Visible name changes promote inequity for transgender researchers

PLoS Biol. 2021 Mar 9;19(3):e3001104. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001104. eCollection 2021 Mar.

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Names*
  • Research Personnel
  • Scholarly Communication / ethics*
  • Transgender Persons / psychology*

Grants and funding

LCG was supported by the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for his stipend. The funder had no role in article development, writing, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.