J Korean Med Assoc.  2014 May;57(5):455-462. 10.5124/jkma.2014.57.5.455.

Application of new information technologies to scholarly journals: ORCID, CrossMark, and FundRef

• Huh S

• KMID: 2194889
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5124/jkma.2014.57.5.455

Abstract

Recently, there has been a rapid adoption of a variety of information technologies to scholarly journal publishing. For example, the digital object identifier application launched in 2000 has become an international standard of journal networks. In 2012, Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) and CrossMark were launched. Further, FundRef began its service in 2013. Since most medical journals from Korea are published by academic societies themselves, editors should understand these projects and apply them to their journals. ORCID is a unique identifier of every researcher and contributor in the world. In Korea, there are particularly many people who have the same name, and hence, a unique identifier becomes mandatory. Any researcher can register with ORCID and receive a unique ID for life for free. CrossMark is an update system for checking the final version of a paper as there may be errata, corrigenda, retractions, or other changes. Readers can determine whether the paper that they are viewing is the final version or not by clicking on the CrossMark logo. Likewise, FundRef provides a standard method for reporting the funder's name and the grant number for a paper. Once the funding agencies from Korea are registered with FundRef, authors can provide the funder and the grant number information to the publisher. To apply ORCID, CrossMark, and FundRef easily, the production of a Journal Article Tag Suite extensible markup language file is mandatory. Owing to the advanced level of information technology in Korea, it should be possible to apply ORCID, CrossMark, and FundRef at a very reasonable cost. Therefore, now is the time for journal editors to introduce the above mentioned standards to journal publishing.

Keyword

Journal; Information technology; ORCID; CrossMark; FundRef

MeSH Terms

Financial Management
Financing, Organized
Korea

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  Figure 1 Screenshot of ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) register page. Available from: http://orcid.org/register [cited 2014 Apr 7].

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  Figure 2 Screenshot of the ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) page opened by a researcher. Available from: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8559-8640 [cited 2014 Apr 7].

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  Figure 3 Screenshot of CrossMark logo seen at the first page of the paper from Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.3352/jeehp.2013.10.4 [cited 2014 Apr 7].

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  Figure 4 Screenshot of CrossMark information appeared after clicking logo available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.3352/jeehp.2013.10.4 [cited 2014 Apr 7].

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  Figure 5 Screenshot of history of paper in the record page of CrossMark available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.3352/jeehp.2013.10.4 [cited 2014 Apr 7].

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  Figure 6 Work flow of FundRef. API, application programming interface. From Lammey R. Sci Ed 2014;1:13-18, according to the Creative Commons license [5].

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3. CrossMark [Internet]. London: CrossRef;2012-2014. cited 2014 Apr 6. Available from: http://www.crossref.org/crossmark/.

4. FundRef [Internet]. London: CrossRef;2012-2014. cited 2014 Apr 6. Available from: http://www.crossref.org/fundref/.

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