What does ORCID do?
ORCID provides a unique and
persistent identifier that can
be used throughout one’s
career, across professional
activities, affiliations, and
languages

ORCID iD is integrated in
standard workflows and
embedded in works metadata,
independent of platform
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How do we do it?
ORCID is an independent non-profit
organization supported by member fees
We provide an open registry of persistent
unique identifiers for researchers, and APIs for
the community to embed identifiers in research
systems and workflows
Data marked public by researchers is published
annually by ORCID under a CC0 waiver
ORCID code is available on our GitHub open
source repository and we support community
efforts to develop tools and services
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Growth since launch
350,000
300,000
250,000

ORCID has issued over
350,000 identifiers since
our launch one year ago

200,000
150,000

Website
Oauth

100,000
50,000
Oct
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Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

orcid.org

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep
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Registry use is
international
Country
US
China
UK
India
Spain
Italy
Brazil
Germany
Japan
Australia
France
Canada
Iran
Russia
South Korea
Sweden
Turkey
Portugal
Netherlands
Malaysia
Taiwan
Egypt
Switzerland
Mexico
Poland
Greece
Saudi Arabia
Belgium
Romania

• 25 countries
>10,000 unique
visitors
• 68 countries >1,000
unique visitors
• Registry supports
multiple character
sets
• Content in
Spanish, French, En
glish, and Chinese
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Visits
229955
139428
79701
73929
64224
56991
55713
52495
47670
42086
37854
31113
24873
24572
24484
21493
20137
19524
19231
19071
19031
17814
13729
13661
13557
9702
9628
9489
8721

%
16.7%
10.1%
5.8%
5.4%
4.7%
4.1%
4.0%
3.8%
3.5%
3.0%
2.7%
2.3%
1.8%
1.8%
1.8%
1.6%
1.5%
1.4%
1.4%
1.4%
1.4%
1.3%
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
0.7%
0.7%
0.7%
0.6%

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ORCID Members
ORCID has over 90 members, from a broad crosssection of the international research community
Publishers

Aries, Atlas, Cactus, Copernicus, EBSCO, Elsevier, EDP Sciences, eLife, Epistemio, Flooved,
Hindawi, Infra-M Academic Publishing, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Karger, Landes
Bioscience, Nature, Peerage of Science, PLOS, ScienceOpen, Springer, Wiley
Associations American Astronomical Society, American Chemical Society, ACSESS, AAAS, American
Geophysical Union, American Mathematical Society, American Psychological Association,
American Physical Society, American Society of Microbiology, American Society of Civil
Engineers, Association for Computing Machinery, Electrochemical Society, IEEE, IOP,
Modern Language Association, OSA, Royal Society of Chemistry
Funders
US Department of Energy, US Food and Drug Administration, Japan Science and
Technology Agency, Qatar National Research Foundation, US National Institutes of Health,
UK National Institute of Health Research, Wellcome Trust
Universities
Boston Univ, CalTech, Cambridge Univ, Chalmers Univ Technology, Chinese Academy of
and Research Sciences Library, CERN, Cornell Univ, EMBL (EBI), FHCRC, Glasgow Univ, Harvard Univ,
Organizations IFPRI, KACST, KISTI, MIT, MSKCC, National Institute of Informatics, National Taiwan Univ
College of Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center, Riga Technical Univ, SUNY-Stonybrook,
Univ Carlos III de Madrid, Univ Oviedo, Univ Zaragoza, Univ College London, Univ Hong
Kong, Univ Kansas, Univ Manchester, Univ Michigan
IDs
ResearcherID, Scopus
Repositories Altmetric, ANDS, AVEDAS, British Library, Copyright Clearance Center, CrossRef, DataCite,
and Profile
F1000 Research, Faculty of 1000, figshare, Impact Story, Knode, OCLC, PubMed Europe
Systems
(EBI), Symplectic, Thomson Reuters, Überresearch,

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Repositories
and Profile
Systems
18%

Associations
18%

Funders
8%

Universities
and Research
Organizations
32%

Publishers
24%

EMEA
37%

AsiaPac
12%

Americas
51%

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bit.ly/1abIOyG

National adoption

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/di_researchmanagement/researchinformation/orcid.
aspx

http://openaccess.blogg.kb.se/2013/01/30/slutrapport-fran-projekt-forfattarindentifikatorer/

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Publishing

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Publishing
Workflows
Reviewer

Author
Manuscript
submission

AUTHOR
RECORD

Reviewer
Database

Author
Database

+

Review
request

+

REVIEWER
RECORD

Review
process

DOI
Accepted
Paper

Notice to
Reviewer
Option to update
ORCID record

Published
Paper

Production
Process

XML to
CrossRef

Notice to
Author
Grant applications: Wellcome
Trust
Wellcome Trust
has integrated
ORCID iDs into its
eGrants
application
system.

