ORCID Advocacy Toolkit/So you would like to…./HoDs

Standard email to Head of Department (but was mainly about Scopus) Dear Head of Department, As part of the University’s QS World Ranking Project, the XXX team in the Library has been reviewing the online researcher profiles of University staff and offering support and training so researchers can maximise their profiles’ impact. We have reviewed your department’s online researcher profiles and whilst many of your staff have good online profiles with only a few data quality issues, we found that   XX% may have multiple Scopus Author Profiles that need to be merged – multiple profiles have a direct negative impact on an individual’s research analytics. Nearly XX% are affiliated to the wrong institution in Scopus Nearly XX% of the Scopus Author Profile’s are not linked to ORCID (essential for avoiding papers being incorrectly assigned to another author) Nearly XX% have not set up an ORCIDiD Nearly XX% have incorrect employment details on their ORCID profile  Up to date and correct Researcher profiles, particularly in Scopus, are incredibly important as they help make your department’s publications highly visible. can be used to support funding applications. make it easier for staff to be identified as potential co-authors. generate metrics used by the universities for promotion reports or head-hunting. provide research impact data for the QS Rankings. act as global online CVs. From [September] the Library's XXX team will be providing all academic staff with an personalised review of possible data quality issues in their profiles in Scopus and ORCID.   providing bi-weekly workshops about how to find and fix your Scopus profile offering one-to-one online researcher profile review sessions. The Library team has developed a presentation about this project which will cover what is an online researcher profile the data quality issues that can negatively affect profiles the workshops and support available from The Library to help staff members review their profiles and ensure they are accurate. I would be very happy to give this presentation to your department or give several presentations to smaller groups (ideally in [give timeframe]). Would this be of interest? I can adapt the length of the presentation to suit your needs. I look forward to hearing from you.