What Does Orcid Stand For?

Open Researcher and Contributor IDentifier.
ORCID’s name was formed from the acronym “Open Researcher and Contributor IDentifier” — but just call us “ORCID”! Our vision is a world where all who participate in research, scholarship, and innovation are uniquely identified and connected to their contributions and affiliations across time, disciplines, and borders.

What is the purpose of ORCID?

Your ORCID iD is a unique, open digital identifier that distinguishes you from every other researcher with the same or a similar name to you.

How do I find my ORCID iD?

To recover your 16-digit ORCID iD: Visit https://orcid.org/reset-password.
If you are not signed in to ORCID:

1. Select the ORCID iD option.
2. Enter your email address.
3. Select Recover account details.
4. Look for an email from [email protected] with the subject line [ORCID] Your ORCID iD.

Is ORCID iD necessary?

along with many other publishers, JMIR is a signatory of the letter Requiring ORCID in Publication Workflows: Open Letter (ORCID.org) and having an ORCID is mandatory if you wish to publish in JMIR, for the many reasons stated in that letter.

What is a 16-digit ORCID?

The ORCID iD is an https URI with a 16-digit number that is compatible with the ISO Standard (ISO 27729), also known as the International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI), e.g. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-2345-6789.

What is the cost of creating an ORCID account?

Individuals may register for an ORCID iD and use the Registry without charge or membership.

How much does ORCID cost?

ORCID Membership, Sustainability, and Accessibility

How do you pronounce ORCID?

But, for those who want to know: ORCID has two syllables, and a hard “c”. Phonetically, it is pronounced “oar-kid”. I usually tell people it is pronounced like the flower “orchid” but spelled without the H.

What email should I use for ORCID iD?

We recommend registering at least two email addresses to your account; for example, your institutional email address and personal email address. This will enable you to have multiple methods of signing into your ORCID account and ensure that you’re never locked out. Learn more at sign into ORCID.

How do I set up ORCID?

After submitting your registration, you will be directed to your new ORCID record.
Registration fields

1. First name (required): Your given name, or the name you most commonly go by.
2. Last name: Your family, surname, or last name.
3. Email addresses:
4. Password (required): A password of your choice.

Can you look up someone’s ORCID?

Search by name and DOI
When checking to see if an individual has an ORCID record, we recommend searching by both their name and the DOI of one or more of their recent works. This should result in just the record of the researcher you are looking for, and not records of anyone else who shares the same name.

Who can have an ORCID iD?

Only you can claim an ORCID iD for yourself and only you can set up your record. You choose what information to connect to your iD, and whom to share it with – everyone, no one, or trusted organizations (e.g. ORCID members, who must first get your permission to access your record).

Who uses ORCID?

ORCID is a non-profit organization that provides researchers with a unique digital identifier. These identifiers can be used by editors, funding agencies, publishers, and institutions to reliably identify individuals in the same way that ISBNs and DOIs identify books and articles.

How does ORCID make money?

ORCID relies on organizational membership fees to support our work and ensure that it’s always free for researchers everywhere to obtain and use an ORCID iD.

Can I have two ORCID iD?

We allow only one ORCID iD per email address, and we check for duplicates based on name when you register.

Does Google Scholar use ORCID?

While an automated connection between Google Scholar and ORCID is not available, it is possible to export citations from Google Scholar to BibTex format and then import the BibTex citations into ORCID with the following steps: Log in to your Google Scholar profile.

How do I put my paper on ORCID?

There are a number of ways to add works to your ORCID record yourself:

1. Add works by direct import from other systems to import links to your publications and other works to your ORCID record from other databases.
2. Add works using an identifier.
3. Importing works from a BibTeX file.
4. Add works manually.

How do I pronounce Nguyen?

Southern Vietnamese tend to clip some of their sounds, so Nguyen would be pronounced something like “Win” or “Wen.” Northern Vietnamese would keep it, giving a pronunciation more like “N’Win” or “Nuh’Win,” all done as best you can in one syllable.

Is it pronounced Nyx or Nyx?

And NYX is not pronounced “N.Y.X” — it’s “Nix.”

Is it compulsory to have an ORCID iD to submit your article in any journal?

Require. ORCID iDs are required for corresponding authors of published papers, with the understanding that ORCID iD collection should be enabled as an option for all authors and should ideally take place at submission.

How many ORCID iDs are there?

ORCID Statistics