Updated 13 June 2014

ORCID iDs: Optimizing Research Discoverability

The problemThe research community has lacked the ability to link researchers with their professional activities.

As a researcher, you want to

ensure your work is discoverable and connected to you throughout your career;

minimize the time you spend entering repetitive data online; and

eliminate name ambiguity, distinguishing you from other researchers and ensuring proper attribution.

ORCID provides you a unique and persistent personal identifier that connects you and your research activities throughout your career.

Registry use is internationalMore than 750,000 iDs issued to

date

Open, non-profit,

community-driven

organization

Website and registry

localization for multiple languages in

process

How can ORCID help?

What does an ORCID page look like?

Funding Agencies

Other Research Identifier

s

Research &

Scholarly Societies

Publishers /

Manuscript

Submission

Systems

Repositories & More

Universities &

Research institutio

ns

ORCID is a hub connecting the research landscape

Registration is free and fast

Registration is easy. Signing up for an ORCID iD only takes seconds. Then, enhance your ORCID record with your professional activities and begin to use your ORCID iD as you submit publications, apply for grants, and in any research workflow to ensure you get credit for your work.

You control the privacyYou determine what, how, and with whom the information in your ORCID record is shared.

For benefits to be realized…

Researchers must

claim and use ORCID

iDs

Research informatio

n processes

and systems

must embed

ORCID iDs and link

back with the ORCID Registry

Adoption and Integration

Updated 13 June 2014

Publishing27%

Universities & Research Orgs

39%

Funders7%

Associ-ations15%

Repositories & Profile Sys12%

EMEA35%

Americas50%

AsiaPac15%

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100,000

200,000

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500,000

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700,000

800,000

Creator

Website

Trusted party

ORCID has issued over 750,000 iDs since our launch

in October 2012. Integration and use is

international.

Benefits to Researchers

Eliminate name ambiguity

J. Å. S. Sørensen

J. Aa. S. Sørensen

J. Å. S. Sorensen

J. Aa. S. Sorensen

J. Å. S. Soerensen

J. Aa. S. Soerensen

Jens Å. S. Sørensen

Jens Aa. S. Sørensen

Jens Å. S. Sorensen

Jens Aa. S. Sorensen

Jens Å. S. Soerensen

Jens Aa. S. Soerensen

J. Åge S. Sørensen

J. Aage S. Sørensen

J. Åge S. Sorensen

J. Aage S. Sorensen

J. Åge S. Soerensen

J. Aage S. Soerensen

Jens Åge S. Sørensen

Jens Aage S. Sørensen

Jens Åge S. Sorensen

Jens Aage S. Sorensen

Jens Åge S. Soerensen

Jens Aage S. Soerensen

An illustrative example: Jens Åge Smærup Sørensen

J. Åge Smærup Sørensen

J. Aage Smaerup Sørensen

J. Åge Smarup Sorensen

J. Aage Smarup Sorensen

J. Åge Smaerup Soerensen

J. Aage Smaerup Soerensen

Jens Åge Smærup Sørensen

Jens Aage Smaerup Sørensen

Jens Åge Smarup Sorensen

Jens Aage Smarup Sorensen

Jens Åge Smærup Soerensen

Jens Aage Smaerup Soerensen

And on and on it goes …

How can we tell one researcher from another?

http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/101738/CIDays13_ORCIDFinal.pdf?sequence=11

Funders• Grant submission

systems• Awardee databases

Universities

• Integrating with:• Researcher

information systems

• Institutional repositories

• Grants & contracts• HR systems• And creating

records for students & faculty

Professional

societies

• Membership renewal• Publishing and

meeting registration processes

Publishing &

repositories

• Publishers are integrating into manuscript submission and author/reviewer databases

• Repositories linking with deposition, search and updating

• Both are linking internal ID with ORCID record

Improve discoverability & reduce repetitive data entry

Reduce time-consuming data entry & activity reporting

Distinguish yourself

The ORCIDhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-0097

• 16-digit number, expressed as URI

• Free and fast—takes about 30 seconds

• Sign up now! orcid.org/

1. Register for an iD

2. Add your info: name variants

Add variants of your name before you link works—this

will ensure that you will find all of YOUR works. You can add names in multiple

character sets.

2. Add your info: email addresses

• Use the multiple ORCID search and link wizards to connect your works to your ORCID record.

• Following linking, these records will appear in your ORCID record with no data entry by you

2. Add your info: link works

Associate your ORCID iD with ResearcherID

Exchange profile and/or publication

data between ORCID and

ResearcherID

2. Add your info: link to other identifiers

2. Add your info: manually add works

Some of your works may not be included in the search results to link.

You can add them to your ORCID record manually.

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2. Add your info: education & employment history

3. Use your ORCID iD in. . . grant applications

Import information from ORCID record

Link grant application to

ORCID identifier

Funding organizations like the Wellcome Trust and the U.S. Department of Energy are now requesting your ORCID iD during grant submission.

3. Use your ORCID iD in. . . manuscript submission

Include your ORCID iD when submitting a manuscript. Your ORCID iD is attached to your publication metadata, improving discoverability.

3. Use your ORCID iD. . . Link to datasets

You can now link your ORCID iD with your data, enabling you to display your datasets in your ORCID profile.

3. Use your ORCID iD: researcher information system integration

3. Use your ORCID iD: email signature, web page, CV and more

Final thoughts

• Open, non-profit, community driven organization

• It’s free!

• You control privacy

• Maintain a single identifier that connects with other systems

• Get credit for ALL of your research

• iD follows you throughout your career

• Less time (re)entering data

• More time available to conduct research

Learn more & get involvedRebecca Bryant, PhD

• Director of Community, ORCID

• community@orcid.org

Website resources

• http://support.orcid.org/knowledgebase

Updated 13 June 2014

ORCID iDs: Optimizing Research Discoverability