Managing Author Profiles Online

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.