ORCID Seminar presented by Laurel Haak (orcid.org/0000-0001-5109-3700) on 26 January 2015 at King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST) in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. Contains information on KAUST implementation of ORCID.

1. orcid.org
Contact Info: p. +1-301-922-9062 a. 10411 Motor City Drive, Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20817 USA
Your Work is Distinctive,
What AboutYour Name?
KAUST Seminar, Thuwal 26 January 2015
Laurel L. Haak, PhD
Executive Director, ORCID
L.Haak@orcid.org
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5109-3700

2. Research
Evaluation &
Infrastructure
Discovery
Logic/TR
2006-2012
Science
Workforce
Policy
Natl Acad
2003-2006
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Narcolepsy
Hibernation
Stanford
Univ.
1988-1991
Circadian
Rhythms
GluRs
Stanford Univ.
1991-1997
Postdoc
Policy
AAAS
2001-2003
Ca2+ Sparks
K Channels
NIH
1997-2002
2012-
Why ORCID?
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5109-3700
Research à Policy à Infrastructure

3. Algorithms not enough
• Different versions (full
name vs. initials)
• Shared names
• Transliteration
• Accents and other ALT
characters
• Name changes
• Multiple family names
J. Å. S. Sørensen
J.Aa. S. Sørensen
J. Åge S. Sørensen
J.Aage S. Sørensen
J. Åge Smærup Sørensen
J.Aage Smaerup Sørensen
An Arab name may be
transliterated in several
ways (Abdul Rahman,Abdoul
Rahman,Abdur Rahman,
Abdurahman,Abd al-Rahman,
or Abd ar-Rahman). A single
individual may try several
ways of transliterating his
or her name, and non-
Arabic speakers often
confuse Arabic two-word
first names with last names.

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Digital scholarly communications require
information that is machine readable

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What is ORCID?
ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier that
distinguishes you from every other researcher
Through integration in key research workflows
such as manuscript and grant submission, ORCID
supports automated linkages between you and
your professional activities, ensuring that your
work is appropriately attributed and discoverable

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ORCID is a registry
• Free, non-proprietary
registry of persistent
unique public identifiers
for researchers
• Community-led initiative
supported by member fees
• Open data, software,APIs,
and documentation

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ORCID is more than a
registry (but not a profile
system or a repository)

8. ORCID provides plumbing for
research information
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Repositories
Funders
Higher
Education
and
Employers
Professional
Associations
Other
person
identifiers
Publishers
ORCID is a hub
ISNI
Researcher ID
Scopus Author ID
Internal identifiers
FundRefID
GrantID
ISNI
Ringgold ID
Member ID
Abstract ID
DOI
URI
Thesis ID
DOI
ISBNWith other
identifiers,
ORCID enables
machine-readable
connections with:
• works
• organizations
• person IDs

10. ORCID iDs are being embedded in articles
Community integrations

11. …and publication search engines
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12. …and also in theses, personnel records…
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… and association membership systems …

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…and data management
… and datasets…
Witt 2014
PeerJ 2015

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... and grants…

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• ORCID is an interdisciplinary effort
• We have an international scope
• ORCID provides foundational
services that improve scholarly
communications for all researchers

17. Use is international
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Usage is international; 55 countries with over 10,000 users;
101 with at least 1000 users.
The GCC countries represent about 1% of total usage.
The ORCID Registry is available in several languages.
We welcome translations of Outreach materials.

