Introduction to ORCID(Open Researcher and

Contributor ID)University of Yangon Library

Joelle Vandermensbrugghe

30 April 2017

Overview ORCID- http://orcid.org/

• What is ORCID?

• Why use ORCID?

• ORCID as strategy for managing a researcher profile

• How to register with ORCID?

• How to enter data on ORCID?

What is ORCID?

• ORCID is a non-profit organization supported by organisational members

• ORCID is s a global non-profit registry

• ORCID identifies registered researchers through a unique identifier - ORCID ID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID).

What is the ORCID ID

• A unique and permanent identifier

• Identifies an author

• It is unique – can only be attached to one person

• Permanent – will follow the owner even if they change universities

• Consists of 16 numbers

• Number is stored in a central registry

• Brings together information located in various systems

• Links research outputs to identifier

Why use ORCID?

• Many people share the same surname - ORCID ensures the right person can be identified

• Enables to share information about you and your research

• Increases visibility of your work

• Compatible with other system enabling to import and export information and automatically connect your id with publication and academic activities on other systems

• Generates your unique list of academic works

Why use ORCID?

• Free registration

• Easy to set up

• Not linked to a specific institution

• ORCID supports 37 types of work

• You control who can see the ORCID information through privacy settings

• Brings together major research tools and services

• Largest publishers and journals are adopting ORCID

• Funding agencies integrate their systems with ORCID

ORCID as part of a researcher profile management strategy

To ensure your research is accessible and easily comes up in internet searches

Online tools :

• Identification tools such as ORCID

• Search engines: Google Scholar

• Social media: Twitter, LinkedIn, blogs, Facebook

• Online research communities: Academia.edu, ResearchGate

• Bibliographic reference management allowing reference sharing: Mendeley

ORCID vision and missionVision

• ORCID’s vision is a world where all who participate in research, scholarship, and innovation are uniquely identified and connected to their contributions across disciplines, borders, and time.

Mission

• ORCID provides an identifier for individuals to use with their name as they engage in research, scholarship, and innovation activities. We provide open tools that enable transparent and trustworthy connections between researchers, their contributions, and affiliations. We provide this service to help people find information and to simplify reporting and analysis.

Source: https://orcid.org/content/mission-statement

ORCID values

• ORCID is a not-for-profit organization, sustained by fees from our member organizations. Our work is open, transparent, and non-proprietary. We are guided by the principles of privacy and researcher control, and the vision of identifier-enabled research information infrastructure. We make decisions collaboratively, involving our staff, Board, those who support our mission, and the researchers and community that are the purpose of our work.

• We take a global view. We have a diverse team, deployed internationally in our "virtual office." We engage with a wide range of organizations and people to ensure broad viewpoints. We strive to be a trusted component of research infrastructure with the goal of providing clarity in the breadth of research contributions and the people who make them.

Source: https://orcid.org/content/mission-statement

Registering at https://orcid.org/

To create a new ORCID ID

Go to register now and complete relevant blocs:

Add personal information: education

Add personal information: employment

Add information on funding

Add work to your ORCID

• Manually

• By importing from other sources

Add publications manually

Access your publication from the repositoryGo into Add Works

Copy and paste details in relevant boxes:

Import publications from databases

Add work from databasesHow to add works to your ORCID record using Search & Link (video)

Currently supported wizards include:Airiti, ANDS (Australian National Data Service), Crossref(DOI registration agency), DataCite, Europe PubMed Central, ISNI2ORCID to link ORCID and ISNI, KoreaMed, MLA International Bibliography, ResearcherID, Scopus Author ID

If a service is not listed, you may be able to export your publications in BibTeX format. See import these works from a BibTeX filefor details

Add publications from Google Scholar

• Export them from Google Scholar in BibTeX format

• Use the Link BibTeX button on your record to upload the citations.

More at http://support.orcid.org/knowledgebase/articles/390530

Online support

Personal details can be reviewed at any stage via Account settings

Using ORCID

Include your ORCID id as much as possible

• In your e-mail signature

• On your website (s)

• In publication submissions

• In grant applications

Do this by adding your ORCID number and a link to it

On a paper document you can create a QR code that can be read via a phone with a QR code reader app. This will link the reader to your ORCID webpage

Create a QR code

Resources

• Daniels, Jessy (2014). ‘From Tweet to Blog Post to Peer-Reviewed Article: How to be a Scholar Now’, LSE Impact Blog

• EIFL´s work in the area of OA http://www.eifl.net/eifl-in-action/open-access-myanmar

• Miah, Andy (2013). Top 5 social media platforms for research development, LSE Impact Blog

• Marshall, Kelli (2015). ‘How to Curate Your Digital Identity as an Academic . If you don’t manage your online presence, you are allowing search engines to create it for you.’, The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 5 2015.

• Patel, Salma (2012) I’m an academic and desperately need an online presence, where do I start? . LSE Impact Blog.

• Ten things you need to know about ORCID • University of Oxford: 23 Things for Research – a self directed

course on using digital communication tools.

Questions?