COMPENDEX – New Fields for Author Identifier and URL
COMPENDEX now includes two new fields: AUID (AUthor IDdentification) and URL. Both fields are available for data that entered the file since 2015.
The AUID field includes ORCID author identifiers. ORCID identifiers provide a means to unambiguously identify a particular author, even authors who have published under different names. Author identifiers in the AUID field are searchable, and records which include the AUID field can be found using AUID/FA.
The field is available in a predefined format MAX or as custom display (hyperlinked).
For example:
- AUID ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6036-4709 (Dobrovetsky Roman)
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9651-2902 (Gandelman Mark)
As the volume of records with ORCID identifiers grows, this provides searchers with the opportunity to expand the comprehensiveness of their author searches in a number of databases on STN, including COMPENDEX, EMBASE, and MEDLINE®.
For more information refer to the database summary sheet at: http://www.stn-international.de/sites/default/files/STN/summary-sheets/COMPENDEX.pdf