Open Research and Scholarly Publications: ORCiD

What is ORCiD?

ORCiD, which stands for Open Researcher and Contributor ID, is a free service providing a persistent identifier allowing authors to bring together all of their research outputs and avoiding the confusion which can arise around authors with similar names being considered one and the same person, and the opposite problem of outputs by the same person being split among different name variants. 

Any researcher can register an ORCID iD for themselves free of charge, and your iD stays with you throughout your whole career - even if your name changes or you move to a different organization, discipline, or country. Having an ORCiD ID can also help with Scopus and Pure interoperability and will assist with funding applications and research publications, as an increasing number of funders and publishers require an ORCiD ID.

Your ORCiD profile can list various aspects about you, including:

• A Short Biography
• Any Alternative Names
• Employment and Education History
• Publications and Activities
• Funding and Awards
• Associated Websites and IDs
• Research Key Words

An example ORCiD profile can be found here: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5727-2427/