ORCID Members can maintain their membership information via the ORCID Member Portal.
Members can manage:
- Public display information which displays on the ORCID member list
- ORCID Membership contact information
In the future, members will be able to manage their organization name, address and trademark license information. Consortia Leads will also have the ability to manage their Consortium Members information too.
Public Display Information
You can easily manage the information that is displayed on the ORCID member list.
- Login to the ORCID Member Portal
- Click ‘Edit organization’ from the homepage

- Make the required changes

- Click ‘Save changes’
The changes may not immediately be reflected on your ORCID member page. If the changes are not reflected within 24 hours then please let us know as membership@orcid.org
Contact Information
Within the homepage we display the contact role information that we hold for different contacts at your organization. The functionality allows you to add, edit and delete contacts. These contacts may or may not be users of the ORCID Member Portal. All users within the ORCID Member Portal are able to request changes to contact information. This information will be validated by our Engagement team where required.
- Login to the ORCID Member Portal
- Scroll down to the contact information

- To add a new contact, click ‘Add a new contact’
- Complete the information for the new contact and click ‘Submit new contact’


- To edit a contact, click ‘Edit’ next to the contact

- Update the relevant information

- Click ‘Submit contact change request’
An email will be sent to our Engagement team to process the request. You will receive a copy of the email plus confirmation once completed.
Maintaining Consortium Members (Consortium Leads only)
Consortia Leads have the ability to add and remove member organizations from their Consortium.
Add new members
- Login to the ORCID Member Portal
- Scroll down to the Consortium Members section
- Click ‘Add a new consortium member’
- Populate all fields
- Click ‘Submit new organization request’


Removing Consortium Members
- Login to the ORCID Member Portal
- Scroll down to the Consortium Members section
- Find the member organization within the consortium members list
- Click the trash icon located to the right of the members name
- Add the membership termination date
- Click ‘Remove member from consortium’
