Digital identity as researchers. The evidence and transparency of scientific production

Abstract

Internet has changed almost all business domains, academia and research have not been free of their influence. A 21st century researcher will have a presence in the different services that make up the digital ecosystem of scientific production, some linked to the Open Science movement and others to international reference institutions for the calculation of scientific production indicators. This presence will occur regardless of whether the researcher wants it or not, but if the researchers are aware of this and also open the right profiles in the most cutting-edge services, the visibility of their scientific production and their reputation as researchers can be potentially improved, what transitively will affect their group, institution, region, country, etc., being an example of transparency and the best evidence of their production. But just as there is a great potential, with each of these profiles that is made public, the researcher is assuming the great responsibility to take care that the data and indicators calculated from them are true and are not distorted by the automatic updates of systems that are not perfect.