Frequently asked questions
What is SigmaCV?
SigmaCV is open infrastructure for responsible research assessment. It auto-generates clean, customizable academic CVs from open research data and keeps them in sync with the open record — you curate what shows, choose the style, and export to PDF, DOCX, LaTeX or Markdown.
Is it free?
Yes. SigmaCV is free for individuals and open source under the Apache-2.0 licence. You can self-host it or use the hosted instance at no cost.
Where does the data come from?
From open research data sources, read as public metadata only: OpenAlex for publications and metrics, ORCID for your verified identity, Crossref and DataCite for metadata, OpenAIRE for datasets and software, DBLP for conference papers, and Open Editors Plus for editorial roles. Grants also come from Crossref and the UKRI, NIH and NSF funder databases, and clinical trials from ClinicalTrials.gov — these registry matches are by name and organization, so you confirm them. Your public page can also link your Wikidata identity.
Where does my CV data come from?
SigmaCV assembles your CV from open scholarly sources: your publications, metrics and grants from OpenAlex; your identity plus positions, education, funding, peer-review and service from your ORCID record; bibliographic gap-fill from Crossref; institutions canonicalised via ROR; datasets & software from DataCite; and editorial roles from Open Editors Plus. You stay in control — curate, mark works “not mine”, or add a work by DOI; nothing is invented, and you choose what's shown.
How do you know which publications are mine?
Your work is matched by identifier — your ORCID iD or OpenAlex author ID — never by name string, which avoids the name-collision errors that plague name-based matching. You then curate the list, marking anything wrongly attributed as “not mine”.
Will citation metrics or the Impact Factor be shown?
No metrics are shown by default. Metrics are opt-in and you choose them; we prefer field-normalized indicators over raw counts, and we never display a journal's Impact Factor on your CV.
How is my privacy protected, and can I export or delete my data?
SigmaCV reads only public research metadata, asks for per-field consent before anything is published, and never logs your curation choices for research without your explicit consent. You can export your data and delete your account at any time.