At its core, ORCID enables researchers to make connections between themselves (via their ORCID iD) and their activities and affiliations (via other identifiers and APIs). These connections are asserted either […]
Product Updates
Research Resources Now Live — Join the Pilot!
Earlier this year we announced a new data model to acknowledge research resource use on ORCID records. Now with the launch of the first release candidate of our upcoming API […]
New Feature Alert: Upgraded Affiliation Types
Enabling transparent and trustworthy connections between researchers and their contributions and affiliations is at the center of ORCID’s mission. This enables researchers to be recognized for the many different types […]
What’s new with peer review on ORCID
ORCID has provided peer review functionality for going on three years. Peer review recognition is part of our broader commitment to improve recognition for all research contributions. It’s something that […]
ORCID, OpenID Connect, and Implicit Authentication
ORCID is a researcher-centric system that connects people with their activities. These connections are made as researchers interact with a variety of information systems, such as manuscript submission systems, institutional […]
Assertion Assurance Pathways: What Are They and Why Do They Matter?
An assertion is defined as a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief, or the action of stating something, or exercising authority, confidently and forcefully. How is this […]
Mapping the PID Landscape
This post was co-authored with Christopher Brown and Neil Jacobs (Jisc), Josh Brown and Laure Haak (ORCID), and Clifford Tatum (SURF) The landscape of research information is largely closed to […]
Enter Once, Reuse Often
If someone asks you, as a researcher, what you hate most about your work, the chances are you will say form-filling. Keying in the same information, time after time – […]
Acknowledging Research Resources: New ORCID Data Model
Research resources run the gamut from research facilities housing specialized equipment, to repositories, museums, and field stations that house physical collections. Both for the purposes of research rigor and reporting, […]
eLife Users Can Now Register with ORCID to Annotate Scientific Content Online
The open-access journal eLife recently announced the launch of the annotation and commenting tool, Hypothesis, on our website, enabling users to make comments, highlight important sections of articles and engage […]