ORCID ID

It can be difficult to ensure that you receive due credit for your work, particularly if you share a name with (potentially several) other researchers. There is a great resource available to authors to prevent this sort of confusion and ensure the correct attribution of research: ORCID ID.

Registering is quick, easy, and free.

https://info.orcid.org/researchers/

Here are our top 10 reasons to get and use your own ORCID ID:

Here are our top 10 reasons to get and use your own ORCID ID:
1. An ORCID ID reliably connects you with your works, awards, and affiliations. Use it whenever prompted (or required to do so), for example, when signing into your university’s CRIS (current research information system), submitting a manuscript, or applying for a grant. You should always be asked to sign in to your ORCID record as part of this process so that the connection between you and your information is accurate, and you have given permission for that connection to be made.
2. ORCID alleviates mistaken identity. Many researchers share the same, or a similar name, making it easy to confuse you with someone else. This is even more likely to be the case if you have changed your name, use different versions of your name, or have a name that has been transliterated into other languages. Having and using your own ORCID ID ensures that you are correctly identified.
3. You own and control your record, managing what information is connected and how it is shared. Researcher control is a core ORCID principle. Only you can claim an ORCID ID for yourself and only you can set up your record. You choose what information to connect to your ORCID ID, and whom to share it with - everyone, no one, or trusted organizations. ORCID’s visibility settings are easily customized, so you can make different data elements visible to different groups.
4. More and more of the systems you already use are connected with ORCID. ORCID is already being used in many of your existing workflows. For example, major manuscript submission systems have embedded ORCID ID's and over 1,600 journals are now requiring some or all authors to use an ORCID ID. The main CRIS systems also use ORCID, as do many other systems - research profiles, funding, repositories, and more.
5. ORCID saves you time. Our goal is for you to manage your research and career information using your ID and your ORCID record.
6. ORCID improves recognition for you and your research. Using your ORCID ID creates reliable connections between your ID and your research activities.
7. ORCID increases discoverability of your research outputs. Connections also make you and your research easier to discover.
8. It’s free to register and use an ORCID ID.
9. It’s easy to register, Registration takes less than a minute - all you need is one version of your name, your email address, and a password.
10. Your ORCID ID is your lifelong digital identifier. ORCID is open, international, community-based, and multi-disciplinary. You can use it in any ORCID-integrated system