ResearcherID.com

What is ResearcherID.com?
ResearcherID is a website where invited researchers can register for a unique researcher ID number. At this site, you can:

• Update your profile information
• Build your publication list using Web of Science search services or uploading a file
• Select to make your profile public or private.
• Use new tools in the interactive Labs environment to understand your personal metrics:
• The Citings Articles Network graphically depicts who is citing your articles using an interactive world map
• The Collaboration Network displays your collaboration associates also using an interactive world map

Whether you're registered or not, you can search the Researcher Registry to view profiles and find potential collaborators.

What is a ResearcherID number?
A ResearcherID number is a unique identifier that consists of alphanumeric characters. Each number contains the year you registered.

I would like a researcher ID number! How do I register?
Your registration link is on the right-hand side of your ISI Web of Knowledge homepage. Please sign in to ISI Web of Knowledge before you register with ResearcherID, and use the same email address and password for both resources.

What are the benefits of registering at ResearcherID.com?
You can take advantage of the ability to build your own custom profile and avoid the common problem of author misidentification. Once registered, you will be provided with the tools to build your publication list by searching the Web of Science, or by uploading your own publication list. You will then be able to generate citation metrics from the citation data on your publication list.

What can you do with ResearcherID?

• Get times cited counts for items added from
  Web of Science.
• Get personal metrics using new interactive tools
  from the Lab
• Get links to full text for items added from Web of Science (subject to your subscriptions to full text).
• Generate citation metrics for items on publication list with times cited information:
• H-index
• Citation distribution per year
• Total Times Cited count
• Average Times Cited count

And more!

• ResearcherID will now automatically update times cited counts and citation metrics as data is updated in Web of Science.
• Additional Unicode (UTF8) support available for 'RIS upload' and keywords.
• Autocomplete (suggest) functionality for keyword and institution fields, based on values entered in by RID members.