diff --git a/app/graphql/types/detectors_type.rb b/app/graphql/types/detectors_type.rb
index 02f2f6a..d312776 100644
--- a/app/graphql/types/detectors_type.rb
+++ b/app/graphql/types/detectors_type.rb
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ def journals
     end
 
     def lcsh
-      Detector::Lcsh.new(@object).identifiers.map(&:last)
+      Detector::Lcsh.new(@object).detections.map(&:last)
     end
 
     def standard_identifiers
-      Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new(@object).identifiers.map do |identifier|
+      Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new(@object).detections.map do |identifier|
         { kind: identifier.first, value: identifier.last }
       end
     end
diff --git a/app/models/detector/lcsh.rb b/app/models/detector/lcsh.rb
index 0d97e53..0cf5121 100644
--- a/app/models/detector/lcsh.rb
+++ b/app/models/detector/lcsh.rb
@@ -4,13 +4,16 @@ class Detector
   # Detector::LCSH is a very rudimentary detector for the separator between levels of a Library of Congress Subject
   # Heading (LCSH). These subject headings follow this pattern: "Social security beneficiaries -- United States"
   class Lcsh
-    attr_reader :identifiers
+    attr_reader :detections
+
+    # shared instance methods
+    include Detector::PatternChecker
 
     # For now the initialize method just needs to run the pattern checker. A space for future development would be to
     # write additional methods to look up the detected LCSH for more information, and to confirm that the phrase is
     # actually an LCSH.
     def initialize(term)
-      @identifiers = {}
+      @detections = {}
       term_pattern_checker(term)
     end
 
@@ -25,7 +28,7 @@ def initialize(term)
     def self.record(term)
       results = Detector::Lcsh.new(term.phrase)
 
-      results.identifiers.each_key do
+      results.detections.each_key do
         Detection.find_or_create_by(
           term:,
           detector: Detector.where(name: 'LCSH').first,
@@ -38,23 +41,10 @@ def self.record(term)
 
     private
 
-    def term_pattern_checker(term)
-      subject_patterns.each_pair do |type, pattern|
-        @identifiers[type.to_sym] = match(pattern, term) if match(pattern, term).present?
-      end
-    end
-
-    # This implementation will only detect the first match of a pattern in a long string. For the separator pattern this
-    # is fine, as we only need to find one (and finding multiples wouldn't change the outcome). If a pattern does come
-    # along where match counts matter, this should be reconsidered.
-    def match(pattern, term)
-      pattern.match(term).to_s.strip
-    end
-
-    # subject_patterns are regex patterns that can be applied to indicate whether a search string is looking for an LCSH
+    # term_patterns are regex patterns that can be applied to indicate whether a search string is looking for an LCSH
     # string. At the moment there is only one - for the separator character " -- " - but others might be possible if
     # there are regex-able vocabulary quirks which might separate subject values from non-subject values.
-    def subject_patterns
+    def term_patterns
       {
         separator: /(.*)\s--\s(.*)/
       }
diff --git a/app/models/detector/pattern_checker.rb b/app/models/detector/pattern_checker.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1dbedd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/detector/pattern_checker.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class Detector
+  # PatternChecker is intended to be added to Detectors via `include Detector::PatternChecker` to make
+  # these methods available to instances of the class
+  module PatternChecker
+    def term_pattern_checker(term)
+      term_patterns.each_pair do |type, pattern|
+        @detections[type.to_sym] = match(pattern, term) if match(pattern, term).present?
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Note on the limitations of this implementation
+    # We only detect the first match of each pattern, so a search of "1234-5678 5678-1234" will not return two ISSNs as
+    # might be expected, but just "1234-5678". Using ruby's string.scan(pattern) may be worthwhile if we want to detect
+    # all possible matches instead of just the first. That may require a larger refactor though as initial tests of doing
+    # that change did result in unintended results so it was backed out for now.
+    def match(pattern, term)
+      pattern.match(term).to_s.strip
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/detector/standard_identifiers.rb b/app/models/detector/standard_identifiers.rb
index f200473..3455309 100644
--- a/app/models/detector/standard_identifiers.rb
+++ b/app/models/detector/standard_identifiers.rb
@@ -4,14 +4,17 @@ class Detector
   # Detector::StandardIdentifiers detects the identifiers DOI, ISBN, ISSN, PMID.
   # See /docs/reference/pattern_detection_and_enhancement.md for details.
   class StandardIdentifiers
-    attr_reader :identifiers
+    attr_reader :detections
 
     def self.table_name_prefix
       'detector_'
     end
 
+    # shared instance methods
+    include Detector::PatternChecker
+
     def initialize(term)
-      @identifiers = {}
+      @detections = {}
       term_pattern_checker(term)
       strip_invalid_issns
     end
@@ -27,7 +30,7 @@ def initialize(term)
     def self.record(term)
       si = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new(term.phrase)
 
