Author Identifiers distinguish you from other researchers that have the same, or similar names. They ensure that all your research outputs and activities are correctly attributed to you. If you publish under variations of your name, have a common name, change your name or change institutions you are at risk of having your work incorrectly associated with another author. An Author Identifier is a solution, providing you with a unique profile which allows you to get credit for all your work and helps potential collaborators, funders and employers to find you.
Macquarie University uses the PURE Research Management System
The Macquarie University Research Authorship Policy stipulates that each author from Macquarie University must have an Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID). ORCID is a unique researcher identifier that is fully owned and controlled by the researcher. It doesn’t change, irrespective of funder, affiliation or field of research.
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and Australian Research Council (ARC) encourage all researchers applying for funding to have an ORCID identifier.
ORCID should be linked to your PURE profile.
Macquarie University encourages staff to add their Scopus Author ID into Pure and to enable Scopus automated searching in Pure. Please visit our Scopus Author ID page for information .
Other databases, such as Web of Science and Google Scholar, as well as collaborative platforms and networking sites such as Mendeley and Twitter, provide the facility for researchers to create profiles.
Visit our Other identifiers page for information about how to manage these profiles and link them to PURE where applicable.