I have only 15 citations which appear on the ORCID, while I have more than 300 citations on Google Scholar? Why only 16 citations? Solutions?
ORCID does not work well on citations. Even when I know the number of my citations increased dramatically in 1 year, and I can prove this citation by citation, this is not reflected on ORCID. Even when the books that quoted my books appear on ORCID, the new citations for my books do not appear on ORCID. Not even after 1 year. The books that quoted me appear as not citing any reference, which is fake news. Now don't tell me that the footnotes are not correct, because they are correct, following academic rules, Romanian Academy rules, which are permanent, unchanged in the last 100 years.
16 citations for my publications is fake news, but fake news promoted on on ORCID.
Solutions?
You are spot on; this is an issue that is frequently observed with ORCID. Unlike Google Scholar, ORCID does not automatically monitor citations. It only shows what is added manually or synced from reliable sources such as Scopus, CrossRef, or Web of Science, and a lot of citations from books or journals that are not well integrated simply don’t appear.
The reason why Google Scholar provides a more accurate (and frequently higher) citation count is that it is broader in the coverage it includes.
Would synchronizing ORCID with Scopus and uploading your publications’ DOIs help improve their visibility? It could potentially make a difference.
See also this related discussion: https://www.researchgate.net/post/Why_citation_score_for_author_publications_looks_different_on_Scopus_research_gate_google_scholar
Dear Adekola,
You are right. And this situation is suboptimal with ResearchGate citations, sadly.
With regard to your good advice/question: "Would synchronizing ORCID with Scopus and uploading your publications’ DOIs help improve their visibility? It could potentially make a difference." I did all this, but with too little difference in ResearchGate citations, unfortunately.
Many thanks
Simion
Really, it depends on the data base for each platform, so the total number of members in each platform will reflect the total gained citations.
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