Using ORCID to Re-imagine Research Attribution | ORCID

"At the other end of the research ecosystem, researchers (especially early career researchers) are frustrated that their many contributions to research output are overlooked by traditional measures of impact. As noted by Stephen Curry of Imperial College London, “Researchers deserve to be judged on the basis of what they have done, not simply where they have published — and to be given credit for the many contributions they make above and beyond the publication of research papers.”

In light of these needs, we founded Rescognito with the idea that research credit and recognition should be:

• Open. Free for individual researchers
• Transparent. Direct recognition, not via opaque measures of impact
• Democratic. Anyone with an ORCID iD can participate
• Granular. A broad range of research outputs recognizable
• Attributable. Tied to an authenticated ORCID iD or institution
• Standards-based. ORCID, DOI, ROR, and CRediT

For these reasons, ORCID was a natural partner for building a new platform designed to integrate with the existing ecosystem. The objective of Rescognito is not to “disrupt” or to “dis-intermediate”, but to work with existing scholarly societies and other participants, keeping them at the heart of research evaluation and reputation management. Rescognito does not store content, it is not a social network nor workflow system; it is just a thin layer exclusively focused on recognition of a wide variety of research contributions. 

Using our platform, recognition is attributed using a counter called a “COG” (short for ReCOGnition) and the ORCID iD of the person granting the recognition. By themselves COG totals are a relatively superficial metric; but because they are open, transparent and attributable, we anticipate that layers of analytics, visualization and possibly AI will provide valuable insights into research trends and people...."