Korean Author Names and ORCID A case report of KoreaMed & Synapse databases

Choon Shil Lee, PhD Professor, Sookmyung Women’s University

Korean Association of Journal Medical Editors (KAMJE) http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8471-3152

Contents •  KoreaMed & Synapse •  Characteristics of Korean Names •  Distribution of Korean Author Names •  Korean Author Name Search Problems •  ORCID in Use in KoreaMed & Synapse •  Author Name Search vs ORCID Search •  ORCID Statistics •  Future Action Plans

KoreaMed & Synapse

KoreaMed http://koreamed.org

•  The gateway to articles published in Korean medical journals

•  Abstracts •  PubMed equivalent •  DB service since Dec. 1999 •  As of Oct. 28, 2014

215 journals 216,022 records (Annual increase: 11,000)

Synapse http://synapse.koreamed.org

•  The digital archive & reference linking platform of Korean medical journals

•  Full texts •  PubMed Central (PMC) equivalent

DOI landing and linking •  DB service since Nov. 2007 •  As of Oct. 28, 2014

145 journals 61,101 records (Annual increase: 9,000)

Characteristics of Korean Names

Korean Names

•  1 character family name + 2 characters given name

•  Only 286 family names are used (Nov. 2000, Korean Statistical Information Service http://kosis.kr/ )

cf. Japan 100,000; China 4,000 •  Kim, Lee, Park: 45% •  Given names are sometimes hyphenated •  Some uses one word given name

Kim

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Lee

Park

Chung

(Nov. 2000, Korean Statistical Information Service http://kosis.kr/ )

64.1%78.2%

94.4% 99.1%

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(Nov. 2000, Korean Statistical Information Service http://kosis.kr/ )

42 co-authors: 11 authors with last name “Kim”

42 co-authors: 5 authors with last name “Lee”

25 co-authors: How many authors with last name “Lee” or “Kim” or “Park”? (15)

Author Name Identification Problems

•  Too many same full names •  Too many same name INITIALS •  One syllable for each character à not muc

h variations in spelling (Romanization) •  One character given names •  One author with several name notations •  Two character one-word given name •  Hyphenated given names

Distribution of Korean Author Names

216,022 KoreaMed articles contributed by (As of October 28, 2014)

•  1,050,191 name entries •  Average 4.9 authors/article •  152,138 full names •  46,051 initials •  Initial "Kim JH“ 10,060 times

in 9,743 records •  Full name "Kim, Young Soo" 665 times

in 665 records

Full name Last name First name Middle name Freq

1 Kim, Young Soo Kim Young Soo 665 2 Kim, Hyun Soo Kim Hyun Soo 583 3 Jeong, Myung Ho Jeong Myung Ho 516 4 Kim, Young Hoon Kim Young Hoon 512 5 Kim, Byung Soo Kim Byung Soo 497 6 Lee, Sang Hoon Lee Sang Hoon 479 7 Kim, Eun Young Kim Eun Young 478 8 Kim, Eun Kyung Kim Eun Kyung 457 9 Kim, Sung Soo Kim Sung Soo 423

10 Kim, Sung Hoon Kim Sung Hoon 409 11 Kim, Young Ho Kim Young Ho 409 12 Kim, Young Jin Kim Young Jin 401 13 Lee, Young Ho Lee Young Ho 400 14 Kang, Jung Chaee Kang Jung Chaee 396 15 Park, Jong Chun Park Jong Chun 396 16 Lee, Jun Young Lee Jun Young 394 17 Kim, Dong Soo Kim Dong Soo 390 18 Kim, Ji Young Kim Ji Young 385 19 Kim, Jin Ho Kim Jin Ho 385 20 Lee, Dong Ho Lee Dong Ho 385

152,138 Full Names (As of October 28, 2014)

152120 Zumrutbas, Ali Ersin Zumrutbas Ali Ersin 1 152121 Zun, Ki Hwan Zun Ki Hwan 1 152122 Zun, Kyoung Hoon Zun Kyoung Hoon 1 152123 Zung, Sook Kyeung Zung Sook Kyeung 1

