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Researcher Identification

ORCID Researcher Guide

Everything you need to know about ORCID registration and management — your unique digital identifier for academic research.

Sample ORCID iD
iD
0000-0002-1825-0097
16
Digit Unique ID
100%
Free & Persistent

Watch Introduction

Learn about ORCID in this quick video

01 / OVERVIEW

What is ORCID?

Understanding the basics

ORCID is a nonprofit organization helping create a world in which all who participate in research, scholarship and innovation are uniquely identified and connected to their contributions and affiliations, across disciplines, borders, and time.

02 / PURPOSE

The Goal of ORCID

Why you need an ORCID iD

You need an Orchid ID. More and more workflow is now inviting you to speed things up using your Orchid ID...

03 / GET STARTED

How to Register ORCID?

Step-by-step registration guide

  1. First go to google and search for orcid.org

  2. Or register in the website go to https://orcid.org/register

  3. Fill in the required fields

Register ORCID Fig. 01 — Registration Form
Choose the privacy setting you want to have (you can change them later too)
Accept Terms of Use (you might want to read them)
DONE

You will be provided with a 16-digit number, expressed as a URI, - this is your ORCID ID.

ORCID ID Fig. 02 — Your ORCID iD
04 / SETTINGS

Manage ORCID

Privacy & account management

Under Account Settings you can change your email address, password, and personal information.

Researcher privacy is a fundamental principle of ORCID; ORCID provides you with three settings: Public, Limited or Private

Everyone

Information marked as "everyone" can be viewed by anyone who comes to the ORCID.org website or consumed by anyone using the ORCID public API. Data marked as public will also be included in the public data file posted annually by ORCID.

Trusted Parties

Information marked as "Trusted" can be seen by any Trusted Parties that you have authorised to connect to your ORCID Record. These connections require explicit action on your part. You can also give permission to Trusted Parties to update your ORCID record. You can revoke this permission at any time.

Only Me

Information marked as "Only Me" can only be seen by you. It is also used by ORCID algorithms to help distinguish your identity from another person who may have a similar name, be it in a similar field, or may be confused with you for other reasons.

Advanced Tutorial

Deep dive into ORCID management