Visible name changes promote inequity for transgender researchers

Leo Chan Gaskins and Craig R McClain

PLOS Biology, 2021, vol. 19, issue 3, 1-4

Abstract: Allowing for invisible name changes is a matter of dignity for trans researchers. This would prevent their own publication record from outing them without their consent. A single, centralized name change request through ORCID iD would alleviate the burden of changing each publication individually.Academic journals allowing for invisible name changes is a matter of fundamental respect and dignity for trans researchers, but there are currently no acceptable choices when dealing with name changes in a publishing record. This Perspective article proposes a centralized name change solution through ORCID iD to relieve the burden on trans researchers to contact every journal they have previously published with.

Date: 2021
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