•  Several modes of international registration are freely offered to the authors
•  Among others, three of the more common:
  • Researcher-ID associeted to the Web of Science
  • ORCID more neutral and widespread
  • Defined in France  idHAL of the CCSD (French open archive with international vocation)
• Registration, above the homogeneous alphabetical form of the name, is a guarantee of identification and visibility.

Impact and visibility of the Research: profiles of researchers (U. L. of Utrecht, Netherlands)

• —The researcher should adopt a unique, lasting and definitive form of his or her name at the beginning of his or her career.
• 3 especially sensitive cases:
  • Double or compound name
  • —Marital or original name
  • Transliterated name from a non-Latin alphabet
• Crucial precaution to be systematically and perpetually found on the Web
• Clearly mention the Corresponding author
• Associate each author with one or more affiliation (s): see below

• Respect scrupulously, when applicable, the charter of signature specific to the institution
• An approximate and uncertified institutional signature can result in the loss of the article in local and international censuses.
• The lack of an approved form of affiliation hinders very strongly visibility and valorisation
• To each affiliation, are associated one or x author (s): see above

• Mention donor organizations, sponsors etc.
• Indicate specific project and file numbers =
  • compulsory acknowledgement vs. these organizations
  • it is a guarantee of quality that values the article

• The DOI, Document Object Identifier, is a registration number of the publication.
• It is usually attributed to the publisher's initiative
• Several registration agencies serve as intermediaries (ex.: CrossRef)
• DOI.org is a non-profit organization
• DOI unambiguously points to the publication in search engines
• It avoids errors of words, spelling, year-volume-pages etc ...
• It' syntax is: http://dx.doi.org/  followed by the number