ResearchCrossroads attempts to match researchers and organizations to their grants, publications and clinical trials by matching on names, organizations and other criteria. However, this is not an exact process and errors can occur. Because researchers receive grants from various organizations that all have their own unique researcher identifier, ResearchCrossroads is proposing the RCID as a common method of uniquely identify researchers.
ResearchCrossroads does not, and will not, charge any researcher to create a profile and unique RCID that they can use to identify their work. In the future, if organizations identify researchers by their RCID, we can accurately attribute research to the proper organizations and individuals.
If your organization has a listing of researcher names you would like to match to RCID's, we can take a spreadsheet list of names, and we will provide back a listing of matching RCIDs for each name.
You can link to your profile by first locating your RCID on your researcher profile. Your url will be http://www.researchcrossroads.org/researchers/yourRCIDgoeshere - for example, Kyle Brown's RCID is 63, so the direct link to his profile is http://www.researchcrossroads.com/researchers/63