Hi David, on some of my early publications I just used my first initials and originally they showed up under a different name in Science Citation Index (yes this was the days when it only was a print index). Since they've gone electronic you can write them and ask them to switch citations into the new name. On one occasion I had no trouble doing this and on the next they forgot and I didn't prod them. cheers, g2
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:07 AM, David Inouye <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm mentoring a graduate student who has several publications already > (including one in Ecology). I looked up the student's name on Web of > Science and realized that the name (first and last only) that was used for > publication is shared with a large number of researchers (although not > ecologists), making it difficult or at least time consuming to do a citation > analysis. I know of at least two other (male) ecologists who have either > changed their name (early in career) or added made-up middle initials on > publications to distinguish themselves from others with a very common name. > It turns out the student I'm mentoring does have two middle names but did > not use them in the early publications, and is now concerned about the > consequences of changing the name on their future publications. My thought > was that to facilitate future reviewers or employers who are doing a > citation analysis it would be better to start using the full name with > middle initials, and then add a note on the CV to indicate that publications > prior to 2010 were with the shorter name. What advice would you offer? > > David Inouye > -- Gary D. Grossman, PhD Professor of Animal Ecology Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources University of Georgia Athens, GA, USA 30602 http://www.arches.uga.edu/~grossman Board of Editors - Animal Biodiversity and Conservation Editorial Board - Freshwater Biology Editorial Board - Ecology Freshwater Fish G. Grossman Fine Art http://personal.negia.net/grossman
