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Email signatures for scientists
A laboratory collaborator should be able to identify your scientific discipline and institutional home from a forwarded message. Link to an institutional research profile rather than a working dataset or private experiment folder.
Fictional examples. Replace sample credentials and licence numbers with your own verified details.
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What to include
- Discipline, lab and institution
- Laboratory or research organization
- Scientific discipline
- Institutional contact instead of a personal research-data link
- Institutional research profile
- Professional name and a business email address
What to leave out
- Unpublished confidential results
- Images containing your only contact details
- More than one primary call to action
Questions for scientists
What should scientists put first?
Lead with your name, then your role. Include discipline, lab and institution where it helps recipients identify you.
Which link belongs in a scientist signature?
Use a link to your institutional research profile. Label the destination clearly and check it before pasting the signature into your mail client.