Research Guides: Research Impact Challenge: Claim your ORCID Identifier

Today's Quick Win

Already have an ORCID iD?

Take a moment to review your ORCID record. Is it up-to-date with your most recent publications? Employment? Grants? Biography?

What’s Next:

Make sure that you regularly review and update your ORCID record.

Questions about the Research Impact Challenge?

More information about Research Impact can be found at go.osu.edu/researchimpact

License

Adapted under a CC-BY 4.0 license from The 30-Day Impact Challenge: The Ultimate Guide to Raising the Profile of your Research

by Stacy Konkiel, published by Impactstory.org

This worked is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Day 1: Claim Your ORCID Identifier

What is ORCID?

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) is a non-profit global organization that provides a free 16-digit identifier, the ORCID iD, similar to a social security number, and an ORCID record for researchers (faculty and students). Researchers at all levels and in all disciplines can use ORCID. Your ORCID ID remains the same throughout your research career, regardless of changes in name, employment, or location.

What are the benefits of ORCID?

Distinguish yourself from others with the same or a similar name (disambiguation)
Use ORCID to sign in to various systems (journal article submission, grant application, research information systems, etc.)
- Did you know you can use ORCID with SciENcv?
The researcher controls the content of the record and the visibility of its components.

What information can be added to an ORCID record?

Basic Information: Works, Employment, Education and Qualifications, Funding and Professional Activities
Biographical Information: Name variations, Keywords, Biography, Websites and Social Media
Only Trusted Organization can add Peer Review and Research Resources

Register for an ORCID

At this step in the process, you’ll add very basic information like your name and email address (make sure you use your OSU email), choose a default level of privacy for your profile, accept ORCID’s terms of use, and click “Register”. If your name is already in the ORCID system, you’ll then be prompted to claim an existing profile or make a new one.

You can also connect it to your OSU identity through Ohio State's ORCID integration.

Build your ORCID Record

Instructions for adding information to your ORCID record are available from these resources:

ORCID guide

ORCID support

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