1. Top Tech Tips #2:
ORCID
Adam Moore
27th February 2013
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2085-1908

2. What?
• Open Researcher and Contributor ID
• “Persistent Digital Identifier for
Researchers”
• www.orcid.org
• DOI for people
• Open, non-profit, community based
• Two Core Functions:
• Registry
• API

3. Why?
• Integration in key research workflows
• Embed in PDF Metadata
• Manuscript / Grants
• Add to repositories
• Automated linkages
• Builds portfolio of practice
• Share / Measure publications and data

4. ORCID.org
• http://www.orcid.org/
• Register for an ORCID
• Link to other profiles
• SCOPUS
• Link together your professional identities

5. ORCID Website

6. Where?

7. Summary
• A Unique Identifier for Researchers
• Buildup a portfolio of your
professional output
• Rapidly Evolving AltMetrics
Landscape
• Better visibility and attribution