Presentation by Nobuko Miyairi for CLSTL 2017, Gandhinagar, India, March 4, 2017 http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2017/CLSTL/

1. ORCID
BUILDING A GLOBAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE OF
PERSISTENT IDENTIFIERS & COMMUNITY SUPPORT
CLSTL 2017
IIT GANDHINAGAR, INDIA | 02 MARCH 20176
NOBUKO MIYAIRI
Regional Director, Asia Pacific
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3229-5662

2. WHO WE ARE
• Founded in 2010; service started in 2012
• Non-profit, non-proprietary, open
• Global, interdisciplinary
• Independent, community-driven
• Provide 16-digit persistent identifier for
researchers to disambiguate

3. BEFORE
• First name
• Last name
• Middle name
• Transliteration
• By affiliation
• By field
• By journal
• By co-authors …
AFTER
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WHY NAME DISAMBIGUATION?

4. One researcher may have many
profiles or identifiers
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5. PERSISTENT IDENTIFIERS
The term "persistent identifier" is usually used
in the context of digital objects that are
accessible over the Internet. Typically, such
an identifier is not only persistent but
actionable: you can plug it into a web browser
and be taken to the identified source.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistent_identifier

6. EXAMPLE: DOI
6http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms11605
Institutional
repository
news
article

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In EuroPMC, clicking on the author name linked with his/her ORCID will show the researcher
profile with the number of publications & citations, and search results correctly.

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• The author Chengshu Wang
is often listed as Wang C in
his publications.
• He uses ORCID so he is
distinguished from other
Wang C in databases.
• His publications are
searchable by his ORCID
(not by name) in EuroPMC,
• … and links back to his
ORCID record to show his
bio, and more publications.

12. • Individuals can register and use ORCID for
free of charge whether or not their employer is a
member
• ORCID is an opt-in system. The researcher
controls their record: registration, linked
information, privacy and access settings
• ORCID member organizations use ORCID API
and help to maintain ORCID records by getting
permissions from each researcher
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ORCID IS OPT-IN

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Researchers can
• create, edit and
maintain an
ORCID record
• for free of
charge
• control privacy
settings for every
item

14. USER PRIVACY
Information in an ORCID Record has a privacy
setting, which is set by the account owner (yourself)
LIMITED
Accessible by anyone
Accessible by Account Owner +
Trusted Organization(s)
Accessible by Account Owner only
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15. Researcher
university
Permissions to use
ORCID record
Register & Manage
ORCID record
• Basic information
• Name
• Email addresses
etc.
• Account settings
xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx
Employment:
XXX University
Source: XXX University
ORCID record
This researcher works at:
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funder
This researcher was
awarded:
Funding:
YYY Foundation, Grant #123
Source: YYY Foundation
This researcher
contributed as:
Peer Review:
Journal ZZZ, vol. 45, 2016
Source: ZZZ Publishing
publisher

16. ORCID @ REPOSITORIES
Example: King Abdullah
University of Science &
Technology
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COLLECT, CONNECT, AND UPDATE
http://orcid.kaust.edu.sa/

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ORCID AUTHORIZATION
Submission systems can prompt
authors to log in with their
ORCID, and populate authors’
basic information (bio, email
address etc), and embed ORCID
iDs when the article is accepted.

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ORCID @ PUBLICATIONS

20. ORCID AUTO-UPDATE
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Author
• Link own
ORCID to
author profile
• Add ORCID to
co-authors too
Publisher
Embed authors’
ORCID in the
metadata when
the manuscript is
accepted
Check authors’
ORCID in the
metadata when
assigning DOIs to
new publications
Receive new
publication info
from Crossref
and add to
authors’ ORCID
records
Notified by email

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Give permissions to Crossref so your new
publications will be automatically added to
your ORCID record

22. http://orcid.org/content/requiring-orcid-publication-workflows-open-letter
ORCID PUBLISHER MANDATES
More and more publishers are providing options to link authors’ and
reviewers’ ORCID in manuscript submission systems.
Some publishers are starting to mandate ORCID.
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CREDIT PEER REVIEW
Publishers can credit peer
reviewers by inserting to one’s
ORCID record

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DISPLAY
• In metadata
• On sites
• In publications
CONNECT
• Affiliations (employers)
• Works (publishers)
• Awards (funders)
COLLECT & CONNECT

25. ORCID @ FUNDERS
• Funders are starting to adopt ORCID in funding application process
• They can inject funding information to ORCID records with its source
clearly indicated = evidence
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• Request permission during grant application
• Collect identifier
• Display in internal systems
• Assert funding in ORCID record
• Information available to reuse in other systems

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ORCID @ INSTITUTIONS
Research institutions offer
personal homepages where
researchers can link their
ORCID iDs and showcase their
research output globally.

