Having a unique identifier makes it much easier to manage your research contributions and ensures that you are credited with all of the research publications you produce, even if you published under multiple names (e.g., maiden name) or versions of the same name (e.g., with a middle initial, etc.). ORCID, a not-for-profit organization whose work is non-proprietary, open, and transparent, assigns you a digital name identifier, the ORCID iD. Claiming your ORCID iD is easy. Registration takes 30 seconds, https://orcid.org/register
UF faculty can create and/or connect their ORCID ID here: https://research.ufl.edu/orcid.html
Now that you have your ORCID iD, be sure to include it when you submit manuscripts for publication. ORCID is linked to numerous publishers, so often your new scholarly journal articles will automatically be added to your list of publications.
The H-index (named after Jorge Hirsch) is a commonly used author-level metric. That is, it is used as a measure of a researcher’s body of work, not just one article. It quantifies your productivity (number of articles) and impact (number of times cited by others). Your H-index represents the highest number of articles you have published that have at least that number of citations (e.g., an H-index of 12 means you have 12 articles which have each been cited at least 12 times).
Your Elements Homepage lists your H-index from Dimensions, Web of Science, and Europe PubMed. Don't be surprised if they do not match each other. The H-index is based on the number of times you were cited by other articles in that database.
Your H-index can also be found directly in Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar. Cite your source when including this information in your packet or elsewhere so there is no confusion..
Step by step instructions for finding and managing your H-index in Web of Science
Step 1: From https://library.health.ufl.edu/find/databases/, click on Web of Science.
Step 2: Change the Topic default to Author using the drop-down arrow, enter your name as shown in the examples they provide, and hit Search. Tip: If you are retrieving too many articles which do not belong to you, you might try searching last name, first name instead of last name first initial.
Step 3: Once you get your list of articles, click the Create Citation Report to see your preliminary h-index.
Step 4: Scroll down the page to see all of the publications associated with your name. Look at the results to be sure all of the articles belong to you. Click on the Minus sign in front of any that do not belong to you to remove them from the list..
Step 5: Once you have cleaned the list and all publications listed belong to you, scroll back to the top of the page to see your h-index.
KUDOS
KUDOS allows your article to reach more people by giving you the opportunity to add a plain language title, a lay summary, an explanation of why the study is important, and to give your perspective as an author.
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