152124 Zuniga-Gonzalez, Guillermo Moises

Zuniga-Gonzalez Guillermo Moises 1

152125 Zuo, Li Zuo Li 1 152126 Zuo, Xian Bo Zuo Xian Bo 1 152127 Zuo, Xianbo Zuo Xianbo 1 152128 Zuo, Xiao Xia Zuo Xiao Xia 1 152129 Zuo, Xiaoxia Zuo Xiaoxia 1 152130 Zuo, Yan Zuo Yan 1 152131 Zur, Berndt Zur Berndt 1 152132 Zutshi, Kiran Zutshi Kiran 1

152133 Zuure, Wieteke Ameliek Zuure Wieteke Ameliek 1 152134 Zwerina, Jochen Zwerina Jochen 1 152135 Zwetsloot, Gerard I J M Zwetsloot Gerard I J M 1 152136 Zwilling, Bruce S Zwilling Bruce S 1 152137 Zwinderman, Aeilko H Zwinderman Aeilko H 1 152138 Zygogianni, Anna Zygogianni Anna 1

Total of 1,050,191 entries

46,051 Name Initials (As of October 28, 2014)

Name Initial Freq

1 Kim JH 10,060

2 Lee JH 8,673

3 Kim SH 7,537

4 Lee SH 6,890

5 Kim HJ 6,411

6 Kim HS 5,801

7 Kim JS 5,107

8 Kim YS 5,019

9 Kim SJ 4,554

10 Kim KH 4,101

11 Kim SY 4,007

12 Kim YH 3,947

13 Kim YJ 3,826

14 Lee JS 3,780

15 Park JH 3,652

16 Park SH 3,608

17 Lee SJ 3,484

18 Kim JY 3,405

19 Kim SW 3,363

20 Lee KH 3,330

46031 Zubarik R 1

46032 Zuckerman DA 1 46033 Zujun F 1

46034 Zukin RS 1

46035 Zullo A 1

46036 Zuluaga-Gomez A 1 46037 Zumrutbas AE 1 46038 Zung SK 1

46039 Zuniga-Gonzalez GM 1

46040 Zuo L 1

46041 Zuo XB 1

46042 Zuo XX 1

46043 Zuo Y 1

46044 Zur B 1

46045 Zutshi K 1

46046 Zuure WA 1

46047 Zwerina J 1

46048 Zwetsloot GI 1

46049 Zwilling BS 1

46050 Zwinderman AH 1 46051 Zygogianni A 1

2,217 KIM J’s (As of October 28, 2014)

Full Name Last Name First Name Middle Name Freq

1 Kim, J A Kim J A 1

2 Kim, Jean A Kim Jean A 19

3 Kim, Jen A Kim Jen A 1

4 Kim, Jeong A Kim Jeong A 57

5 Kim, Ji A Kim Ji A 2

6 Kim, Jin A Kim Jin A 32

7 Kim, Joung A Kim Joung A 4

8 Kim, Jung A Kim Jung A 42

9 Kim, Jee Ae Kim Jee Ae 5

10 Kim, Jeong Ae Kim Jeong Ae 2

11 Kim, Ji Ae Kim Ji Ae 9

12 Kim, Jie Ae Kim Jie Ae 48

13 Kim, Jing Ae Kim Jing Ae 1

14 Kim, Jong Ae Kim Jong Ae 1

15 Kim, Ju Ae Kim Ju Ae 1

16 Kim, Jung Ae Kim Jung Ae 18

17 Kim, Jeong Aee Kim Jeong Aee 53

18 Kim, Ji Aee Kim Ji Aee 4

19 Kim, Jee Ah Kim Jee Ah 2

20 Kim, Jeong Ah Kim Jeong Ah 62

2201 Kim, Junhyung Kim Junhyung 25

2202 Kim, Junseok Kim Junseok 1

2203 Kim, Junsik Kim Junsik 2

2204 Kim, Junsu Kim Junsu 1

2205 Kim, Junuk Kim Junuk 4

2206 Kim, Junwoo Kim Junwoo 1

2207 Kim, Junyoung Kim Junyoung 9

2208 Kim, Juree Kim Juree 6

2209 Kim, Juri Kim Juri 4

2210 Kim, Juryun Kim Juryun 1

2211 Kim, Jusang Kim Jusang 3

2212 Kim, Juwon Kim Juwon 21

2213 Kim, Juyang Kim Juyang 6

2214 Kim, Juyeon Kim Juyeon 4

2215 Kim, Juyong Kim Juyong 7

2216 Kim, Juyoun Kim Juyoun 3

2217 Kim, Juyoung Kim Juyoung 10

2,217 KIM J’s (As of October 28, 2014)

