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Version: 11.4.0

Persons

Persons include researchers, scientists, and other individuals involved in research activities. Information about persons are collected from various sources including ORCID, institutional databases, and publication metadata, and are operationalized in the person entity pipeline.

The Person object​

id​

Type: String • Cardinality: ONE

The OpenAIRE id for the person, created according to the OpenAIRE entity identifier and PID mapping policy.

"id": "orcid_______::ebbe30d5171e6e53545e7acb391bc9a2"

originalId​

Type: String • Cardinality: MANY

The list of original identifiers for the person from various sources.

"originalId": ["0000-0002-3639-3956"]

givenName​

Type: String • Cardinality: ONE

The given name (first name) of the person.

"givenName": "Wesley"

familyName​

Type: String • Cardinality: ONE

The family name (last name) of the person.

"familyName": "Brewer"

alternativeNames​

Type: String • Cardinality: MANY

Alternative names that identify the person, including name variations and aliases.

"alternativeNames": [
    "W. Brewer",
    "Wesley H. Brewer",
    "Wes Brewer"
]

biography​

Type: String • Cardinality: ONE

A biographical description of the person.

"biography": "Wesley Brewer is a computational scientist specializing in high-performance computing and data analytics. His research focuses on parallel computing frameworks and distributed systems for scientific applications."

subject​

Type: String • Cardinality: MANY

Research subjects or areas of expertise associated with the person.

"subject": [
    "Computer Science",
    "High-Performance Computing",
    "Data Analytics",
    "Distributed Systems"
]

indicator​

Type: Object • Cardinality: ONE

Indicators and metrics associated with the person's research output.

"indicator": {
    "citationCount": 342,
    "downloads": 28
}

context​

Type: Object • Cardinality: ONE

Contextual information about the person's research environment and affiliations (in APIs only).


"context": {

    "affiliation": "Argonne National Laboratory",

    "department": "Mathematics and Computer Science Division",

    "country": "United States"

}

Type: Boolean • Cardinality: ONE

Indicates whether the person has given consent for data processing and publication.

"consent": true

coAuthors​

Type: String • Cardinality: MANY

List of co-authors the person has collaborated with in publications (in APIs only).

"coAuthors": [
    "Fox, Geoffrey",
    "Suter, Frédéric",
    "Anuj Kapadia",
    "Shaun De witt",
    "Kirkpatrick, Christine",
    ...
]