ORCID iDs are Open Researcher and Contributor Identifiers. They are provided to researchers as unique identifiers to distinguish their research from others with similar names. ORCID is an international not-for-profit organization that manages the registry of researchers claiming ORCID iDs. For more information, please see the Researcher FAQs.
Thousands of research institutions, funders, and publishers worldwide are using ORCID. Over 100 publishers and journals require ORCID iDs as part of the publication submission process. These publishers include the Royal Society, Wiley, Springer Nature, SAGE, the American Chemical Society, BMJ Journals, Cambridge University Press, PLoS, IEEE, eLife, EMBO, and Hindawi.
ORCID is a trusted, community-driven, not-for-profit organization that will never sell your data, nor can it be bought by a commercial entity. It is run by and for researchers and supported by research institutions such as Emory. For more information about ORCID's trustworthiness, see the ORCID Trust Program website and review the following blog posts from ORCID:
Follow these instructions to register for an ORCID iD if you don't already have one.
Please follow these instructions to add citations to your ORCID profile.
No, you should have only one ORCID iD. If you previously signed up for an ORCID iD at the request of a publisher or other institution, continue to use that iD. Do not register for another one.
If you mistakenly requested two IDs, find out how to remove an unwanted ORCID iD.
Log into your ORCID account and click on your name at the top of the page for the drop-down menu. Then click on "Trusted Parties". Scroll down to the "Trusted individuals" section. Here, you can designate another person to edit your account. Note: Only individuals with ORCID iDs may be designated as trusted individuals.
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