherID etc

How we overcome:

Outreach program – workshops, meetings

Social media

Thank you