This document discusses how ORCID iDs can be used by publishers in manuscript submissions and publications to uniquely identify and connect authors to their works. It recommends that publishers collect ORCID iDs during submission, not allow authors to manually enter iDs, encourage authors to obtain iDs, include iDs in submission metadata, and display iDs in publications. ORCID membership allows organizations various abilities like reading from and sending data to ORCID records to integrate identification and linking of authors and their works.

1. Works are discoverable
—and distinguishable
from others—by iD, not
just name
Publishers
requests
ORCID iDs
in manuscript
submission
ORCID iD is
a part of the
metadata—in
addition to
the author’s
name
Data then
flows into
search tools
like PubMed,
Scopus, and
WOS
Publishers

2. Publishing community members
Publishing Members: AIP Publishing, AIRITI, Aries, Atlas,
Copernicus, EBSCO, Editage, Elsevier, EDP Sciences, eJournal
Press, eLife, Epistemio, Flooved, Hindawi, Infra-M Academic
Publishing, Jnl Bone and Joint Surgery, Karger, Landes Bioscience,
National Academy of Sciences, Nature, Oxford University Press,
Peerage of Science, PLOS, RNAi, ScienceOpen, Springer, Taylor &
Francis, Wiley, Wolters Kluwer
Association Members: American Astronomical Soc, American
Chemical Soc, ACSESS, AAAS, American Geophysical Union,
American Mathematical Soc, American Psychological Assn,
American Physical Soc, American Soc Microbiology, American Soc
Civil Engineers, Assn Computing Machinery, Electrochemical
Society, IEEE, IOP, Modern Language Assn, OSA, Royal Soc
Chemistry, Soc Neuroscience
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3. Suggested Practices for Collection & Display
of ORCID Identifiers
• Add authenticated collection
of ORCID identifiers to your
manuscript submission process.
• NEVER let an author type in an
iD.
• Encourage all authors publishing
in your journal to obtain an
ORCID identifier.
• Ensure that iDs are included in
the XML submitted to CrossRef
and other repositories.
• Display ORCID iDs in publication.
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4. Recognizing reviewer service
• Acknowledge Peer
Reviewers
• Link Authors, Reviewers,
Members, and Meeting
Participants
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5. Learn more
http://orcid.org/organizations/publishers/learnmore
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6. ORCID Membership
Member organizations may use the member API to:
• Read information from an ORCID record
• Send data such as publications to ORCID records
• Integrate a search and link wizard to enable researchers
to connect with their works
• Link ORCID identifiers to other IDs and registry
systems
• Create ORCID records on behalf of employees or
affiliates
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