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What is the Researcher Name Resolver?

What does each researcher page show about?

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What is the Reseacher Name Resolver?

 

The Researcher Name Resolver provides users with identity service of researchers in Japan and giving links to researcher web resources. Currently, 192,717 researchers are registered (26, Sep,2011).

To implement its functions, we made the researcher identification framework to resolve name issues, such as researchers with the same family name and personal name, maiden name, and kanji character variants. The framework uses the researcher numbers of KAKENHI and ReaD to construct some IDs. The numbers of KAKENHI are related to personal names (kanji, katakana, and alphabetical) and the last affiliation among the related KAKENHI projects. With these attributes, we tried to identify researchers in university researcher directories (currently 226 universities). As a result, 23,252 links have been identified, which is about 12% of all researchers. It also has 80,008 links to ReaD, which is about 42% of all registered researchers. Each personal page has links to queries with the name for other services, such as CiNii: a Japanese article search, Webcat Plus: a book holdings search of Japanese universities, ReaD, Google and Google Scholar. It has direct links to the KAKEN grant search service and CiNii author page as well. Our experimental web resource linking mechanism is oriented towards the researcher.

In the future, to expand its coverage and enrich its attributes, other researcher authorities will be inter-connected. We will expand the target university researcher directories to cover all researchers in Japan.


(>>>the first release note at 13, May, 2008 (in Japanese))

 

What does each researcher page show about?

 

Basic Information

Each page shows the following information on the top of it to identify the person.

  Name Family name and first name in Kanji characters, phonetic Katakana characters, and roman transliterate.
Researcher Name Resolver ID Identifier of the researcher of this service.
  KAKENHI Researcher Number Researcher Number of the KAKENHI, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research by Ministry of Education, Sports, Science and Technology of JAPAN
Affiliation Affiliation record is fetched from several sources, i.e., KAKENHI database and institutional upload researcher profile data. The most newest record is shown for the affiliation.
Direct Links Each page shows direct links to scholarly information of the researcher if it is available.
KAKEN The national award database of Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, KAKENHI, namely KAKEN. The link refers to registered researcher page of the researcher in KAKEN if it is available.
  CiNii Japanese article database operated by NII. The link refers to the author page of the researcher in CiNii if it is available.
Researcher's Web Page of the Affiliated Institutions

Researcher pages of campus directories. We crawled the following campus directories and matched researcher pages to the basic information above to identify the exact personal page. As a result, 23,252 links are provided, which covers 12 % of registered researchers.

 

