This blog post was co-authored by Paloma Marín Arraiza and Gabriela Mejias. Last Friday, ORCID turned eight, and we are about to reach another important milestone: 10 million ORCID iDs! As we do every year, we are celebrating our anniversary and Open Access Week by releasing our Public Data File. The 2020 Public Data File contains […]
Congratulations to SENACYT – ORCID’s First Integration in Panama!
We are delighted to announce Panama’s first ORCID integration! Recently Ana Cardoso, ORCID’s Engagement Lead for Latin America and the US, sat down with Robinson Zapata Pino from SENACYT (La Secretaría Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación – National Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation) to discuss their history with ORCID, what their plans are now they have integrated, and how their new integration […]
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 […]
ORCID Outreach in the Middle East and Africa
Best Practice and a Shared Vision In an effort to spread ORCID best practice use and to support academic systems interoperability in Africa during the last couple of years, we managed to participate in the growth of the open research community and to build relationships with institutions in order to share the ORCID vision on […]