Full Name Last Name First Name Middle Name Freq

1 Kim, Jin Ho Kim Jin Ho 384

2 Kim, Ji Young Kim Ji Young 379

3 Kim, Ju Han Kim Ju Han 359

4 Kim, Jong Hyun Kim Jong Hyun 353

5 Kim, Jin Woo Kim Jin Woo 321

6 Kim, Jae Hyung Kim Jae Hyung 317

7 Kim, Jin Soo Kim Jin Soo 314

8 Kim, Ji Hoon Kim Ji Hoon 305

9 Kim, Jin Hong Kim Jin Hong 276

10 Kim, Jong Won Kim Jong Won 275

11 Kim, Ji Eun Kim Ji Eun 270

12 Kim, Jae Woo Kim Jae Woo 260

13 Kim, Jae Ho Kim Jae Ho 256

14 Kim, Jin Young Kim Jin Young 247

15 Kim, Jin Kim Jin 236

16 Kim, Jong Hoon Kim Jong Hoon 232

17 Kim, Jin Hee Kim Jin Hee 229

18 Kim, Jae Min Kim Jae Min 228

19 Kim, Jong Min Kim Jong Min 223

20 Kim, Ji Hyun Kim Ji Hyun 218

2201 Kim, Jungnam Kim Jungnam 1 2202 Kim, Jungrae Kim Jungrae 1 2203 Kim, Jungsoo Kim Jungsoo 1 2204 Kim, Jungsook Kim Jungsook 1 2205 Kim, Jungsoon Kim Jungsoon 1 2206 Kim, Jungsuh Kim Jungsuh 1 2207 Kim, Jungsuk Kim Jungsuk 1 2208 Kim, Jungwan Kim Jungwan 1 2209 Kim, Jungwook Kim Jungwook 1 2210 Kim, Jungyoen Kim Jungyoen 1 2211 Kim, Junhwan Kim Junhwan 1 2212 Kim, Junhyoung Kim Junhyoung 1 2213 Kim, Junhyun Kim Junhyun 1 2214 Kim, Junseok Kim Junseok 1 2215 Kim, Junsu Kim Junsu 1 2216 Kim, Junwoo Kim Junwoo 1 2217 Kim, Juryun Kim Juryun 1

380 KIM JH’s (As of October 28, 2014)

Full Name Last Name First Name Middle Name Freq 1 Kim, J H Kim J H 134 2 Kim, Ja Hee Kim Ja Hee 2 3 Kim, Ja Hung Kim Ja Hung 1 5 Kim, Ja Hye Kim Ja Hye 9 6 Kim, Ja Hyeon Kim Ja Hyeon 4 7 Kim, Ja Hyeong Kim Ja Hyeong 15 8 Kim, Ja Hyeung Kim Ja Hyeung 5 9 Kim, Ja Hyun Kim Ja Hyun 11

10 Kim, Ja Hyung Kim Ja Hyung 26 11 Kim, Jae Ha Kim Jae Ha 34 12 Kim, Jae Hag Kim Jae Hag 5 13 Kim, Jae Hak Kim Jae Hak 24 14 Kim, Jae Han Kim Jae Han 22 15 Kim, Jae Haw Kim Jae Haw 1 16 Kim, Jae Hawn Kim Jae Hawn 1 17 Kim, Jae Hean Kim Jae Hean 1 18 Kim, Jae Hee Kim Jae Hee 32 19 Kim, Jae Heon Kim Jae Heon 23 20 Kim, Jae Heung Kim Jae Heung 2

