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John Maunsell
Journal of Neuroscience 30 July 2008, 28 (31) 7725
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Authors whose native language does not use Latin characters must transliterate their name for publication in The Journal of Neuroscience. This transliteration can obscure identities through the ambiguities it creates. For example, many Asian names are distinct when written in their native language, but map onto the same transliterated name.

As a step toward addressing this problem, the Journal encourages authors to include their name written in their native writing system in parentheses after the transliterated version in article bylines, such as Xiaoping Liu (Embedded Image). This option is offered to authors whose original name is in any language that does not use the Latin alphabet but that can be represented in Unicode characters. For details, please refer to the Instructions for Authors: www.jneurosci.org/misc/itoa.shtml.

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  • Three-Word Code for Indentifying the Author Name of Scientific Papers
    JITENDRA K SINHA
    Published on: 24 August 2008
  • Unique identifiers for publishing scientific articles
    Paul Pilowsky
    Published on: 31 July 2008
  • Published on: (24 August 2008)
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    • JITENDRA K SINHA, RESEARCH FELLOW

    It is a cosmopolitan problem faced by most of the researchers and other readers of the scientific community to identify the correct name of an author of a published scientific paper. Due to this, redundancy occurs, which is not allowed in science. The number of scientists is increasing across the globe, and some step should be taken at this moment for this exigent issue. One suggestion to curb the problem is to use two pe...

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    It is a cosmopolitan problem faced by most of the researchers and other readers of the scientific community to identify the correct name of an author of a published scientific paper. Due to this, redundancy occurs, which is not allowed in science. The number of scientists is increasing across the globe, and some step should be taken at this moment for this exigent issue. One suggestion to curb the problem is to use two personal names followed by an international code name of six letters, so if the same name appears in the scientific community, it can easily be distinguished. For example; if the name Jitendra Kumar Sinha has to be coded, it can be expressed in many ways like: JIKUSI, JITENS, JKUMAR, JKSINH and so on.

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    Competing Interests: None declared.
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    • Paul Pilowsky, Associate Dean

    The announcement in the Journal to aid Authors with non-Latin names by allowing them to include their name in original lettering is an excellent step in the right direction but one which does not go far enough. In the new electronic age (and even before), a major problem for scientists searching databases are the many very common Latin and non- Latin names such as Ng, Smith, Chen, and Jones to name a few. My suggestion is...

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    The announcement in the Journal to aid Authors with non-Latin names by allowing them to include their name in original lettering is an excellent step in the right direction but one which does not go far enough. In the new electronic age (and even before), a major problem for scientists searching databases are the many very common Latin and non- Latin names such as Ng, Smith, Chen, and Jones to name a few. My suggestion is that Authors be given the opportunity to register a unique identifier that will remain the same when they move institution, marry, or change their name for any other reason. This 'name' would be any unique alphanumeric and would feature in an article in a place that would permit database searching such as keywords, abstract, or similar. Such a move would greatly advantage scientists with common names whose work would now be available for rapid and selective searching.

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    Competing Interests: None declared.

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