Who can be searched using CiNii Research Person Search? Despite having that person's Details Display Screen, we cannot search for it using the person search function.

The current scope of the person search includes approximately 300,000 researchers and others whose Researcher Numbers were estimated based on information from Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research reports and researchmap.

Page 4 of the following document lists specific examples of individuals who are not included in the person search.

• a CiNii Research working group report in 2022, in Japanese

Researchers with a Researcher Number will not be included in the person search until one of the following pieces of information is incorporated into CiNii Research.

• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research reports with the researcher number of the researcher
• The researcher's page on researchmap listing the researcher's Researcher Number (and through automatic association processing, works are linked to that researcher, making the researcher searchable in the person search)

Additionally, if obvious errors are detected during the information aggregation process—such as multiple Researcher Numbers being linked to a single individual—that person may be temporarily excluded from the person search results.