361 Kim, Jung Hoe Kim Jung Hoe 3 362 Kim, Jung Hong Kim Jung Hong 4 363 Kim, Jung Hoo Kim Jung Hoo 4 364 Kim, Jung Hoom Kim Jung Hoom 1 365 Kim, Jung Hoon Kim Jung Hoon 134 366 Kim, Jung Hun Kim Jung Hun 24 367 Kim, Jung hwa Kim Jung hwa 24 368 Kim, Jung Hwan Kim Jung Hwan 67 369 Kim, Jung Hwoon Kim Jung Hwoon 1 370 Kim, Jung Hyang Kim Jung Hyang 1 371 Kim, Jung Hyck Kim Jung Hyck 1 372 Kim, Jung Hye Kim Jung Hye 46 373 Kim, Jung Hyean Kim Jung Hyean 1 374 Kim, Jung Hyeon Kim Jung Hyeon 5 375 Kim, Jung Hyo Kim Jung Hyo 2 376 Kim, Jung Hyuck Kim Jung Hyuck 3 377 Kim, Jung Hyuk Kim Jung Hyuk 48 378 Kim, Jung Hyun Kim Jung Hyun 119 379 Kim, Jyung Hyo Kim Jyung Hyo 1 380 Kim, Jyung Hyun Kim Jyung Hyun 1

380 KIM JH’s (As of October 28, 2014)

Full Name Last Name First Name Middle Name Freq 1 Kim, Jin Ho Kim Jin Ho 384 2 Kim, Ju Han Kim Ju Han 359 3 Kim, Jong Hyun Kim Jong Hyun 353 4 Kim, Jae Hyung Kim Jae Hyung 317 5 Kim, Ji Hoon Kim Ji Hoon 305 6 Kim, Jin Hong Kim Jin Hong 276 7 Kim, Jae Ho Kim Jae Ho 256 8 Kim, Jong Hoon Kim Jong Hoon 232 9 Kim, Jin Hee Kim Jin Hee 229

10 Kim, Ji Hyun Kim Ji Hyun 218 11 Kim, Ji Hye Kim Ji Hye 216 12 Kim, Jeong Ho Kim Jeong Ho 207 13 Kim, Jae Hoon Kim Jae Hoon 199 14 Kim, Jae Hong Kim Jae Hong 191 15 Kim, Jung Hee Kim Jung Hee 175 16 Kim, Jong Hyeok Kim Jong Hyeok 155 17 Kim, Jeong Hyun Kim Jeong Hyun 137 18 Kim, J H Kim J H 134 19 Kim, Joo Hyun Kim Joo Hyun 134 20 Kim, Jung Hoon Kim Jung Hoon 134

361 Kim, Jun Hak Kim Jun Hak 1 362 Kim, Jun Heun Kim Jun Heun 1 363 Kim, Jun Heung Kim Jun Heung 1 364 Kim, Jun Houg Kim Jun Houg 1 365 Kim, Jun Hun Kim Jun Hun 1 366 Kim, Jun Hyen Kim Jun Hyen 1 367 Kim, Jun Hyeng Kim Jun Hyeng 1 368 Kim, Jun Hyeop Kim Jun Hyeop 1 369 Kim, Jun Hyong Kim Jun Hyong 1 370 Kim, Jun Hyug Kim Jun Hyug 1 371 Kim, June Hyoung Kim June Hyoung 1 372 Kim, Jung H Kim Jung H 1 373 Kim, Jung Hea Kim Jung Hea 1 374 Kim, Jung Hoom Kim Jung Hoom 1 375 Kim, Jung Hwoon Kim Jung Hwoon 1 376 Kim, Jung Hyang Kim Jung Hyang 1 377 Kim, Jung Hyck Kim Jung Hyck 1 378 Kim, Jung Hyean Kim Jung Hyean 1 379 Kim, Jyung Hyo Kim Jyung Hyo 1 380 Kim, Jyung Hyun Kim Jyung Hyun 1

Korean Author Name Search Problems

“Kim JH” Author Initial Search

KoreaMed search of “Kim JH” retrieves 9,743 records

PubMed search of “Kim JH” retrieves 13,084 records

“Kim JH” with different full names

“Kim JH” with a same full name

It was not typo!

ORCID in Use in KoreaMed & Synapse

KAMJE announcement of ORCID display in Synapse records (Sept. 16, 2013)

ORCID display in Synapse

ORCID display in JKMS PDF

ORCID display in JKMS PDF

KAMJE announcement of ORCID search field added to Synapse Advanced Search (Sept. 1, 2014)

KAMJE announcement of ORCID search field added to KoreaMed Advanced Search (Sept. 16, 2014)

Author Name Search Implemented with ORCID Search

KAMJE announcement of Author Name Search implementation with ORCID in Synapse (Sept. 1, 2014)

Dotted lines under author initials indicate that it will search articles by ORCID, (not by author initial).

