what is ORCID?

• Open Researcher & Contributor ID
• provides a persistent digital identifier
• open, transparent, & non-proprietary
• free
• non-profit

what is included in an iD?

• URI
• 16-digit number
• compatible w/the International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI), ISO Standard
• e.g., https://orcid.org/0000-0001-2345-6789
• only assigned by the ORCID Registry
• random block of numbers
• supports 37 types of "works"

what is [not] included in the iD?

• no information about a person
• no information about a person's career
  • no country
  • no institution
  • no field of study

who is using ORCID?

• 712 member organizations
• in 2016, 8 publishers required authors to have an iD
  • PLOS
  • Royal Society
  • American Geophysical Union
  • Hindawi
  • IEEE
  • Science
• as of today: 3,816,503 ORCID iDs registered

why do we need ORCID? part i

• common names
  • Jennifer Lin
• multiple names
  • Martin Fenner
    • M Fenner
    • MH Fenner
    • Martin H. Fenner
    • Martin Hellmut Fenner

why do we need ORCID? part ii

• transition from science to e-science
• can mine scholarly publications (open)
• constantly updated digital CV

getting started

• add other versions of your name
  • abbreviated first name
  • married/single name
  • name in different character set
• import publications
• add additional email addresses
• add bio & personal websites
• add education & employment
• add funding!

privacy & linking

• visibility
  • everyone
  • trusted party
  • only me
  • can add trusted source
• link work
• link funding

works

• sort: most recent first
• grouped works
  • preferred source
• editable