Contributor Identifier
Contributor identifiers, defined as external identifiers for a contributor or principal investigator, should be captured using the <contrib-id> element with an appropriate contrib-id-type attribute value. Examples of contributor identifiers include: ORCIDs, JST identifiers (Japan Science and Technology Agency), social media identifiers (e.g. Twitter and LinkedIn), and Scopus Author IDs.
The main contributor identifier used by Taylor & Francis is ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID), which is a unique, persistent researcher identifier that links research interests, activities and publications to an author.
ORCIDs may be verified manually or automatically via a public API, details of which are available at this URL. A simple manual verification can be achieved by appending the full ORCID to the base URL “http://orcid.org/" , e.g. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8343-8910. A valid ORCID will return an ORCID profile page.
The @authenticated attribute may hold a value of “true” if the ORCID has been verified by the owner of the ORCID logging in (authenticating) using their ORCID account. A value of “false”, which is the default, indicates that authentication has not been recorded and the ORCID may have been entered in a more error-prone way such as being typed in by hand.
The authority or system that assigned the identifier can be captured using the @assigning-authority attribute, if different to the identifier type.
Note that the contents of <contrib-id> should not be confused with the @id attribute, which is used to hold internal identifiers.
ORCID
Valid ORCID IDs should be tagged within <contrib> with the attribute <contrib-id contrib-it-type=”orcid”>.
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0002-1825-0097</contrib-id>
<name>
<surname>Smith</surname>
<given-names>James</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="AF0001"/>
<xref ref-type="corresp" rid="AN0001"/>
</contrib>
Common errors are listed below.
| Correct |
|---|
| <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0002-2947-2222</contrib-id> |
| Incorrect |
| <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">00 0000229472222</contrib-id> |
| The ORCID must be formatted with dashes, e.g. xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx |
| Correct |
|---|
| <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0002-0072-2222</contrib-id> |
| Incorrect |
| <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000–0002-0072-2222</contrib-id> |
| The dashes must be keyboard characters and not entities. |
| Correct |
|---|
| <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0001-1111-100X</contrib-id> |
| Incorrect |
| <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0001-1111-100x</contrib-id> |
| Letters must be uppercase (e.g. ‘X’) |
| Correct |
|---|
| <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0002-1111-2698</contrib-id> |
| Incorrect |
| <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">ORCID 0000-0002-1111-2698</contrib-id> |
| Text is not allowed to be included within the ORCID ID. |
| Correct |
|---|
| <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0002-1111-2901</contrib-id> |
| Incorrect |
| <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1111-2901</contrib-id> |
| The URI does not need to be included; just the ORCID. |
| Correct |
|---|
| <contrib contrib-type="author"> <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0001-1000-0090 </contrib-id><name> <surname>Jones</surname><given-names initials="S.“>Sarah</given-names></name> <xref ref-type="aff” rid="AFF0001”/></contrib> <contrib contrib-type="author<name><surname>Matthews</surname><given-names initials="S.“>Sarah</given-names></name> <xref ref-type="aff” rid="AFF0002”/></contrib> |
| Incorrect |
| <contrib contrib-type="author"> <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0001-1000-0090</contrib-id> <name><surname>Jones</surname><given-names initials="S.“>Sarah</given-names></name> <xref ref-type="aff” rid="AFF0001”/></contrib> <contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0001-1000-0090</contrib-id> <name><surname>Matthews</surname><given-names initials="S.“>Sarah</given-names></name> <xref ref-type="aff” rid="AFF0002”/></contrib> |
| Each ORCID must be unique; two authors cannot have the same ORCID. |
ORCID Section
Some journals require author ORCiD details to be added to a special section within the backmatter of an article. If one or more of the article authors has an ORCiD iD tagged as a <contrib-id>, then these authors should be listed within the ORCiD section.
The ORCID section should be automatically generated using the <contrib-id> elements and author metadata in <article-meta>. The generated ORCID section should be titled “ORCID” and should display a list of all authors that have have an ORCID including the author’s full name and ORCID in URL format.
Older content may have an ORCID section tagged in a <sec> element within the <back> element of an article. Tagging an ORCID section in <back> is strongly discouraged because it duplicates author metadata which requires extra work and increases the risk of errors. If such a section is present, the <sec> element should have attribute sec-type="orcid-section".
Social media identifiers
We have the capability of tagging Twitter and LinkedIn IDs, but these would potentially need development on TFO. Existing guidance:
<contrib-id contrib-id-type=”twitter”>BillGates</contrib-id>
The Twitter handle may be formatted for display using the Twitter icon and the @ symbol. For example:
@BillGates
The Twitter handle may be hyperlinked by creating a URL with the base URL “https://twitter.com/” and the handle. For example:
<contrib-id contrib-id-type=”linkedin”>williamhgates</contrib-id>
The LinkedIn handle may be formatted for display using the LinkedIn icon. For example:
williamhgates
The LinkedIn handle may be hyperlinked by creating a URL with the base URL “https://www.linkedin.com/in/”. For example:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates
Currently, this tagging does not display IDs on TFO.