Managing Author Profiles Online

ORCID (‘or-kid) (which stands for Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is a free, unique, persistent identifier (PID) for individuals to use as they engage in research, scholarship, and innovation activities.

Why Get an ORCID?

• It is non-proprietary and stays with you throughout your career.
• Helps disambiguate researchers with similar names and improves correct attribution of your work.
• Ensures your work is discoverable online.
• Required by an increasing number of grant funders and publishers.
• Required by UTSA Office of Research.
• May reduce admin burden when used to auto-populate manuscript submission or grant application forms.

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ORCID and ORCID iD are often used interchangeably. However, ORCID provides brand guidelines on using correct terminology when talking or writing about ORCID:

• ORCID as a noun should be used to refer to the organization.
• ORCID iD or ORCID identifier is a 16-digit unique identifier number.
• ORCID record or ORCID profile refer to the information in the ORCID Registry such as name variants, bio, employment, education, awards, works, etc.

You are welcome to reach with any ORCID-related questions to Natasha.Arguello@utsa.edu or Emily.Hayward@utsa.edu.