1. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester
Identity in research data publication
Gudmundur ‘Mummi’ Thorisson
<gt50@le.ac.uk>
Brookes lab
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2. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester
Non-unique names are a major
problem in the scholarly literature
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3. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester
Non-unique names are a major
problem in the scholarly literature
Are these authors all the same person?
G. Thorisson, University of Leicester
G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester
G. A. Thorisson, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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4. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester
Non-unique names are a major
problem in the scholarly literature
Or these?
J. Smith
Are these authors all the same person? J. Smith
G. Thorisson, University of Leicester J. Smith
G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester J. Smith
G. A. Thorisson, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory J. Smith
[etc.]
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5. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester
Non-unique names are a major
problem in the scholarly literature
How about these? Or these?
J. Smith
Are these authors all the same person? J. Smith
G. Thorisson, University of Leicester J. Smith
G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester J. Smith
G. A. Thorisson, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory J. Smith
[etc.]
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6. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester
Non-unique names are a major
problem in the scholarly literature
How about these? Or these?
J. Smith
Are these authors all the same person? J. Smith
G. Thorisson, University of Leicester J. Smith
G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester J. Smith
G. A. Thorisson, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory J. Smith
[etc.]
∼2/3 of the ∼6 million authors in MEDLINE share a last name and first
initial with at least one other author, and an ambiguous name refers to
∼8 persons on average.
Torvik and Smalheiser. Author name disambiguation in MEDLINE. ACM Transactions on Knowledge
Discovery from Data (2009) vol. 3 (3)
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Geoffrey Bilder
Director of Strategic Initiatives
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• Contributor recognition - attribute published works to the
person(s) who contributed to them
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Unique identifiers for authors contributors
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Unique identifiers for authors contributors
automated author disambiguation
+
author involvement
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Unique identifiers for authors contributors
automated author disambiguation
+
author involvement
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23. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester
Unique identifiers for authors contributors
automated author disambiguation
+
author involvement
Dec’09: launch of the Open Researcher
Contributor Identification Initiative - ORCID
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ORCID
ORCID ID: B-1242-2010
G. Thorisson, Univ. Leicester
G. A. Thorisson, Univ. Leicester F67572010
G. A. Thorisson, Cold Spring Harbor Lab.
ORCID ID: G-1442-2009
J. Smith, Univ. North Pole
ORCID ID: D-2400-2010
J. Smith, Luthor Corporation
Centrally-managed informatics infrastructure:
i) for researchers to manage & use profile
ii) for tracking author-to-publication attribution links
iii) interaction with other systems (e.g. publishers, digital libraries
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Manuscript submission to journal
Attribution: ORCID ID for author <--> DOI for article
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Why publishers want this
– single sign-on (SSO) for manuscript tracking systems
– Disambiguating contact information for use by editorial offices, royalty
payments systems, copyright clearances, etc.
– Automatic updating of email addresses for table of contents (TOC) alerts and
other automated email communications
– Automated tools for detecting potential reviewers, including tools for
detecting potential conflicts of interest
– Synchronization with publisher web site user profiles and granting researchers
customized, privileged access to content based on profiles
– Understanding all of the manifold ways in which an individual “contributes” to
a publisher or a field (e.g. As an editor, reviewer, letter writer, conference
chair, etc.).
– Etc.
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Why researchers will want this
-Verified publication record
-streamlined MS submission
-attribution for non-traditional
scholarly output
-Etc.
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28. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester www.gen2phen.org
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Research data as
scholarly output
• Provenance - I trust dataset X generated by a certain J. Smith
• Contributor recognition - publication credit for sharing data
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Research data as
scholarly output
• Provenance - I trust dataset X generated by a certain J. Smith
• Contributor recognition - publication credit for sharing data
• Access management - control access to sensitive research data
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Need to IDENTIFY people as they
contribute to
&
access
Internet resources
• The basic identity problem the
Internet poses is establishing one
party’s identity to another party’s
satisfaction through
communication across the
network.
Weitzner. In Search of Manageable Identity Systems. IEEE
Internet Computing (2006) vol. 10 (6) pp. 84-86
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34. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester
Need to IDENTIFY people as they
contribute to
&
access
Internet resources
• The basic identity problem the
Internet poses is establishing one
party’s identity to another party’s
satisfaction through
communication across the
network.
