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ResearcherID.com September 30, 2008

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The ResearcherID.com is developed by Thomson Reuters which is the vendor who produces one of the mostly commonly used citation analysis database Web of Science. And the data source fro ResearcherID.com is also from Web of Science itself.

What is ResearcherID.com?
(From ResearchID FAQ page at http://www.researcherid.com/resources/html/faq.html)
ResearcherID is a website where invited researchers can register for a unique researcher ID number. At this site, users can: Update their profile information; Build their publication list using Web of Science search services or uploading a file; Select to make their profile public or private. Registered as well as non-registered users can search the Researcher Registry to view profiles and find potential collaborators.

What is a ResearcherID number?
(From ResearchID FAQ page at http://www.researcherid.com/resources/html/faq.html)
A ResearcherID number is a unique identifier that consists of alphanumeric characters. Each number contains the year you registered.

Some of the newly developed features for each researcher include:

  1. ResearcherID Badge
  2. Collaboration Network
  3. Citing Articles Network

To find out more, please visit http://www.researcherid.com/.

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