Target directories are:
Muroran Institute of TechnologyObihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary MedicineHirosaki UniversityTohoku UniversityAkita UniversityYamagata UniversityIbaraki UniversityUniversity of TsukubaGunma UniversityTokyo University of Foreign StudiesTokyo Gakugei UniversityTokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyTokyo National University of Fine Arts and MusicTokyo Institute of TechnologyThe University of Electro-CommunicationsTokyo University of Marine Science and TechnologyYokohama National UniversityNational Graduate Institute for Policy StudiesNiigata UniversityNagaoka University of TechnologyJoetsu University of EducationUniversity of ToyamaKanazawa UniversityJapan Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyUniversity of YamanashiHamamatsu University School of MedicineNagoya UniversityNagoya Institute of TechnologyToyohashi University of TechnologyMie UniversityShiga UniversityShiga University of Medical ScienceKyoto UniversityOsaka Kyoiku UniversityNara University of EducationWakayama UniversityOkayama UniversityHiroshima UniversityThe University of TokushimaNaruto University of EducationKagawa UniversityEhime UniversityKochi UniversityKyushu UniversityOita UniversityUniversity of MiyazakiKagoshima UniversityNational Institute of Fitness and Sports in KanoyaFuture University-HakodateSapporo City UniversityAomori University of Health and WelfareAkita Prefectural UniversityFukushima Medical UniversityGunma Prefectural College of Health SciencesTokyo Metropolitan UniversityYokohama City UniversityNiigata College of NursingIshikawa Prefectural UniversityFukui Prefectural UniversityTsuru UniversityUniversity of ShizuokaAichi Prefectural UniversityNagoya City UniversityMie Prefectural College of NursingThe University of Shiga PrefectureKobe City University of Foreign StudiesKobe City College of NursingThe University of ShimaneHiroshima City UniversityShimonoseki City UniversityFukuoka Women's UniversityUniversity of NagasakiPrefectural University of KumamotoSapporo Gakuin UniversityHokusei Gakuen UniversityHokkaido Institute of TechnologyJapanese Red Cross Hokkaido college of NursingSendai UniversityTohoku Gakuin UniversityIshinomaki Senshu UniversityTohoku University of Art and DesignIwaki Meisei UniversityRyutsu Keizai UniversityTakasaki University of Health and WelfareDokkyo UniversityNippon Institute of TechnologyBunkyo UniversitySurugadai UniversityBunkyo Gakuin UniversityMejiro UniversityJumonji UniversityShukutoku UniversityChiba Institute of TechnologyChiba University of CommerceWayo Women's UniversityInternational Budo UniversityKanda University of International StudiesTeikyo Heisei UniversitySeitoku UniversityEdogawa UniversityAoyama Gakuin UniversityAsia UniversityKitasato UniversityKyoritsu Women's UniversityKyorin UniversityKeio UniversityKogakuin UniversityInternational Christian UniversityKomazawa UniversityJissen Women's UniversitySophia UniversityShowa Women's UniversityShirayuri CollegeSeikei UniversitySeijo UniversityUniversity of the Sacred HeartSt. Luke's College of NursingSenshu UniversityTaisho UniversityDaito Bunka UniversityChuo UniversityTeikyo UniversityTokai UniversityTokyo Keizai UniversityTokyo Woman's Christian UniversityTokyo Denki UniversityTokyo University of AgricultureTokyo University of ScienceToho UniversityNihon UniversityNippon Medical SchoolJapan College of Social WorkJapan Women's College of Physical EducationNippon Sport Science UniversityHosei UniversityMusashino Art UniversityMeiji UniversityRikkyo UniversityThe Japanese Red Cross College of NursingKanagawa UniversityKanto Gakuin UniversityShonan Institute of TechnologyTsurumi UniversityFerris UniversityKanagawa Institute of TechnologyToin University of YokohamaTokyo Health Care UniversityNigata University of Phermacy and Applied Life SciencesNiigata University of Health and WelfareToyama University of International StudiesKanazawa Institute of TechnologyKanazawa Medical UniversityHokuriku UniversityTeikyo University of Science & TechnologyNagano UniversityGifu Shotoku Gakuen UniversityChubu Gakuin UniversitySeirei Christopher UniversityFuji Tokoha UniversityAichi UniversityAichi Gakuin UniversityAichi Institute of TechnologyKinjo Gakuin UniversityChukyo UniversityChubu UniversityNagoya University of Commerce & BusinessThe NUCB Graduate SchoolNanzan UniversityNagahama Institute of Bio-Science and TechnologyKyoto Gakuen UniversityKyoto Sangyo UniversityKyoto Women's UniversityKyoto Tachibana UniversityDoshisha UniversityDoshisha Women's College of Liberal ArtsHanazono UniversityBukkyo UniversityRitsumeikan UniversityKyoto University of Art and DesignKyoto Bunkyo UniversityOsaka Sangyo UniversityOsaka University of CommerceOsaka University of Health and Sport SciencesKansai Medical UniversityTezukayama Gakuin UniversityHannan UniversityOsaka University of Economics and LawKansai University of Welfare SciencesSenri Kinran UniversityAino UniversityAshiya UniversityKwansei Gakuin UniversityKonan UniversityKonan Women's UniversityKobe Gakuin UniversityKobe CollegeHimeji Dokkyo UniversityUniversity of Marketing and Distribution SciencesKobe Design UniversityHyogo UniversityTenri UniversityKoyasan UniversityOkayama Shoka UniversityNotre Dame Seishin UniversityKawasaki University of Medical WelfareHiroshima Institute of TechnologyHiroshima Shudo UniversityThe Japanese Red Cross Hiroshima College of NursingTokyo University of Science, YamaguchiMatsuyama UniversityKyushu Kyoritsu UniversityKyushu Sangyo UniversityKyushu Women's UniversityKurume UniversitySeinan Gakuin UniversityNishinippon Institute of TechnologyFukuoka Institute of TechnologyFukuoka Dental CollegeThe Japanese Red Cross Kyushu International College of NursingNippon Bunri UniversityRitsumeikan Asia Pacific UniversityOkinawa UniversityAoyama Gakuin Women's Junior CollegeTeikyo UniversityKyoritsu Women's UniversityKyoto Women's University
(226 institutions listed here.)

  ReaD Directory Database of Research and Development Activities of Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). We use a matching table of ReaD researcher code and KAKENHI Researcher Number to provide a link.
Searches (by Name and Affiliation in Japanese) Each page shows query links by the name and affiliation in Japanese of the researcher for search engines. These links are useful for browsing the web for the researcher.
Google Query link to Google
Searches (by Name in Japanese) Each page also shows query links by the name in Japanese of the researcher for scholarly databases and search engines.
CiNii Japanese article database operated by NII. The link invokes author search on CiNii.
Webcat Plus Book holding search of Japanese universities. The link invokes author search on Webcat Plus.
ReaD Directory Database of Research and Development Activities of Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). The link invokes researcher search on ReaD.
Google Scholar Google Scholar. The link invokes author search on Google Scholar.
Google Google. The link invokes general search on Google.
Searches (by Name in English) Each page also show query links by the name in roman transliterate of the researcher for scholarly databases and search engines.
  CiNii Japanese article database operated by NII. The link invokes author search on CiNii.
Webcat Plus

Book holding search of Japanese universities. The link invokes author search on Webcat Plus.

ReaD Directory Database of Research and Development Activities of Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). The link invokes researcher search on ReaD.
Google Scholar Google Scholar. The link invokes author search on Google Scholar.
Google Google. The link invokes general search on Google.
Research Fields of KAKENHI Research Projects Research fields are listed to identify which expertise the researcher's is. If the researcher participated in research projects recorded in the KAKEN database, the research firlds of the projects are listed.
Research Keywords of KAKENHI Research Projects Research keywords are listed to identify which expertise the researcher's is. If the researcher participated in research projects recorded in the KAKEN database, the research keywords of the projects are listed.
URI of This Document URI of the researcher page. Researcher page has varieties of menu language. English menu page is expressed by different URI from Japanese menu page. Both language menu pages are abstracted to generic document. Generic document means the document class of the researcher and is expressed by uniqe URI. It implies all documents in different format. In addition, HTML code has link information of RDF(Resouce Definition Framework)/XML for machine readable format of the same content.

 

 

Web services

 

We offer the following web services. Please follow the links for details.

 

Contact

 

National Institute of Informatics, JAPAN
Research and Development Center for Scientific Information Resources

Researcher Name Resolver Development Team

rns-csc-fdbk@nii.ac.jp