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What is ORCID?
ORCID provides researchers with a persistent digital identifier designed to distinguish one researcher from another.
- Helps distinguish researchers with similar names.
- Connects scholarly outputs to a researcher identity.
- Supports accurate attribution.
- Can be used during manuscript submission and grant applications.
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Who should have an ORCID iD?
- Lecturers.
- Researchers.
- Postgraduate students.
- Research fellows.
- Authors.
- Academic professionals with scholarly outputs.
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What can be connected to ORCID?
- Journal articles.
- Conference publications.
- Books and chapters.
- Datasets.
- Research grants.
- Institutional affiliations.
- Other scholarly contributions.
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Maintaining your researcher profile
Researchers should periodically review their ORCID record and ensure that affiliations and scholarly outputs are accurate.
- Keep your institutional affiliation current.
- Connect newly published research.
- Review imported records for accuracy.
- Use your ORCID iD consistently.
Advantages
Improves researcher identification.
Reduces ambiguity caused by similar names.
Improves attribution of publications.
Supports international research visibility.
Can reduce repetitive administrative data entry.
Consequences of neglect
- Publications may be incorrectly attributed.
- Researcher profiles may become fragmented.
- Institutional research reporting can become less accurate.
- Researchers may lose opportunities for discoverability.
How the Library can help
- ORCID registration guidance.
- Researcher-profile setup.
- Publication linking assistance.
- Research identity consultations.