ORCID - ID
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What is ORCID?
ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is a nonproprietary alphanumeric number that is used to uniquely identify authors and contributors to academic communication, as well as ORCID's website and services for searching for authors and their bibliographic output.
ORCID = Open Researcher & Contributor Identifier
ORCID iD = a free, unique, and persistent number that identifies you; crucial for distinguishing yourself from other people
ORCID aims to provide a persistent code for humans to address the problem that recognizing a specific author's contributions to scholarly communication can be difficult because most personal names are not unique, and thus multiple people with the same name, even from the same institutional department, could contribute to the same scholarly field. Furthermore, names might change (for example, with marriage); there are cultural disparities in name ordering rules; journals utilize first-name abbreviations, name suffixes, and middle initials inconsistently; and journals use various writing systems.
Find out how to get an ORCID identifier as a member of UOD's Academic community. And how you may increase your visibility, as well as data visibility, amongst the many information platforms that researchers utilize, such as during paper submission.
How to apply?
Visit ORCID.org to apply for an ORCID in three simple steps. Please use the official spelling of your names as it appears on your passport. The video below will show you how to accomplish this.
Why use ORCID?
Whether you have a common name, a unique name, or have changed names over the course of your life, using your ORCID iD when you publish, apply for grants, or report your activities will help to ensure that you get the credit you deserve for your affiliations and contributions.
As an individual, ORCID allows you to:
Maintain full control over your ORCID record and visibility of your data
Distinguish yourself from others
Ensure that you are accurately linked with your activities, works, and organizations with which you are affiliated
Improve the visibility of your contributions
Save time on repetitive data entry for funding, publishing, & research reporting workflows by sending your data directly from ORCID – if the organizations that you are affiliated with have an ORCID integration, you can save even more time by connecting your ORCID iD and allowing them to add updates to your ORCID record for you!
Keep track of your affiliated organizations in a free, interoperable platform throughout your career regardless of changes in name, institution, or discipline