Weitzner. In Search of Manageable Identity Systems. IEEE
Internet Computing (2006) vol. 10 (6) pp. 84-86
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Data-related applications for an online
digital identity (a.k.a ‘researcher IDs’)
• Access management
– Controlling access to non-public resources on the Web
• Analytical resources - incl. high-performance computing clusters
• Potentially identifiable biomedical data
• Contribution tracking
– Data submissions to central repositores
– Data curation / micro-attribution
– Bio-resource impact factor + nanopublications
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The data sharing problem
From http://www.nature.com/news/specials/datasharing/
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The data sharing problem
Data
analysed
synthesised
interpreted
Information
published
From http://www.nature.com/news/specials/datasharing/
Knowledge
Publication
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Publishing a journal article
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39. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester
Publishing a journal article
Publishing a dataset
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Outcome 3/3
DOI <-> ORCID ID
• Thorisson, G. (A-883-2010), Bilder, G.W. (C-035-2009) and Fenner, M. (A-101-2010).
Icelandic 9th century viking bowl. Psychoceramics Archive. Sep 2 2010.
doi:10.4259/psycho.5gtpq-thorisson
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41. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester
Outcome 3/3
DOI <-> ORCID ID
• Thorisson, G. (A-883-2010), Bilder, G.W. (C-035-2009) and Fenner, M. (A-101-2010).
Icelandic 9th century viking bowl. Psychoceramics Archive. Sep 2 2010.
doi:10.4259/psycho.5gtpq-thorisson
• A-883-2010 <created> 10.4259/psycho.5gtpq-thorisson
• C-035-2009 <created> 10.4259/psycho.5gtpq-thorisson
• A-101-2010 <created> 10.4259/psycho.5gtpq-thorisson
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Cafe RouGE
1. Diagnostic 2. Central 3. End-users (e.g.
laboratories mutation depot LSDB curators)
Publish data
Retrieve RSS feeds
•Digital IDs for security / access management
•Attribution for published data, via digital IDs
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• Who contributed to dataset 10.4259/psycho.5gtpq-thorisson?
• All data publications by A-883-2010 ?
G. Thorisson, Univ. Leicester
• Which papers have cited the works of A-883-2010 ? gthorisson@gmail.com
ORCID ID: A-883-2010
• Total no. citations to datasets by A-883-2010 in the last 2
years?
• Total no. downloads of datasets by A-883-2010?
• [....]
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A digital identity for
researchers centred on
scholarly profile?
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45. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester
A digital identity for
researchers centred on
scholarly profile?
ORCID ID: B-1242-2010
G. Thorisson, Univ. Leicester
G. A. Thorisson, Univ. Leicester
G. A. Thorisson, Cold Spring Harbor Lab.
http://mummi.myopenid.com
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46. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester
A digital identity for
researchers centred on
scholarly profile?
ORCID ID: B-1242-2010
G. Thorisson, Univ. Leicester
G. A. Thorisson, Univ. Leicester
G. A. Thorisson, Cold Spring Harbor Lab.
http://mummi.myopenid.com
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47. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester
A digital identity for
researchers centred on
scholarly profile?
ORCID ID: B-1242-2010
G. Thorisson, Univ. Leicester
G. A. Thorisson, Univ. Leicester
G. A. Thorisson, Cold Spring Harbor Lab.
http://mummi.myopenid.com
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48. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester
A digital identity for
researchers centred on
scholarly profile?
ORCID ID: B-1242-2010
G. Thorisson, Univ. Leicester
G. A. Thorisson, Univ. Leicester
G. A. Thorisson, Cold Spring Harbor Lab.
http://mummi.myopenid.com
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49. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester
Coming autumn 2011, to a venue near you!
Int’l workshop on researcher identity
• Co-organized by CSC (Finland IT Centre for Science)
• Provisional title: “Identity in research infrastructure and
scientific communication" - IRISC
• Location: Helsinki
• Time: September 12-13
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Acknowledgements
This work has received funding from
GEN2PHEN Consortium the European Community's Seventh
Framework Programme
http://www.gen2phen.org/about-gen2phen/partners
(FP7/2007-2013)
under grant agreement number
200754 - the GEN2PHEN project.
Anthony J. Brookes Bioinformatics Group
Contact me!
Gudmundur A. Thorisson
<gt50@le.ac.uk>
http://friendfeed.com/mummi
http://www.linkedin.com/in/mummi
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