18. Adoption by researchers
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Over 1 million researchers have
registered for an ORCID identifier.
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200,000
400,000
600,000
800,000
1,000,000
1,200,000
Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
Member created
Direct via orcid.org
Member referred
2012 2013 2014

19. How does ORCID work?
• Registry allows researchers to connect to
existing works and affiliations
• Members build integrations to connect
researchers to new works and affiliations
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20. Researcher engagement
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21. • Take 30 seconds to
register at
http://orcid.org/register
• Free to researchers
• Individual owns the
record and controls
privacy settings
• Works on laptops,
tablets, and phones
Register for your

22. Getting started
Use free tools to connect your ORCID identifier to your name
variations, affiliations, and your existing works and funding

23. Link to existing works
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Connect your ORCID iD to
existing works by using tools in
ORCID interface or in external
platforms
Researchers can
connect to existing
works and push
ORCID iD into
indexes including
Web of Science,
Scopus, and Europe
PubMedCentral

24. Link to awarded projects
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Researchers
can connect to
existing
projects
Funders can
embed
ORCID during
the grant
application
workflow
ORCID record includes,
funder name, grant number,
source, other provenance

25. Link to organization
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• List auto-populates based
on type-ahead
• All organizations have
unique iD
• University or employer can
pre-populate and validate
association
• Can associate with multiple
organizations

26. ORCID responsibility
Build the infrastructure:
• Create the tools to allow for easy addition of
ORCID iD during publishing, grant application, thesis
deposit, etc.
• Engage the community to embed tools
• Ensure that the iD is published with the paper /
dataset / grant / thesis, etc.
• Work with the community to push metadata back
to ORCID record
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27. Integration in research systems
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Over 195 members and 100 integrations in every
region and sector of the international research
community. In Arabic-speaking countries, we have
members in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar.
Americas
48%
EMEA
36%
Asia Pacific
16%
Funder
7%
Publishing
16%
Repository
20%
Research
Institute
45%
Association
12%

28. National approach
Some countries are taking a national approach to ORCID
integration, with universities, the national library, and funders
coordinating efforts to develop a national CRIS/IR fed (in part)
by data from ORCID:
• Austria: Funder requirement 2016
• Denmark: University launch 2014
• Portugal: Funder requirement 2013
• Sweden: National recommendation 2013
• UK: National recommendation 2012
To support staged adoption, ORCID has developed a new
group membership policy.
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The author can pre-populate
submission form fields:
preferred name, affiliation,
funding
The authenticated iD becomes
a part of the paper
Upon publication, the iD is
indexed by CrossRef, Scopus,
Web of Science, and other
services.
Information flows through
ORCID to linked platforms
Coming in 2015:

30. • Over 130,000 articles have been
submitted to CrossRef with an associated
ORCID iD
• These will start to flow into the ORCID
registry before the end of the year
• Researchers who use their ORCID iD
when they publish will not need to
manually update their record in
ORCID or in connected systems
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31. Repoß àORCID Options
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• PUSH validated dataset
information (DOI) to
ORCID
• RECEIVE notification from
ORCID call-back API
• GET publications, datasets,
and other works from
ORCID record
• GET researcher ORCID
iD, attach to dataset and/
or local researcher profile
• GET information from
ORCID record (name, bio,
affiliation, publications)
• REQUEST permission to
write to ORCID record
and read limited data
• PUSH validated
organization identifier
information into ORCID
AT DEPOSIT or
REGISTRATION AT PUBLICATION

32. v How can researchers be reliably connected to their
contributions?
v Can we expand our view of what is considered a
contribution?
v How do we track research activities across a career?
Databases? Organizations?
v How can we measure the impact of a training program?
Funding program? Department? Project?
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We all have questions:
Research Evaluation

33. Libraries Can Help
Be the interface with the researcher
• Explain the importance of digital information
• Provide information on ORCID
• Train researchers in using ORCID iDs
• Work with your organization to embed
ORCID identifiers into systems
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34. ORCID@KAUST
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• Click and Create
• Library Guide
• Training Sessions
• Theses and Dissertations?
http://libguides.kaust.edu.sa/orcid
http://orcid.kaust.edu.sa/

35. ORCID Materials
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ORCID outreach support
• Print materials in many languages
http://orcid.org/content/orcid-ambassadors-1/
outreachresources
• Webinars, regional workshops, and
Outreach meetings
http://orcid.org/about/events

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Thank you!