Open AccessVisible name changes promote inequity for transgender researchers
Author(s) -
Leo C. Gaskins,
Craig R. McClain
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001104
Subject(s) - biology , transgender , dignity , internet privacy , sociology , law , political science , computer science , gender studies
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.