You can use ORCID in a lot of different ways, displaying your peer review work, or having your ORCID record automatically updated with publications by Pure or Crossref on behalf of publishers. Using your ORCID iD in manuscript submission systems ensures correct attribution no matter how many people have your same (or similar) name. ORCID links all your affiliations, funding, publications and other contributions, awards, editorship, etc. You control the access and control the visibility of each piece of your data.
ORCID's benefits include:
Personal names are often not unique and may change over time. Additionally, a researcher’s name can appear in systems as:
- Different variants (e.g. Sofia Maria Hernandez Garcia, S.M.H. Garcia, Sofia Maria Garcia);
- Spelled with diacritics (Müller, Mueller, Muller);
- Names can appear in different writing systems (王, Wang).
ORCID prevents name ambiguity problems by providing a unique digital identifier that distinguishes you from other researchers.
Linking your research publications to your ORCID iD increases the discoverability of you as a researcher and your professional activities. Databases – such as Web of Science and Scopus – further enhance this visibility when you connect their author systems to your identifier.
ORCID functions independently, regardless of institution and/or country. A single ORCID iD therefore collects and showcases your linked outputs throughout the entirety of your career.
The new publishing environment and infrastructures require an author identification which guarantees interoperability. ORCID has been increasingly integrated into the workflows of publishers, research organizations and grant funders. The ORCID iD is used for applications, by manuscript submission systems and/or in peer review processes.
ORCID generates automated linkages between your identifier and your professional activities. The system supports data found from a variety of different outlets and outputs – articles, datasets, peer-review activities, conference papers and more. Having your professional activities bundled in one central registry allows you to easily transfer your research activities to new institutions and/or organizations.