ORCID

Learn all about ORCID and how to connect your ID to UNSW’s systems.

An ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor iD) is a unique, persistent identifier for researchers that helps distinguish your research activities and outputs from those of other researchers with similar names to ensure you get credit for your work. It aims to connect researchers with all their research outputs, including publications, grants and datasets.

ORCID is a non-profit organisation supported by a global community of organisations including universities, publishers, funders, professional associations, and other stakeholders in the research ecosystem. Together, this global community has turned ORCID into a tool that links the many available author ID numbers under a single identifier and allows researcher data to be shared between systems. This persistent digital identifier acts like a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) for researchers that can be used to link all of an individual's research outputs and feed them to other research systems.

What are the benefits of having an ORCID iD?

It makes your research profile unique.

  • Connects you with all of your research activities and outputs.
  • Eliminates confusion over researchers with similar names.
  • Ensures your profile is continuous, even if you change institutions.

It can save you time managing information about your publications and grants.

  • Saves time by reducing repetitive data entry into research systems.
  • Allows you to automate adding your publications to systems like ROS.
  • Gives you complete control over which systems can access your information.
  • Allows you to push your ROS publications list back to ORCID for reuse in other systems without re-keying data.

How do I connect my ORCID?

By connecting your ORCID to ROS, you can keep your ORCID up-to-date with all of your research activities and boost the visibility of research outputs not found in major publishing databases. It also allows the Library to send verified UNSW affiliation information to your ORCID.

  1. Log in to ROS and navigate to My Profile, then Settings, and then ORCID Settings.
  2. Click the ORCID link and you will be prompted to enter your existing ORCID or register a new one.
  3. You have now connected your ORCID. You may now permit ROS to read from and write publication data to your ORCID account.

Which organisations use ORCID?

  • UNSW collects ORCID iDs via the research outputs system ROS and is part of the Australian ORCID Consortium
  • The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and the Australian Research Council (ARC) encourage all researchers applying for funding to have an ORCID iD
  • Many publishers are now requiring ORCID iDs during publication submission
  • Many of the large indexing databases including Scopus, Web of Science and Crossref support ORCID

Outreach Librarians

UNSW Library provides support to UNSW academics and researchers through the Faculty Outreach service. 

For assistance contact your Outreach Librarian.