-      si.identifiers.each_key do |k|
+      si.detections.each_key do |k|
         Detection.find_or_create_by(
           term:,
           detector: Detector.where(name: k.to_s.upcase).first,
@@ -40,21 +43,6 @@ def self.record(term)
 
     private
 
-    def term_pattern_checker(term)
-      term_patterns.each_pair do |type, pattern|
-        @identifiers[type.to_sym] = match(pattern, term) if match(pattern, term).present?
-      end
-    end
-
-    # Note on the limitations of this implementation
-    # We only detect the first match of each pattern, so a search of "1234-5678 5678-1234" will not return two ISSNs as
-    # might be expected, but just "1234-5678". Using ruby's string.scan(pattern) may be worthwhile if we want to detect
-    # all possible matches instead of just the first. That may require a larger refactor though as initial tests of doing
-    # that change did result in unintended results so it was backed out for now.
-    def match(pattern, term)
-      pattern.match(term).to_s.strip
-    end
-
     # term_patterns are regex patterns to be applied to the basic search box input
     def term_patterns
       {
@@ -66,9 +54,9 @@ def term_patterns
     end
 
     def strip_invalid_issns
-      return unless @identifiers[:issn]
+      return unless @detections[:issn]
 
-      @identifiers.delete(:issn) unless validate_issn(@identifiers[:issn])
+      @detections.delete(:issn) unless validate_issn(@detections[:issn])
     end
 
     # validate_issn is only called when the regex for an ISSN has indicated an ISSN
diff --git a/app/models/metrics/algorithms.rb b/app/models/metrics/algorithms.rb
index 0ccb421..387c95b 100644
--- a/app/models/metrics/algorithms.rb
+++ b/app/models/metrics/algorithms.rb
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def event_matches(event, matches)
       suggested_resource_exact = process_suggested_resources(event, matches)
       lcshs = match_lcsh(event, matches)
 
-      matches[:unmatched] += 1 if ids.identifiers.blank? && lcshs.identifiers.blank? && journal_exact.count.zero? && suggested_resource_exact.count.zero?
+      matches[:unmatched] += 1 if ids.detections.blank? && lcshs.detections.blank? && journal_exact.count.zero? && suggested_resource_exact.count.zero?
     end
 
     # Checks for LCSH matches
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def match_lcsh(event, matches)
       ids = Detector::Lcsh.new(event.term.phrase)
 
       known_ids.each do |id|
-        matches[:lcsh] += 1 if ids.identifiers[id].present?
+        matches[:lcsh] += 1 if ids.detections[id].present?
       end
       ids
     end
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def match_standard_identifiers(event, matches)
       ids = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new(event.term.phrase)
 
       known_ids.each do |id|
-        matches[id] += 1 if ids.identifiers[id].present?
+        matches[id] += 1 if ids.detections[id].present?
       end
       ids
     end
diff --git a/test/models/detector/lcsh_test.rb b/test/models/detector/lcsh_test.rb
index 3372601..6e6b1cd 100644
--- a/test/models/detector/lcsh_test.rb
+++ b/test/models/detector/lcsh_test.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class LcshTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
       ]
 
       true_samples.each do |term|
-        actual = Detector::Lcsh.new(term).identifiers
+        actual = Detector::Lcsh.new(term).detections
 
         assert_includes(actual, :separator)
       end
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class LcshTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
       ]
 
       false_samples.each do |term|
-        actual = Detector::Lcsh.new(term).identifiers
+        actual = Detector::Lcsh.new(term).detections
 
         assert_not_includes(actual, :separator)
       end
diff --git a/test/models/detector/standard_identifiers_test.rb b/test/models/detector/standard_identifiers_test.rb
index 11b2093..20e36bc 100644
--- a/test/models/detector/standard_identifiers_test.rb
+++ b/test/models/detector/standard_identifiers_test.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 class Detector
   class StandardIdentifiersTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     test 'ISBN detected in a string' do
-      actual = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new('test 978-3-16-148410-0 test').identifiers
+      actual = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new('test 978-3-16-148410-0 test').detections
 
       assert_equal('978-3-16-148410-0', actual[:isbn])
     end
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class StandardIdentifiersTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
                  '0-9752298-0-X']
 
       samples.each do |isbn|
-        actual = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new(isbn).identifiers
+        actual = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new(isbn).detections
 
         assert_equal(isbn, actual[:isbn])
       end
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class StandardIdentifiersTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
                  '978-0-943396-04-2', '979-0-9752298-0-X']
 
       samples.each do |isbn|
-        actual = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new(isbn).identifiers
+        actual = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new(isbn).detections
 
         assert_equal(isbn, actual[:isbn])
       end
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class StandardIdentifiersTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
       samples = ['orange cats like popcorn', '1234-6798', 'another ISBN not found here']
 
       samples.each do |notisbn|
-        actual = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new(notisbn).identifiers
+        actual = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new(notisbn).detections
 
         assert_nil(actual[:isbn])
       end
@@ -52,14 +52,14 @@ class StandardIdentifiersTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
       # consider whether we care in the future as we look for incorrect real-world matches.
 
