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ORCID: Managing your Research Identity

Enhance your research impact and make it easier to find your publications using ORCID.

What is ORCID?

ORCID is a free, unique, persistent identifier (PID) for individuals to use as they engage in research, scholarship, and innovation activities. 

Why have an ORCID?

  • It helps distinguish your work from others with similar names​

  • Follows you throughout your career​

  • Certain journal publishers require authors to have one

  • Federal funders require unique identifier usage

Setting up your ORCID

Getting started

  1. Navigate to: https://orcid.org/​

  2. Look for the Sign In / Register link

  3. Click on the link for Register Now

  4. Fill out the prompts, create a password, then choose your visibility settings​.
    We recommend that you include a secondary email so that you will always have access to your account--no matter where you are employed or a student at.

Attribution

This guide was curated by Angela Spencer - August 2023.