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ORCID

an overview of ORCID and how to build a profile

What is ORCID?

ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is:

  • Non-profit, open source, non-proprietary​

  • a unique persistent digital identifier for authors

Why have an ORCID?

Why have an ORCID?

  • Distinguished your work from others with similar names​

  • Follows you throughout your career​

  • Increasing requirements from journal publishers​

  • Increasing requirements from federal funders on unique identifier usage

Setting up your ORCID?

Getting started

  1. Navigate to: https://orcid.org/​

  2. Click on:​ Sign In / Register

  3. Click on: ​ Register Now

  4. Fill out the prompts, then create a password, then choose your visibility settings​. We recommend that you include a secondary email so that you this will always transition with you whomever you are employed with.​

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