Another major milestone for ORCID At the end of 2012, just three months after we launched the ORCID registry, we were thrilled to be able to share that nearly 50,000 researchers had already registered for an iD. Ten months after that, we celebrated the ORCID record growing to nearly 250,000 (with 80 Members!) All told, it […]
A Warm Welcome for ORCID’s New Executive Director, Chris Shillum
An integral part of ORCID’s history Julie Petro: Hi Chris! Welcome to ORCID. Though technically you already have quite a long history with us… Chris Shillum: That’s right! I was in meetings about ORCID before ORCID existed. So yes, my association with ORCID dates back to the very beginning. ORCID originally spun out from an […]
5th Annual PIDapalooza Call for Proposals Open Now!
The call for proposals will be open until October 30. While we wish we could be together in person to celebrate the fifth PIDapalooza, there’s an upside to moving it online: now everyone can participate in the universe’s best PID party! With 24 hours of non-stop PID programming, you’ll be able to come to the party no matter where […]
Announcing the Results of ORCID’s 2020 Board Election
On behalf of the ORCID Board and staff, thank you to everyone who submitted nominations and participated in the elections process, especially the members of our Nominating Committee. Please join us in welcoming our new and returning Board members: Yuko Harayama (researcher member), Tohoku University, Japan Daniel Hook (second term), Digital Science, UK Linda O’Brien (second term), […]
Time for a website refresh!
It’s an exciting time at ORCID, and I’m very happy to have joined the team as Senior Communications Manager! At the time of this writing over 7.2 million ORCID iDs have been registered and, according to our recent Community Survey, our users no longer consider us to be a maturing organization. We understand that, as […]