Matthew Buys discusses how ORCID identifiers can help researchers by distinguishing them from each other and linking them to their professional activities and organizations. ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier that researchers can use freely. Organizations can also join as members to integrate ORCID into their systems for activities like publishing, funding, and universities. This allows for improved tracking of researcher productivity, quality, recognition, and influence by consolidating their professional records under a single ORCID identifier.

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Using ORCID identifiers
to distinguish yourself
Matthew Buys
Regional Director, ORCID
m.buys@orcid.org
@mjbuys
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7234-3684

2. Engaging Researchers
“Researchers want to be read,
acknowledged, and quoted.”
20 May 2016 orcid.org 2
“Researchers want to spend
their time on research,
not reporting”

3. • Productivity: measured by the number of
professional activities
• Quality: impact analysis
• Recognition: measured by citations, mentions
etc.
• Influence/Reputation: measured by invitations to
present keynote addresses, prizes, membership
of boards
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Research Leaders

4. Government
ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier that
distinguishes researchers from each other and links
them to an organization identifier
ORCID record
Individuals register for free and use
this at their institution, funders and
publishers
Organizations join as members and
can build integrations into their
systems
Universities
Funders
Associations
Publishers

5. 5
Productivity (1)
• Professional activities
• Education
• Employment
• Funding
• Works

6. 6
Productivity (2)
Publishers and Funders can now assert peer
review activities

7. 7
Quality & Recognition (1)
• Improved reporting mechanisms
• Enforcing uniqueness
• All associated professional activities
associated with a single ORCID iD
• Cluster research group
• Metadata auto-update
Researcher A
Carleton University
Immunology dept
ORCID:
0123-1234-2345-3456
Researcher B
University of Alberta
Immunology dept
ORCID:
0011-2233-4455-6677
Researcher D
University of Alberta
Immunology dept
ORCID:
1122-3344-5566-7788
Researcher F
University of Cape Town
Immunology dept
ORCID:
2233-4455-6677-8899
Researcher E
Carleton University
Immunology dept
ORCID:
2345-3456-4567-5678
Researcher C
Carleton University
Biochemistry dept
ORCID:
1234-2345-3456-4567

8. 8
Quality & Recognition (2)
Improved visibility of professional activities across ORCID
connected systems

9. 9
Quality & Recognition (3)
Several analytics platforms have integrated with ORCID to provide
comprehensive impact assessment

10. 10
Influence & Reputation
• Public presence and portable persistent iD
that is independent of publisher, employer,
funder, geography and association
• Multiple professional activities can be
added

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Demonstration
Managing
Permissions

12. • Find out more at http://orcid.org
• Register at http://orcid.org/register
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Thank you!
Matthew Buys
Regional Director, ORCID
m.buys@orcid.org
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7234-3684