ORCID is a not-for-profit organization that provides unique identifiers to researchers to connect them with their contributions and affiliations, facilitating better management of research data. The ORCID community includes over 3.5 million researchers and 700 member organizations across 40 countries, with numerous integrations into research systems for streamlined management. Initiatives like the Publishers Open Letter promote the requirement for ORCID IDs in publishing workflows, enhancing data synchronization and author recognition in scholarly communications.

1. ORCID: AN OVERVIEW
CROSSREF LIVE, SEOUL
KOFST, JUNE 12, 2017
ALICE MEADOWS
Director – Community Engagement & Support, ORCID
orcid.org/0000-0003-2161-3781

2. Names are messy!

3. PIDS FOR PEOPLE, PLACES, & THINGS

4. ORCID’S 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.

5. ✓ ORCID is an open, not-for-profit organization that serves
the research community by collaborating and innovating
with organizations like yours
✓ We provide researchers with a unique identifier, an ORCID
iD, that reliably and clearly connects them with their
research contributions and affiliations
✓ Hundreds of systems have now integrated ORCID iDs –
from grant application and manuscript submission to CRIS
and other research information management systems, and
more!
WHAT IS ORCID?

6. THE ORCID COMMUNITY
• Over 3.5m researchers, 1m+ records with at least one
connection, 8m+ unique DOIs
• Close to 700 member organizations
• 40 countries
• National consortia in the UK, Denmark, Finland,
Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Sweden,Taiwan,
Australia, New Zealand, Canada
• Regional consortia in the US
• Over 500 integrations across all sectors of the
research community

7. We want researchers to spend
more time making
contributions and less time
managing them

8. INTEROPERABILITY ENTER ONCE
REUSE OFTEN

9. • 57 publisher members
• Plus 27 associations
• Publishers Open Letter
• Auto-update of ORCID records
• Peer review
• ORCID in books workflows
http://ands.org.au/newsletters/share_issue18.pdf
ORCID IN PUBLISHING WORKFLOW

10. • Launched January 2016
• Eight original signatories
• Now 27 signatories and growing!
• Major publishers and associations including:
• American Chemical Society
• American Geophysical Union
• IEEE
• PLOS
• Royal Society of Chemistry
• Springer Nature
• Wiley
http://ands.org.au/newsletters/share_issue18.pdf
PUBLISHERS OPEN LETTER

11. • Require ORCID iDs for corresponding authors of
published papers
• ORCID iD collection should be enabled as an option for
all authors and should ideally take place at submission
• Collect authenticated ORCID iDs
• Authors are not asked to type in or search for their iD
• Crossref/DataCite DOI metadata includes ORCID
iDs for authors to enable Crossref
• Metadata indicates whether the iD was authenticated
• Author/co-author ORCID iDs are embedded into
article metadata for publication
• At least in online versions, and ideally in print versions of
the publication
http://ands.org.au/newsletters/share_issue18.pdf
PUBLISHERS OPEN LETTER: REQUIREMENTS

12. • Enables researchers to authorize
automatic updates to their ORCID
record
• Currently used by Crossref and
DataCite
• Crossref: during submission process
• 150,000 records, 300,000 works updated
• DataCite: independent of submission
process
• 25,000 records, 50,000 works updated
http://ands.org.au/newsletters/share_issue18.pdf
ORCID AUTO-UPDATE FUNCTIONALIT

13. • Collect authenticated ORCID iDs
from authors
• Include iDs in content registered
with Crossref and DataCite
• Provenance and source are essential
• Display iDs in published article
• Connect iDs to author’s ORCID
record when DOI is created
• Crossref/DataCite auto-update
• Synchronize data with your own
systems
http://ands.org.au/newsletters/share_issue18.pdf
HOW IT WORKS: ORGANIZATION

14. • Sign up for an ORCID iD
• Authenticate ORCID iD when
prompted during submission
(Crossref)
• Authorize Crossref/DataCite to
read/update record
• One time only authorization
• Select preferred visibility setting
for works
http://ands.org.au/newsletters/share_issue18.pdf
HOW IT WORKS:
RESEARCHERS

15. CROSSREF AUTO-UPDATE

16. • Based on CASRAI Peer Review
Services Dictionary
• Suitable for all types of peer review
• Review activities are added by third
party, not researcher
• Enables organizations to recognize peer
review activities
• Allows researchers to keep track of their
own reviews
135,000+ reviews added to ORCID
records to date
http://ands.org.au/newsletters/share_issue18.pdf
ORCID PEER REVIEW FUNCTIONALIT

17. • Collect reviewers’ iDs and
biographical information
• Display reviewers’ iDs
• Connect review activity data to
reviewers’ ORCID records
• Synchronize your system's data
with reviewers' records
Only available with API 2.0
https://members.orcid.org/api/
workflow/peer-review
http://ands.org.au/newsletters/share_issue18.pdf
HOW IT WORKS:
ORGANIZATIONS

18. • Sign up for an ORCID iD
• Authenticate ORCID iD when
prompted
• Authorize reviewing
organization to read/update
record
• Select preferred visibility setting
for review data
http://ands.org.au/newsletters/share_issue18.pdf
HOW IT WORKS:
RESEARCHERS

19. JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
(BLIND REVIEW)

20. F1000 EXAMPLE (OPEN REVIEW)

21. PUBLONS EXAMPLE

22. PUBLONS EXAMPLE
850 Publons users export 3,500 reviews to ORCID each week!

23. • Community Working Group
launched September 2016
• Consultant appointed January
2016
• Report and recommendations
available July 2017
• Community feedback and input
welcome!
http://ands.org.au/newsletters/share_issue18.pdf
ORCID IN BOOKS WORKFL

24. ORCID IN BOOKS WORKFLOW:
BENEFITS
• Matching authors across book and journal
systems
• Simplifying sign-on into systems
• Improved discovery, citation, and
marketing
• Benefits in peer review
• Empowering semantic systems

25. ORCID IN BOOKS WORKFLOW:
CHALLENGES
• Differences between book and journal
workflows
• And between different types of books workflows
• Lack of awareness of ORCID in key
disciplines
• Dealing with backlist titles
• Lack of ORCID integration in books systems
(but…)

26. ORCID IN BOOKS WORKFLOW:
RECOMMENDATIONS
• Focus on author touchpoints and title
management systems
• Prioritize publishers already using ORCID for
journals and/or that publish conference
proceedings, major reference works
• Collaborate with MLA Commons and others to
build awareness/trust
• Develop/expand partnerships with JSTOR,
OCLC, ISNI etc
• Share success stories!

27. Spend more time making
contributions and less time
managing them