An ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor IDentifier), or ORCiD, is a unique, persistent 16-character identifier that's assigned to you when you register at https://orcid.org. It's free to register and it's portable--your iD is not affiliated with a specific institution. The identifier serves as a mechanism by which you may collect your digital scholarship and connect with other systems to maximize workflows and efficiently disseminate your scholarship.
Why get an ORCID iD?
- Your ORCiD distinguishes you and ensures your research outputs and activities are correctly attributed to you
- Connect your ORCiD to claim your digital scholarship by using ORCID Search & Link tools
- Use when you submit your scholarship:
- Manuscript to a publisher
- Grant proposal to a funder
- Datasets to repositories
- Publications or datasets to Scholars Junction
- Populate Digital Measures by importing publication data from your ORCiD record (see Using ORCID to Populate Digital Measures on the left sidebar).
- Streamline workflows by auto filling forms using your ORCiD.
- Use your ORCiD anytime there's an opportunity to link your works and scholarly activities to your ORCID record.
- Search ORCID using keywords to find other scholars throughout the world who are working in a related discipline.
Find out what ORCID identifiers are all about in the video below.