27. MEMBERS BUILD TRUST
• ORCID member organizations can facilitate and receive electronic
permissions from researchers so that they can help manage their
ORCID records. For example:
• Universities can assert their researcher’s affiliation
• Publishers can add review contributions for their reviewers
• Funding organizations can add funding awards to their winner’s ORCID
• DOI agencies automatically add new publications as ORCID works
• In addition to the information added by researchers themselves,
ORCID member organizations add and update researchers’
activities on their ORCID and build academic trust in the ORCID
registry
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28. AUTHENTICATION?
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Use an authenticated
API to collect iD
(username & password)
to ensure the person
and the iD belong
together, the iD is
correct (no typos), and
that privacy is
respected.
For more info on membership, visit http://orcid.org/about/membership

29. Researcher
Register & Manage
ORCID record
• Basic information
• Name
• Email addresses
etc.
• Account settings
xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx
Employment:
XXX University
Source: me
ORCID record
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Funding:
YYY Foundation, Grant #123
Source: me
Peer Review:
Journal ZZZ, vol. 23, 2016
Source: me
It’s another chore for researchers
unless your system is connected.

30. ORCID
• Open
• Managed by
researchers
+ ORCID community
Profile systems
• Proprietary & closed
• Managed by
researchers
themselves
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ORCID IS NOT A PROFILE SYSTEM

31. Librarian:
“All our researchers should sign up for an ORCID
iD, and we teach them how. We also encourage
Google Scholar, ResearchGate, etc.”
It’s another chore for researchers
unless your system is connected.

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ORCID SAVES TIME
University
Library
Funde
rs
Faculty Profiles
Researcher
Publishers
• Create, edit, and maintain free ORCID record
• Give explicit permissions for services to use iD
• Control privacy settings, and read/write access
• Change settings and access privileges at any time

33. ENTER ONCE, REUSE OFTEN

34. ORCID TODAY
• Over 3.0 million researchers
• 650+ members from 40 countries, including
national consortia in the UK, Denmark,
Finland, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany,
Italy, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand and 4
regional consortia in the US
• Over 300 integrations with another 200 in
the pipeline

35. Asia Pacific
15%
Europe
50%
Latin America
1%
Middle East & Africa
4%
North America
30%
Publisher/
Association
14% Funder
3%
Governme
nt
2%
Repository
/Profile
Org
6%
Research
Institute
75%
MEMBER BREAKDOWN
By region By sector

36. HOLDERS (& MEMBERS) IN APAC
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China 117,052 (3)
India 37,095 (1)
Japan 53,631 (9)
South Korea 32,271 (1)
Taiwan 17,197 (8)
Hong Kong 10,085 (8)
Malaysia 11,350 (1)
Singapore 7,184 (2)
Indonesia 7,138 (0)
Vietnam 2,054 (0)
Thailand 4,024 (0)
Philippines 2,198 (0)
Australia 58,550
(44)
New Zealand 8,378 (43)
ORCID holders by email domain as of Jan 2017

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Slide created by Natasha Simons, ANDS

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Slide created by Natasha Simons, ANDS

39. NZ JOINT STATEMENT
New Zealand is joining the
wave of countries to support
and adopt ORCID. On July 26
New Zealand's peak bodies
representing the scientific and
research community, along
with funding agencies,
released a joint statement of
principle supporting the
adoption and use of ORCID
identifiers across the research
and science system.
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http://orcid.org/blog/2016/08/17/orcid-new-zealand-update

40. NATIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS
• Austria: Funder requirement 2016
• Italy: National consortium 2015
• Finland: National recommendation 2015
• Australia: National recommendation 2015
• Denmark: University launch 2014
• Spain: Launched 2 consortia in 2014
• Portugal: Funder requirement 2013
• Sweden: National recommendation 2013
• UK: National recommendation 2013, pilot 2014,
consortium 2015
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41. It’s a community effort!
ORCID is a community effort

42. ORCID PROVIDES:
Plumbing for
research information
Tools to build trust
in digital information

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EXAMPLE: INDIA

44. PUBLIC AND MEMBER APIS
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API Features
Public API
Freely
available to
anyone
• Sandbox test environment freely available
• Create: Facilitate creation of new ORCID records (via on-demand
process)
• Authenticate: Get a user’s authenticated ORCID iD
• Read (Public): Search/retrieve public data
• No personalized support
Member API
ORCID
member
organizations
All of above, and:
• Read (Limited): Search/retrieve “limited-access” data
• Add: Post new items to a record
• Update: Edit or delete items you previously added
• Personalized support, member newsletter, etc.
http://orcid.org/about/membership

45. • Researchers can save time if the
organizations they interact with become
ORCID members, connect iDs and their
publications, funding, and other research
activity records
• We look forward to more Indian
organizations to join
the ORCID community
so that together we can
help them spend
LESS time on
admin process, and MORE
on research activities
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THANKS!
Nobuko Miyairi
ORCID Regional Director, Asia Pacific
n.miyairi@orcid.org