Add your ORCID
identifier during the
grant application
process
Grant applications: NIH
ScienCV

Import iD from
ORCID record
Link ScienCV record
to ORCID using
OAuth
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Grant applications
 The US Department of Energy has integrated ORCID iDs into
their E-Link and Announcement Notices.
https://www.osti.gov/elink/aboutorcid.jsp

 The Australian NHMRC has integrated ORCID identifiers into
their RGMS grant application system.
http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/media/newsletters/
research-tracker/2013/nhmrc-researchtracker-28-june-2013

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University profile system
Boston University is creating ORCID records for their faculty
(opt-out) and students (opt-in). They envision ORCID iDs as
part of the university personnel system, access
management, DSpace repository, thesis submission, and for
tracking trainees on grants.
Transfer data from
Profiles to ORCID

Add ORCID iD to
university
personnel system

http://www.slideshare.net/ORCIDSlides/boston-univ-oxford-orcid-outreach
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University Workflows
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation award to support
implementation of ORCID identifiers by universities
and professional associations
• ORCID providing in-person policy and technical
support
• Use cases, workflows, and code samples will be
showcased at ORCID Outreach meeting, Chicago,
IL, May 21, 2013.
• More information at http://orcid.org/content/adoptionand-integration-program
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2014 Goals
 Build membership: support national
memberships, add third-party assertions
functionality, new member agreements and
categories!
 Triple the Registry: broaden participation
through search and link tools, support narratives
and acknowledgement of service activities
 Support adoption: reduce barriers to using
authentication, document workflows and use
cases
 Increase international reach: More
orcid.org

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2013 CrossRef Annual Meeting Flash Update ORCID, Ed Pentz.