       samples.each do |notisbn|
-        actual = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new(notisbn).identifiers
+        actual = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new(notisbn).detections
 
         assert_nil(actual[:isbn])
       end
     end
 
     test 'ISSNs detected in a string' do
-      actual = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new('test 0250-6335 test').identifiers
+      actual = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new('test 0250-6335 test').detections
 
       assert_equal('0250-6335', actual[:issn])
     end
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class StandardIdentifiersTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
       samples = %w[0250-6335 0000-0019 1864-0761 1877-959X 0973-7758 1877-5683 1440-172X 1040-5631]
 
       samples.each do |issn|
-        actual = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new(issn).identifiers
+        actual = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new(issn).detections
 
         assert_equal(issn, actual[:issn])
       end
@@ -78,14 +78,14 @@ class StandardIdentifiersTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
       samples = ['orange cats like popcorn', '12346798', 'another ISSN not found here', '99921-58-10-7']
 
       samples.each do |notissn|
-        actual = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new(notissn).identifiers
+        actual = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new(notissn).detections
 
         assert_nil(actual[:issn])
       end
     end
 
     test 'ISSNs need boundaries' do
-      actual = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new('12345-5678 1234-56789').identifiers
+      actual = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new('12345-5678 1234-56789').detections
 
       assert_nil(actual[:issn])
     end
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class StandardIdentifiersTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
         0250-633X
       ]
       samples.each do |notissn|
-        actual = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new(notissn).identifiers
+        actual = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new(notissn).detections
 
         assert_nil(actual[:issn])
       end
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class StandardIdentifiersTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
         0973-7758
       ]
       samples.each do |issn|
-        actual = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new(issn).identifiers
+        actual = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new(issn).detections
 
         assert_equal(issn, actual[:issn])
       end
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class StandardIdentifiersTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
 
     test 'doi detected in string' do
       actual = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new('"Quantum tomography: Measured measurement", Markus Aspelmeyer, nature physics "\
-                                       "January 2009, Volume 5, No 1, pp11-12; [ doi:10.1038/nphys1170 ]').identifiers
+                                       "January 2009, Volume 5, No 1, pp11-12; [ doi:10.1038/nphys1170 ]').detections
 
       assert_equal('10.1038/nphys1170', actual[:doi])
     end
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class StandardIdentifiersTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
                    10.1594/PANGAEA.667386 10.3207/2959859860 10.3866/PKU.WHXB201112303 10.1430/8105 10.1392/BC1.0]
 
       samples.each do |doi|
-        actual = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new(doi).identifiers
+        actual = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new(doi).detections
 
         assert_equal(doi, actual[:doi])
       end
@@ -159,14 +159,14 @@ class StandardIdentifiersTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
       samples = ['orange cats like popcorn', '10.1234 almost doi', 'another doi not found here', '99921-58-10-7']
 
       samples.each do |notdoi|
-        actual = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new(notdoi).identifiers
+        actual = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new(notdoi).detections
 
         assert_nil(actual[:notdoi])
       end
     end
 
     test 'pmid detected in string' do
-      actual = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new('Citation and stuff PMID: 35648703 more stuff.').identifiers
+      actual = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new('Citation and stuff PMID: 35648703 more stuff.').detections
 
       assert_equal('PMID: 35648703', actual[:pmid])
     end
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class StandardIdentifiersTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
       samples = ['PMID: 35648703', 'pmid: 1234567', 'PMID:35648703']
 
       samples.each do |pmid|
-        actual = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new(pmid).identifiers
+        actual = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new(pmid).detections
 
         assert_equal(pmid, actual[:pmid])
       end
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class StandardIdentifiersTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
       samples = ['orange cats like popcorn', 'pmid:almost', 'PMID: asdf', '99921-58-10-7']
 
       samples.each do |notpmid|
-        actual = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new(notpmid).identifiers
+        actual = Detector::StandardIdentifiers.new(notpmid).detections
 
         assert_nil(actual[:pmid])
       end