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ORCiD

This guide explains what ORCiD is, how it can benefit researchers, and ideas of how to use it.

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What is ORCiD?

ORCiD = Open Researcher & Contributor Identifier

  • Your ORCiD record includes your works that you have "claimed" and creates a profile of your scholarly profile that you control

  • ORCiD identifiers are free, unique, and persistent identifiers for individuals

  • DOI for researchers

  • ORCiD reaches across disciplines, national boundaries, and cooperates with other identifier systems (e.g. ResearcherID)

  • Non-profit, scholar-driven organization

Why use ORCiD?

Below are some reasons why it is advisable to use an ORCid:

  • Saves you time by allowing information to be entered in one place
  • Required by a growing number of publishers (e.g. Wiley, PLOS, Cambridge University Press, and many others)
  • Required or encouraged by a growing number of funding agencies
  • Improves the visibility of your work through a scholarly profile controlled by you
  • Disambiguates individuals. This is especially helpful for people with common names or those who have changed their name.
  • Gives you control of your scholarly profile regardless of name changes, variations of your name in publications, or institution changes

Including your ORCiD identifier may be possible or required when you submit a manuscript for publication. This will help to automatically create a new record for that work in your ORCiD record when it's published. Review a current list of publishers who require ORCiD identifiers with submissions.

Create Your ORCID

Ready to sign up for your free ORCID? Register for a new account at: https://orcid.org/register

Add Your Publications

There are four ways to add works to your ORCiD record: