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My name is in Chinese. When it is transliterated into the Latin alphabet, a lot of other names come out the same. Despite some journals accepting Chinese character names, most journals don't. In this case, instead of a plain Latin alphabet transliteration, I'm considering adding a diacritic (the tone of the character in Chinese). Is this acceptable? Would it cause any issues? I know about ORCID, but a unique name is still valuable.

e.g., instead of Hong I want to use Hóng.

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  • Did you mean "Hóng"?
    – Nobody
    Feb 9, 2016 at 4:33
  • @scaaahu Correct.
    – xuhdev
    Feb 9, 2016 at 4:34
  • I think this is a great idea. As an ignorant American, however, I will note that this may not achieve the goal you wish, as I have no idea how to pronounce Hóng differently from Hong.
    – jakebeal
    Feb 9, 2016 at 11:27
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    @jakebeal It doesn't matter: the visual difference is more important.
    – xuhdev
    Feb 9, 2016 at 18:56

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I always list myself in all my papers as José F. Martínez. Some people are better than others at replicating the accents in citations. Search engines have become much better at matching papers to names with accents even if citations won't include them, so in terms of missing citations (e.g., Google Scholar) I don't think it should be an issue.

My students definitely know how to write the accents :)

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  • The issue I'm concerned is that this name is not my legal name (no accent on passport).
    – xuhdev
    Feb 9, 2016 at 4:46
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    People use author names that are slight variations of legal names all the time: Joe, Doug, etc. Maybe you can put a guide to pronunciation on your web page and list yourself with your "normal" (unaccented it seems) name?
    – profmartinez
    Feb 9, 2016 at 4:47
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    @xuhdev A related question Pen name similar with real name: Zu Yangzu instead of Zu Yang for papers
    – Nobody
    Feb 9, 2016 at 4:52
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    If you use a variation of the legal name, what name do you fill in the copyright form? The legal name or the variation?
    – xuhdev
    Feb 9, 2016 at 5:25
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    @xuhdev Your comment sounds another good question: If my name on the published paper is different from my legal name, what name do I fill in the copyright form?
    – Nobody
    Feb 9, 2016 at 5:30

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