  • 1.
    What does ORCIDdo? ORCID provides a unique and persistent identifier that can be used throughout one’s career, across professional activities, affiliations, and languages ORCID iD is integrated in standard workflows and embedded in works metadata, independent of platform 25 November 2013 orcid.org 1
  • 2.
    How do wedo it? ORCID is an independent non-profit organization supported by member fees We provide an open registry of persistent unique identifiers for researchers, and APIs for the community to embed identifiers in research systems and workflows Data marked public by researchers is published annually by ORCID under a CC0 waiver ORCID code is available on our GitHub open source repository and we support community efforts to develop tools and services 25 November 2013 orcid.org 2
  • 3.
    Growth since launch 350,000 300,000 250,000 ORCIDhas issued over 350,000 identifiers since our launch one year ago 200,000 150,000 Website Oauth 100,000 50,000 Oct 25 November 2013 Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar orcid.org Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep 3
  • 4.
    Registry use is international Country US China UK India Spain Italy Brazil Germany Japan Australia France Canada Iran Russia SouthKorea Sweden Turkey Portugal Netherlands Malaysia Taiwan Egypt Switzerland Mexico Poland Greece Saudi Arabia Belgium Romania • 25 countries >10,000 unique visitors • 68 countries >1,000 unique visitors • Registry supports multiple character sets • Content in Spanish, French, En glish, and Chinese 25 November 2013 orcid.org Visits 229955 139428 79701 73929 64224 56991 55713 52495 47670 42086 37854 31113 24873 24572 24484 21493 20137 19524 19231 19071 19031 17814 13729 13661 13557 9702 9628 9489 8721 % 16.7% 10.1% 5.8% 5.4% 4.7% 4.1% 4.0% 3.8% 3.5% 3.0% 2.7% 2.3% 1.8% 1.8% 1.8% 1.6% 1.5% 1.4% 1.4% 1.4% 1.4% 1.3% 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 0.6% 4
  • 5.
    ORCID Members ORCID hasover 90 members, from a broad crosssection of the international research community Publishers Aries, Atlas, Cactus, Copernicus, EBSCO, Elsevier, EDP Sciences, eLife, Epistemio, Flooved, Hindawi, Infra-M Academic Publishing, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Karger, Landes Bioscience, Nature, Peerage of Science, PLOS, ScienceOpen, Springer, Wiley Associations American Astronomical Society, American Chemical Society, ACSESS, AAAS, American Geophysical Union, American Mathematical Society, American Psychological Association, American Physical Society, American Society of Microbiology, American Society of Civil Engineers, Association for Computing Machinery, Electrochemical Society, IEEE, IOP, Modern Language Association, OSA, Royal Society of Chemistry Funders US Department of Energy, US Food and Drug Administration, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Qatar National Research Foundation, US National Institutes of Health, UK National Institute of Health Research, Wellcome Trust Universities Boston Univ, CalTech, Cambridge Univ, Chalmers Univ Technology, Chinese Academy of and Research Sciences Library, CERN, Cornell Univ, EMBL (EBI), FHCRC, Glasgow Univ, Harvard Univ, Organizations IFPRI, KACST, KISTI, MIT, MSKCC, National Institute of Informatics, National Taiwan Univ College of Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center, Riga Technical Univ, SUNY-Stonybrook, Univ Carlos III de Madrid, Univ Oviedo, Univ Zaragoza, Univ College London, Univ Hong Kong, Univ Kansas, Univ Manchester, Univ Michigan IDs ResearcherID, Scopus Repositories Altmetric, ANDS, AVEDAS, British Library, Copyright Clearance Center, CrossRef, DataCite, and Profile F1000 Research, Faculty of 1000, figshare, Impact Story, Knode, OCLC, PubMed Europe Systems (EBI), Symplectic, Thomson Reuters, Überresearch, 25 November 2013 orcid.org Repositories and Profile Systems 18% Associations 18% Funders 8% Universities and Research Organizations 32% Publishers 24% EMEA 37% AsiaPac 12% Americas 51% 5
  • 6.
  • 7.
  • 8.
  • 9.
    Grant applications: Wellcome Trust WellcomeTrust has integrated ORCID iDs into its eGrants application system. Add your ORCID identifier during the grant application process
  • 10.
    Grant applications: NIH ScienCV ImportiD from ORCID record Link ScienCV record to ORCID using OAuth 25 November 2013 orcid.org 10
  • 11.
    Grant applications  TheUS Department of Energy has integrated ORCID iDs into their E-Link and Announcement Notices. https://www.osti.gov/elink/aboutorcid.jsp  The Australian NHMRC has integrated ORCID identifiers into their RGMS grant application system. http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/media/newsletters/ research-tracker/2013/nhmrc-researchtracker-28-june-2013 25 November 2013 orcid.org 11
  • 12.
    University profile system BostonUniversity is creating ORCID records for their faculty (opt-out) and students (opt-in). They envision ORCID iDs as part of the university personnel system, access management, DSpace repository, thesis submission, and for tracking trainees on grants. Transfer data from Profiles to ORCID Add ORCID iD to university personnel system http://www.slideshare.net/ORCIDSlides/boston-univ-oxford-orcid-outreach 25 November 2013 orcid.org 12
  • 13.
    University Workflows • AlfredP. Sloan Foundation award to support implementation of ORCID identifiers by universities and professional associations • ORCID providing in-person policy and technical support • Use cases, workflows, and code samples will be showcased at ORCID Outreach meeting, Chicago, IL, May 21, 2013. • More information at http://orcid.org/content/adoptionand-integration-program 25 November 2013 13
  • 14.
    2014 Goals  Buildmembership: support national memberships, add third-party assertions functionality, new member agreements and categories!  Triple the Registry: broaden participation through search and link tools, support narratives and acknowledgement of service activities  Support adoption: reduce barriers to using authentication, document workflows and use cases  Increase international reach: More orcid.org 25 November 2013 14

Editor's Notes

  • #2 So, it is a persistentiD, why should this matter? Why should researchers and organizations like yourselves take the time not only to get an ID, but to use it and embed it in your organizations workflows? It is a matter of interoperability.
  • #4 But progress has been made so far – Researcher AdoptionThrough the end of August we have grown significantly since our October 2012 launch. We now have nearly 300,000 ORCID iD holders who have either registered for iDs using our website (represented in green or by the top sections of each bar), or because of directly encouragement from our member organizations (represented by the section labeled Oauth in blue, or the bottom section of each bar.)---http://support.orcid.org/knowledgebase/articles/150557-number-of-orcid-idsORCID iDs (includes deactivated iDs)    153560live ORCID iDs    153243deactivated iDs    317iDs that have a verified email addresses    93232iDs that have at least one work    45059Of those with DOIs, # of works with unique DOIs    679729
  • #8 Now have two publishers that have implemented end-to-end integration of ORCID identifiers, Hindawi and Nature. The first ORCID iDs were submitted with manuscript metadata to CrossRef in March 2013 and to PubMed in April 2013.
  • #11 NIH is piloting ORCID identifiers in its ScienCV system. The public, beta version will be released in September 2013.  
  • #12 NIH is piloting ORCID identifiers in its ScienCV system. The public, beta version will be released in late summer 2013.