“Ui-Won Jung” ORCID search retrieves 29 articles

KAMJE announcement of Author Name Search implementation with ORCID in KoreaMed (Sept. 16, 2014)

Dotted line under author initial indicate that it will search articles by the ORCID, (not by the author initial).

“Hong ST” ORCID search retrieves 154 articles

203 articles by “Hong ST” including the “ORCID Hong ST”

“Hong ST” but not the parasitologist

ORCID Statistics

Authors with ORCIDs

•  ORCID first appeared in Synapse in Sept. 2013

•  As of Oct.28, 2014 1,078 articles with ORCID 1,239 authors with ORCID 2,201 ORCID entries

Journals with ORCIDs 　 　 DOI Prefix Journal Articles

1 10.3346 Journal of Korean Medical Science 294 2 10.3347 The Korean Journal of Parasitology 206 3 10.5051 Journal of Periodontal & Implant Science 94 4 10.4168 Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Research 82 5 10.5124 Journal of the Korean Medical Association 72 6 10.4111 Korean Journal of Urology 48 7 10.3349 Yonsei Medical Journal 38 8 10.7461 Journal of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery 36 9 10.3802 Journal of Gynecologic Oncology 27

10 10.4046 Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 26 11 10.5213 International Neurourology Journal 17 12 10.4166 The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology 16 13 10.7774 Clinical and Experimental Vaccine Research 14 14 10.3904 The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine 11 15 10.4168 Allergy, Asthma & Respiratory Disease 11 16 10.4162 Nutrition Research and Practice 8 17 10.4055 Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association 7 18 10.4068 Chonnam Medical Journal 7 19 10.7581 Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease 7 20 10.4110 Immune Network 6 21 10.3350 The Korean Journal of Hepatology 5 22 10.7762 Clinical Nutrition Research 5

23 10.3345 Korean Journal of Pediatrics 4 24 10.4055 Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery 4 25 10.5534 The World Journal of Men's Health 4 26 10.3348 Korean Journal of Radiology 3 27 10.4078 The Journal of the Korean Rheumatism Association 3 28 10.3904 Korean Journal of Medicine 2 29 10.4167 Journal of Bacteriology and Virology 2 30 10.4266 Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine 2 31 10.5624 Imaging Science in Dentistry 2 32 10.5946 Clinical Endoscopy 2 33 10.7704 The Korean Journal of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research 2 34 10.12671 Journal of the Korean Fracture Society 1 35 10.3342 Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology 1 36 10.3947 Infection & Chemotherapy 1 37 10.4040 Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 1 38 10.4142 Journal of Veterinary Science 1 39 10.4163 Korean Journal of Nutrition 1 40 10.4184 Asian Spine Journal 1 41 10.4235 Journal of the Korean Geriatrics Society 1 42 10.5145 Korean Journal of Clinical Microbiology 1 43 10.5468 Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 1 44 10.5625 Laboratory Animal Research 1 　 　 Total 　 1,078

Monthly ORCID input

Month ORCID KoreaMed Synapse 2013.09 86 1,305 1,065 2013.10 159 801 678 2013.11 22 722 542 2013.12 28 1,673 1,296 2014.01 261 644 513 2014.02 44 702 576 2014.03 54 1,095 898 2014.04 59 859 633 2014.05 54 634 488 2014.06 84 1,326 1,056 2014.07 69 678 530 2014.08 61 781 597 2014.09 82 1,066 973 2014.10 17 269 247 2014.11 1 40 40

Total 1,081

12,595

10,132

About 10% of recently published articles

Future Action Plans

•  Encourage journal editors to require ORCID from authors

•  E-Submission system enhancement for ORCID designation

•  Add ORCID information for back issue articles when a new ORCID author publishes an article and enters Synapse platform

KAMJE Workshops on ORCID

Editor’s Academy Dec. 6, 2013

ORCID in the authoring workflow Oct. 31, 2014

Thank you! Choon Shil Lee cslee@sookmyung.ac.kr

ORCID seems to be a very effective means to reduce ambiguities in Korean author names and initials.