My name is "Muhammad Farooq" in official documents which is a very common name in Muslims. For publications I want write my name "Muhammad Farooq Buzdar" to have a uniqueness. Buzdar is my family name.
I want to ask from my seniors
Can i do it?
What can be the consequences?
I already used Muhammad Farooq Buzdar in my one paper.
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Muhammad,
I do not see problems to use your complete name in scientific publications. There is no legal control about the form of names in scientific journals, the usage is rather free. It is more important that you may be indentified by your collagues than to use the same name as in official documents. Many scientists modify their official name slightly when it goes to publications to be identified, to avoid very long names or to replace special characters in the names. But you should use the same name version in all publications, otherwise there will be a confusion.
Kind regards,
Wolfgang
Thank you so much Sir.
I will use the same name in my coming publications.
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Thank you every one for your kind response. Although I can see many researchers guided me that I can extend my name, but I am going with those who said to keep the original name. I am doing this to
1-Avoid some identity crises
2-May be my Govt rules change, some legal issues can happen
3-Attending conferences [ Keeping in view changing/strict rules of USA and other countries for visitors, different name on documents and conference paper can cause problems ]
4-To avoid ownership related issues
5-To avoid citations loss
6- I came to know about ORICD profile, where with one code you can help the publishers to identify you, despite of having more than one same name scholars.
Thank you so much every one for your guidance. I am very grateful for your time & advise.
I hope my decision/above wrote point will also help others in taking decision during these kind of situations.
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