Solve the Problem of Name Variation or Identical Names
Maximize your Research Impact
What is ORCID? from ORCID on Vimeo.
Open Researcher and Contributor ID ORCID is a not-for-profit organization that provides unique identifiers for individuals to use along their names in all their research activities. The 16 digit identifier will ensure a better recognition and will eliminate any confusion with other author/researcher. Find out more
Benefits of ORCID:
- Evade name ambiguity, distinguish yourself & assure that your work is attributed to you (we can help)
- Enhance author/work discovery. It is indexed in Google Scholar, plus can be linked to Scopus & Web of Science, crossref & others
- Improve the efficiency of your research impact
- Enhance the university ranking
- Identify faculty outputs
- Track the research output at the university
- Reduce repetitive data entry when submitting a manuscript or other systems (all publishers, funders, association are incorporating ORCId in their workflow processes)
- Ensure persistency across your career. When you change affiliation ORCID moves with you
- No duplication of ORCID IDs
- Reduce time consuming in updating & maintaining records (push notifications from publishers)
- ORCID IDs can be added in author profile databases, HR databases, websites etc...
- Supports interoperability with external systems
