ORCID Trust and Mission

ORCID is a non-profit organization supported by a global community of organisational members, including research organizations, publishers, funders, professional associations, and other stakeholders in the research ecosystem. 

ORCID strives to enable transparent and trustworthy connections between researchers, their contributions, and their affiliations by providing a unique, persistent identifier for individuals to use as they engage in research, scholarship, and innovation activities.

 https://info.orcid.org/what-is-orcid/   Accessed on 01/02/2024

What is the difference between ORCID OR ORCID iD?

People use “ORCID” or “ORCID iD” interchangeably. An ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID), or ORCID iD, is a free unique 16-digit number, called a persistent identifier (PID), associated to a record or profile. ORCID stores automatic links to your research under your ORCID record also called your profile. 

Why do you need an ORCID iD?

• Increase recognition and discoverability of your research by linking your ORCID iD to other identifiers, like Scopus, Web of Science, ISNI, etc.
• Link your research with different formats of your name under one ID
• Distinguish yourself from every other contributor, even those who share your name 
• Gain recognition of your peer reviewing activities
• Help research institutions, funders, publishers, and other organizations better track and support research work.

How to manage your ORCID record

• Optimise your ORCID record by adding your researcher IDs and works, your education, employment history, affiliations, and website presence like Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Google Scholar
• Link all the different formats of your name used in your publications
• Connect your ORCID to service providers like publishers and funders by importing records automatically or adding them manually
• Add your ORCID iD with articles, books or chapter submissions to publishers, grant applications, conference papers, presentations, or posters – this a requirement at some publishers
• Keep your record up to date by adding new publications, updating employment history and new grants.

Recommended resources

ORCID Help

Why get an ORCID.

Learn how ORCID can help you spend more time conducting your research and less time managing it 

Help Centre 

The Central Help Centre for information on how to get started, update your record, and manage your account 

Optimize your ORCID

Learn how to connect your record, adjust visibility, enhance discoverability of your funding history, and allow automatic updates to your record as you publish

Video Tutorials

Register to view. See also open ORCID videos at Vimeo Solutions below

Five easy ways to get the most out of ORCID (for both researchers and organizations) 

This document explains the following:

• Open ‘My ORCID UI (User Interface)’ and do a visibility check to ensure your data is visible to everyone
• Use new ways to allow trusted organizations to link with and update your record via Search and link tool
• Get to know the ORCID Inbox to see changes made by trusted organizations, new features and tips and service messages
• How to take advantage of auto-updates from Crossref
• Designate a trusted individual to help to edit or make connections to external systems

ORCID videos (at Vimeo Solutions)

Vimeo Solutions stores ORCID videos. Search at https://vimeo.com/search?q=Orcid). Below are videos that might be of interest:

What is ORCID?

A Quick Tour of the ORCID Record  

Lost your ORCID credentials? We can help!

ORCID 101 for Individuals. See also the text plus pdf version at ORCID 101 for individuals (text)

US ORCID Community Workshops videos for Researchers