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ORCID : Getting Started

Provides information about obtaining an ORCID iD and making use of the ORCID record.

What Is ORCID?

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Names are not enough to ensure credit and are inadequate for reliably connecting researchers and scholars with their works. The ORCID iD helps ensure that your publications, datasets, and other professional activities are connected with your name every time.

Open Researcher and Contributor ID

ORCID is a global, not-for-profit organization that provides a unique digital persistent identifier (DPI) at no cost to any individual engaged in research or scholarship. The ORCID iD: 

  • helps to eliminate confusion over name similarities;
  • makes it easier to cite and correctly attribute a researcher's work;
  • establishes a trustworthy connection between the scholar, their work, and their institutional affiliation(s); and  
  • can be used throughout the individual's career, regardless of changes to institutional affiliation.

Publishers, funders, and professional associations are increasingly requiring an ORCID iD at manuscript submission, proposal application, and membership renewal.

Create/Connect via ORCID@Illinois

The ORCID@Illinois app provides a convenient way to register for an ORCID iD. Beyond providing a persistent link between you and your research, registration via ORCID@Illinois enables you to access ORCID with your UIUC log-in credentials (reducing the need to remember yet another user name and password) and—for faculty and staff—adds the ORCID iD to your profile in the University’s public directory.

 

Create or connect ORCID iD

 

Registering for an ORCID iD (or connecting one to your Illinois NetID) is a quick process (about 30 seconds) that can be initiated via the button below. Note that, if you have an existing ORCID iD, you will be asked to enter either your 16-digit iD or an email that is currently associated with the iD. 

The registration process will look similar to one of the examples below, depending on whether: 

  • you are registering for a new ORCID iD (example A), or 

  • you already have an ORCID iD and are connecting it to your NetID (example B). 

 

A. Register for an ORCID iD
(if you already have one, see example B)

  • Start by clicking the blue “create or connect” button above.

  • Create a password for your ORCID record, select the desired visibility setting, and agree to ORCID’s terms of use.

​Image of ORCID registration screen

 

  • Add the University as a trusted organization.

​Image of authorization screen for a trusted organization during ORCID registration process

 

  • (optional—link your NetID to your ORCID record) Return to the ORCID sign-in screen and select “Institutional account”. Search for University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.  

Image of ORCID sign-in screen with institutional account option

 

  • When prompted, enter either your 16-digit ORCID iD or the email currently associated with your ORCID record and your ORCID password.

​Image of screen for linking a UIUC account during ORCID registration process​​

 

B. Connect an existing ORCID iD
(if you don’t have one, see example A) 

 

  • Start by clicking the blue “create or connect” button above.

  • On the ORCID sign-in screen, select “Institutional account” and search for University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Image of ORCID sign-in screen with institutional account option

 

  • When prompted, enter either your 16-digit ORCID iD or the email currently associated with your ORCID record and your ORCID password 

Image of screen for linking a UIUC account during ORCID registration process

 

  • Add the University as a trusted organization 

Image of authorization screen for a trusted organization during ORCID registration process

 

Congratulations!

Your ORCID iD will now be displayed in the University’s public directory. Refer to the following pages of this guide for more information on adding content to and maximizing the use of your ORCID record.

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