Submitting and publishing
ORCID stands for Open Researcher and Contributer iD: A persistent digital identifier for anyone working in academia.
ORCID is a unique personal number that allows researchers to easily and automatically connect their research information across a wide range of online databases. ORCID connects you to your research activities throughout your career. It is free, open, mobile, and community-driven. Signing up for an ORCID takes just a few minutes and ensures that your professional profile and your research activities across multiple online repositories are unambiguous, persistent, portable, up-to-date, and discoverable.
ORCID is not yet another research profile system or bibliographical database (such as Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar, Academia.edu, ResearchGate, etc.). Instead, having and using an ORCID it allows you to automatically synchronize the research profiles that you already have, allowing you to spend your time doing research, instead of administrating it.
- Eliminate any ambiguity regarding your name and its variations across academic bibliographies and repositories.
- Saves time: an ORCID synchronizes your profiles across the web and simplifies publishing and funding applications.
- An ORCID remain with you throughout changes in your career stage.
- Improves the discoverability and accuracy of (academic) output.
- Influences and improves university rankings.
Do you not have an ORCID yet?
Register for one by following the instructions in the Manual Register ORCID and how to connect with SCOPUS.
Do you already have an ORCID?
Check whether your work is visible on your ORCID profile. If your work is not visible, connect your ORCID to your Scopus AuthorIDs. See the manual on how you can check and connect your ORCID.
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Regardless of your discipline or career stage, it is critical for your reputation and career that fellow researchers, academic institutions, funders and publishers are able to quickly and unambiguously identify you and attribute all your work – and only your work - to you.
All Amsterdam UMC researchers are urged to use the correct affiliation when submitting scientific publications:
Affiliated to the University of Amsterdam (UvA):
Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Department(s), Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Affiliated to Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU):
Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department(s), De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Research institute:
name of research institute, program(s), Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Professor T.G. van Leeuwen1,2,3,
- Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Heart Failure and Arrhythmias, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Cancer Center Amsterdam, Imaging and Biomarkers, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Professor J. van der Velden1,2,
- Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Physiology, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Heart Failure and Arrhythmias, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
What on earth is a Predatory Journal?
In one word: FRAUD!
Unfortunately, criminals can be very convincing asking you to publish in their fake journals.
The Think, check, submit guide helps you to identify them!
Predatory publishers pose significant risks by engaging in deceptive practices related to publishing online academic journals and organizing scientific conferences, often misleading researchers and jeopardizing their work and reputation. These entities:
- Falsely assert that their publications undergo a rigorous peer review process.
- List individuals as editors without obtaining their consent or agreement.
- Send out invitations to potential authors under the names of other academics without the academics' authorization.
- Use journal names that are nearly identical to those of well-established and respected journals.
- Fail to disclose publication fees upfront, only revealing them after an article is submitted, and then demand a fee for article withdrawal.
- Provide misleading information about the Impact Factor (IF) of their journals.
- Incorrectly claim that their journals are indexed in prestigious academic indexes, such as ISI.
- Misrepresent the participation of respected individuals in conferences to boost attendance.
Anderson, R. (2017). Federal Trade Commission and National Institutes of Health take action against predatory publishing practices. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2017/12/04/federal-trade-commission-national-institutes-health-take-action-predatory-publishing-practices/ [Accessed: 2 September 2024].
Text is also adapted from: Predatory publishing - Open Access - LibGuides at University of the Free State
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It’s Amsterdam UMCs policy to publish Open Access - unrestricted online access- so anyone can profit from the results of our research. Amsterdam UMC prefers Gold OA in the publishers journals. Amsterdam UMC researchers can publish OA via the golden route in more than 10.000 journals, check your discount options (using agreements paid by your library).
If your journal is not on the list, there are two remaining options:
you have to pay the APC yourself using the departments research budget;
If Gold OA is impossible, you can use the green route.
For questions or support from UVA contact the open access team UVA.
For question or support from VU University contact open access team VU University.
Please note: Gold OA at BMJ is now also available at Amsterdam UMC. Corresponding authors affiliated with Amsterdam UMC are eligible to publish their research (with fees covered by agreement) within BMJ’s journals.