Open Researcher and Contributor ID (‘or-kid) is an open, non-profit, community-based effort to provide a registry of persistent unique digital identifiers linked to researchers' scholarly and grant activities.
Why You Should Use ORCID
Free, non-proprietary unique digital identifier
Ensure proper attribution of your work
Supports disambiguation of researchers with similar names
Profile stays with you throughout your career
Not institution-dependent
Adopted by publishers & grant funders
Distinguishing their authors for manuscript submission
To avoid duplication in grant reporting
Use simply as a unique identifier to meet publishers' requirements
Maintain to develop a dashboard to showcase your scholarly identity
More information
Privacy settings allow you to share as much or as little as you prefer
All new published works that require a submission of ORCID to the publisher are automatically linked to your account
Indexed by major search engines, increasing researchers' discoverability around the world
Integrated with ResearcherID and Scopus Author ID to exchange data both ways
Import publications from Google Scholar, EndNote, and other sources supporting BibTex format
Can be included on your CV, resume, or website as quick link to showcase your scholarly output
Elements of an ORCID
Name variants
Areas of research interests
Links to other scholarly profiles, social media, and websites
Biography
Education
Employment
Grants
Scholarly output
Journal articles, books/chapters, datasets, media stories, patents, and more
Limitations of ORCID
No citation metrics are calculated within ORCID.
Researcher ID, Scopus Author ID, and Google Scholar Citations accounts may be linked to your ORCID for easy, one-stop access to the up-to-date citation metrics.
No automatic de-duplication for publications imported from different sources.
No importing wizard for patents.
May be added manually or through Google Scholar Citations importing.