Researchers: set up your ORCID profile today!

What is ORCID?

ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is a 16-digit unique identifier that helps to disambiguate researchers from people with the same, or similar, names. It looks a bit like this: 0000-0000-0000-0000.

This identifier helps systems (e.g. publisher submission systems and grant application systems) talk to each other and ensures that researchers are accurately connected to and credited for their work.

ORCID therefore improves recognition and discoverability of your research!

 

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ORCID also gives researchers a public-facing profile that they can keep updated without requiring lots of manual data entry.

Researchers can set up connections with indexes like PubMed, CrossRef and Scopus so that information about publications can be automatically added to their profiles.

It only takes a couple of minutes to create an ORCID. Just go to orcid.org and click “Register now”. For help setting yours up please do not hesitate to contact the library: library@christie.nhs.uk

Need more convincing? ORCID has some great reasons why:

Why ORCID? from ORCID on Vimeo.

Thanks to Stephen Carlton, Research Services Librarian at The University of Manchester for his assistance with this blog post.

For any enquiries about setting up an ORCID, contact us: library@christie.nhs.uk