ORCID + Researchers
All your research information accessible
via your own unique profile,
to be used wherever you need it.
Don’t have an ORCID yet?
ORCID, which stands for Open Researcher and Contributor ID, is a free, unique, persistent identifier (PID) for individuals to use as they engage in research, scholarship, and innovation activities. We provide ORCID to researchers free of charge so that we may realize our vision of connecting all who participate in research, scholarship, and innovation are uniquely identified and connected to their contributions across disciplines, borders, and time.
Why get an ORCID?
Learn how ORCID can help you spend more time conducting your research and less time managing it.
Optimize your ORCID
Ensure your ORCID is connected so you can easily share your data between your record and an increasing number of funders, publishers, data repositories, and other research workflows.
Get help with your ORCID
Having issues with signing in? Need some help with connecting your work? We can help!
Why get an ORCID?
People use “ORCID” or “ORCID iD” interchangeably, but what they’re talking about is a 16-digit number and the associated record (sometimes called a profile) that stores automatic links to all your research, and links all your research with you. By allowing trusted organizations to add your research information to your ORCID record, you can spend more time conducting your research and less time managing it.
Optimize your ORCID
The more well-populated ORCID records there are, the more value that both researchers and the entire community can gain from participating in ORCID.
Here are some helpful tips that you can do right now to optimize your ORCID record. You can also browse our support articles for more ideas.
Connect your record
In your record, you have access to nearly 1,200 integrations across research and academic institutions, publishers, funders, and other service providers and more are being added all the time! Learn how to connect your record here.
Ensure your work is discoverable
Did you know the visibility of each piece of data in your ORCID record is controlled by you? Learn how to adjust visibility to make your work discoverable—or keep some things private or shared only with your trusted organizations. It’s up to you!
Enhance discoverability of your funding history
Add funding information to your record by manually, or by importing from other systems such as DimensionsWizard.
Get help with your ORCID
Forgot your password? Registered for two ORCID iDs by mistake? Not sure how to connect something?
It’s OK! We are here to help you.
Check out our FAQs below, or visit our comprehensive Help Center for more information on how to solve any problems you encounter, and get the most out of your ORCID record
Yes. Anyone who participates in research, scholarship, or innovation can register an ORCID iD for themselves free of charge, and you can use the same iD throughout your whole career‚ even if your name changes or you move to a different organization, discipline, or country.
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Go to our Forgot password page, select the ORCID iD option, enter your registered email address in the email field, and select the Recover Account Details button.
We will send you an email from [email protected], letting you know your 16-digit ORCID identifier. Please see I forgot my ORCID iD, how do I recover it? for more information.
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ORCID identifiers that end in X are valid and correct.
ORCID identifiers are all randomly assigned and cannot be changed. The last character in an ORCID identifier is a checksum. It ranges in values from “0” – “10,” with X representing the value “10.” The checksum ensures the other 15 digits of your identifier form a coherent iD.
You can learn more by reading about the structure of an ORCID identifier.
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Go to our Forgot password page, select the Password option, enter your registered email address in the email field, and select the Recover Account Details button. We will send you an email with steps to reset your password.*
*If there is no ORCID iD associated with the email address you entered, the email you receive from us will let you know. At that point, you can try resetting your password using another one of email addresses (try both personal and professional). Please see our article on forgotten passwords for more information.
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If you do not receive any email within 10 minutes, it can mean one of three things:
- Our email was directed into your spam or junk folder. Please check your spam or junk folder for messages from ORCID.
- The email address entered contains a typo. Please try again.
- Your mail administrator may have our messages blocked. Please contact us if you believe this to be the case.
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If you remember your password, try logging in at https://orcid.org/signin using your 16-digit ORCID iD or your previous email address as your username.
If you’ve forgotten your password AND have lost access to previously registered email, please contact us and include:
- Your name
- ORCID iD(s) you think may belong to you
- Any former email addresses you may have registered with
- A current institutional or work email address (if possible)
This information will make it easier for us to identify potential ORCID records that may belong to you and provide you with a quicker turnaround.
Please see How can I access my ORCID record if I no longer have the email associated with it for more information. Note: To prevent this from happening in the future, we recommend adding multiple email addresses to your ORCID account.
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If you have forgotten which email address you registered your ORCID account with, please go to our Forgot password page. Select the ORCID iD option, and then enter in any email addresses you may have registered with.
We will send you an email letting you know your 16-digit ORCID identifier.
If the email says we could not find an ORCID iD associated with the email address, then retry the process above with your other current email addresses (both personal and professional) to recover the ORCID iD.
When you have exhausted all other options, please contact us with your full name, your 16-digit ORCID identifier, and any email addresses you may have registered for an account with. Note: To prevent this from happening in the future, we recommend adding multiple email addresses to your ORCID account.
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The most common issue we hear from users is the loss of access to their former email addresses registered to their accounts.
We strongly recommend adding at least one backup email address, so you can recover access to your ORCID record in case you lose access to another email.
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You can quickly and easily remove your duplicate record by going to your Account Settings and selecting Remove duplicate record. You will then be prompted to enter in the email address or ORCID iD of the duplicate record, as well as the password.
When the duplicate record is removed, the email address attached to it will be added to your primary ORCID record, and all other information on the record will be deleted.
For more information, please see removing your additional or duplicate ORCID iD.
If you no longer have access to that email account and do not recall the password, please contact us with your full name, your 16-digit ORCID identifier, and any email addresses you may have registered for an account with.
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