ORCID Record Data helps to maintain Integrity in Scholarly Publishing

Trans Tech Publications adheres to the best publishing practices of, amongst other principles, transparency, authenticity, responsibility and reliability.

For readers and publishers, it is essential that valuable research is distributed and that the authors are recognised and estimated as trustworthy authors.

ORCID believes that the validated information about the author in its records plays an important role in the validation process. You are welcome to read more about ORCID Record Data at their website.

ORCID states: “Submission of suspected fake research papers has been a growing problem for some time now, and it shows no sign of slowing down. This growing problem undermines the integrity of the scholarly communication system and also puts enormous pressure on many stakeholders in the process, including editors of scholarly publications as well as those tasked with investigating academic misconduct at publishers, research institutions, and funders.”

Retraction Watch can provide you with some more background information about this situation.

We as publisher stands in the same position and welcome the initiative to make the publishing process more clear, trustworthy and convenient for all parties involved – including you as an author – in the publication chain. We therefore would appreciate your collaboration to update your records and use your unique ORCID number when you submit your article. Our readership and authors themselves will benefit from this as they will be able to recognise or be recognised smoothly and properly.