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Researcher Profiles, Identifiers and Engagement

This guide provides information about how to create, use and promote your online research presence.

ORCID

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ORCID stands for Open Researcher and Contributor ID. It is an international, not-for-profit organisation which provides an open, international, community-driven, interdisciplinary, central registry of unique and persistent identifiers for individual researchers.

An ORCID is a personal, persistent identifier and will travel with you over your entire professional career. Your ORCID is essentially a 16 digit number, most commonly expressed as a URL which links to your profile e.g. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2414-3298

Registering for an ORCID is free, and only takes a few minutes.

Having an ORCID will:

  • Distinguish your research activities and outputs from other researchers with similar names.
  • Track your research activities and outputs, even if you have changed your name or use variations of your name.
  • Present all your research activities and outputs, including publications, grants and datasets, in one place.
  • Connect to the global research community, making your research outputs more discoverable.
  • Minimise repetitive data entry and reporting - ORCID enables data to be easily transferred between systems.
  • Enable more accurate tracking of your citations and other recognition of your research.

Where is ORCID used?

  • Journal, conference and other publishers ask for your ORCID when you submit a manuscript.
  • Indexing databases e.g. Scopus, Web of Science and Crossref are using ORCID to correctly assign your publications and citations.
  • Funding bodies such as the ARC and NHMRC are using ORCID to help streamline research administration and reporting for the funding body. This will reduce the burden of grant submission for applicants and their institution.
  • Universities are using ORCID for institutional reporting purposes.
  • Professional associations and societies can request ORCID on membership forms and then track the research activities of their members.

What should I include in my ORCID profile?

  • the variations of your name that you have used as an author e.g. initials and full name
  • your location/country
  • keywords that describe your research
  • a biography statement
  • your Education and/or Employment at James Cook University
  • websites that profile your research
  • social media tools that you use to communicate your research
  • your JCU email address
  • research funding
  • research works (e.g. publications, datasets, intellectual property, performances).

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