"ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes you from every other researcher and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports automated linkages between you and your professional activities ensuring that your work is recognized."

"ResearcherID provides a solution to the author ambiguity problem within the scholarly research community. Each member is assigned a unique identifier to enable researchers to manage their publication lists, track their times cited counts and h-index, identify potential collaborators and avoid author misidentification. In addition, your ResearcherID information integrates with the Web of Knowledge and is ORCID compliant, allowing you to claim and showcase your publications from a single one account."

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"NLM accepts author identifiers from outside organizations like ORCID when supplied to us by publishers with citation data."

Supports verification of profile, claiming of co-authors, and claiming and merging citations. Limited support available.

Relies on DOI to retrieve indicators related to global distribution of readership, citation, Open Access, and readability.

Free bookmarklet harvests & presents article-level metrics for recent papers viewed within a browser window.

Commercial service. Membership-based vs. Open Access. [Terms & conditions]

Commercial service. Membership-based vs. Open Access. [Terms and conditions]

Metrics coming.

"A nonprofit, interdisciplinary, broad-ranging alternative to commercial networks" providing a repository and networking platform for people working in the Humanities. Of particular interest to those who work precariously or in more than one institution.

Supports verification of profile, claiming of co-authors, and claiming and merging citations. Limited support available.

Relies on DOI to retrieve indicators related to global distribution of readership, citation, Open Access, and readability.