ORCID Policy

Regional Studies Journal (RSJ) encourages researchers to use the Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID), a unique digital identifier that helps distinguish researchers and link them to their published scholarly work.

1. Use of ORCID

The journal encourages authors to provide their ORCID identifier when submitting manuscripts, particularly the corresponding author, whenever they have an ORCID account.

2. Verification of Researcher Identity

ORCID helps distinguish between researchers with similar names and facilitates the accurate linkage of authors to their scholarly outputs, thereby improving the clarity and reliability of the researcher’s academic record.

3. Integration of ORCID with Published Articles

RSJ includes authors’ ORCID identifiers in the relevant article information and metadata whenever they are provided and verified through the journal’s submission system.

4. Author Responsibility

Authors are responsible for providing the correct ORCID identifier associated with their personal account and for ensuring the accuracy of the information linked to it when submitting their manuscripts.

5. Encouragement of ORCID Use

RSJ actively encourages researchers to create and use ORCID identifiers and to link them to their scholarly work, as this can enhance the visibility of research outputs and improve the accuracy of author information in publishing and indexing systems