With an ORCID iD and ORCID record, you distinguish yourself as a researcher and make your research easier to find. ORCID is a free, personal online profile where you bring together all your professional affiliations, publications, and other research activities – independent of your institution or publisher. Erasmus University Library helps you as a researcher create, use, and manage your ORCID iD and ORCID record.
What is ORCID?
ORCID is a free, user-friendly (personal) online profile that you own and manage, allowing you to collect all your professional affiliations, research results, and activities in one place. Using your 16-digit ORCID iD in manuscript submission systems ensures correct attribution, regardless of how many people share the same (or a similar) name.
In your ORCID record, you can include, among other things:
- your (current and past) affiliations;
- publications and datasets;
- peer review activities;
- grants, awards, and editorships.
You always retain control over access to and visibility of your data. Your ORCID iD remains yours, even if you change universities or research institutes.
ORCID organization
ORCID is a non-profit, open, and community-driven organization, not tied to any institution, country, or publisher, created for and by the research community.
As a researcher, your ORCID iD is free! This means you can use your unique 16-digit identifier at no cost to manage and share your research activities. Organizations, such as Erasmus University Rotterdam, do pay a fee to be a member of ORCID. This membership helps them gain access to advanced features and support, enabling them to better facilitate their researchers.
ORCID’s vision
"A world where all who participate in research, scholarship, and innovation are uniquely identified and connected to their contributions across disciplines, borders, and time”.
Why do you need an ORCID iD?
More and more publishers and grant providers are requesting an ORCID iD. It helps you publish faster, apply for funding more easily, and increase your visibility.
ORCID helps you with:
- linking publications to your profile;
- improving the visibility of your research;
- using a single, consistent researcher identifier across various systems;
- supporting applications, peer reviews, and collaborations.
Many names occur frequently and can appear in systems in different ways, for example:
- Different variants (e.g. Sofia Maria Hernandez Garcia, S.M.H. Garcia, Sofia Maria Garcia);
- Spelled with diacritics (Müller, Mueller, Muller);
- Names can appear in different writing systems (王, Wang).
With an ORCID iD, you link all your work to a single unique identifier. This prevents name confusion and makes it clear which publications and activities are truly yours.
By linking your publications to your ORCID iD, you increase the discoverability and visibility of:
- you as a researcher;
- your research and professional activities.
Databases – such as Web of Science and Scopus – further enhance this visibility when you connect their author systems to your identifier.
If you link the author profiles of databases, such as Scopus and Web of Science, to your ORCID iD, your work will be found even more easily and correctly attributed.
ORCID can automatically link your ORCID iD to your professional activities. The system supports various types of publications, including:
- publications;
- datasets;
- peer review;
- conference proceedings;
- peer reviews and other contributions.
This means you have to manually enter data less often, and you can easily share your profile with new institutions and organizations.
More and more publishers, research institutions, and grant providers are integrating ORCID into their systems to comply with the FAIR principles. You can use your ORCID iD for:
- submitting manuscripts;
- registering peer reviews;
- applying for grants.
Using ORCID as a researcher at EUR
Do you want to get the most out of ORCID? Then link your ORCID iD to Pure, EUR's Research Information System (CRIS).
Benefits:
- automatic export of publications;
- daily updates of your profile;
- reduced administrative burden.
Support by the Erasmus Library ORCID Team
The Erasmus Library ORCID Team supports EUR researchers in creating and using their ORCID iD and ORCID record.
Our services for EUR researchers regarding ORCID consist of:
- providing ORCID workshops;
- providing tailormade ORCID workshops (on request);
- individual support;
- a quick scan of your ORCID record with recommendations to improve your ORCID record;
- support via email;
- FAQ.
The EUR ORCID LibGuide contains practical information about:
- creating an ORCID iD;
- adding publication details and other information to your ORCID record;
- using your ORCID iD in other systems;
- linking your Pure profile to your ORCID record.
For staff members of Erasmus University Rotterdam
Want to know more about the Library's services on this topic? Visit the Research Support Portal for practical and detailed information. This portal is accessible to EUR staff only (via MyEUR).
Contact
Erasmus Library ORCID Team
University Library
- Email address
- orcid.library@eur.nl
For questions, contact the Erasmus Library ORCID Team via email. A team member will respond to your email as soon as possible. See also our FAQ about ORCID.