Presentation at the 2015 November ORCID Outreach Meeting in San Francisco (3-4 November 2015)

1. orcid.org
ORCID:Today and the Future
ORCID Outreach Meeting, 3 November, San Francisco, USA
Laura Paglione
Technical Director, ORCID
L.Paglione@ORCID.org
orcid.org/0000-0003-3188-6273
Contact Info: p. +1-301-922-9062 a. 10411 Motor City Drive, Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20817 USA
Laurel L. Haak, PhD
Executive Director, ORCID
L.Haak@orcid.org
orcid.org/0000-0001-5109-3700
Alice Meadows
Communications Director, ORCID
A.Meadows@orcid.org
orcid.org/0000-0003-2161-3781

2. Thanks to our sponsors!
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3. Names are Messy
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4. 4
ORCID provides persistent digital
identifiers that distinguish researchers
from each other

5. ORCID provides plumbing for
research information: the tools to
build trust in digital information
and to reduce reporting burdens
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6. 6
ORCID is Open
• Non-proprietary and platform-neutral
• Registry use is free for individuals
• Independent non-profit membership
organization
• Open data, software, APIs, and documentation

7. Researcher Responsibility
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To benefit,
researchers need
only do 2 things
① Register for an iD
② Use it!

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Over 1.7 million researchers have
registered for an ORCID identifier.
ORCID iDs are associated with:
• >4 million unique DOIs (papers & data)
• >30 thousand unique organizations

9. 9
Organizations are collaborating to
ensure persistent identifiers for
people, places, and things are
authenticated in research workflows
RIN 218607
+
=
ORCID enables assertions

10. Integration in research systems
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347 members, 4 national consortia, and over
200 integrations in every region and sector of
the international research community.
MEA
3%
Europe
58%Latin
America
1%
North
America
26%
Pacific
7%
Asia
5%
research inst
68%
publisher
12%
funder
5%
repository
9%
association
6%

11. Sector Responsibilities
• Funders: COLLECT iDs at grant submission and review; PUBLISH with
award; POST grant IDs researcher record; RECEIVE updates
• Universities: COLLECT iDs for new staff and students, at thesis
submission, in faculty profile systems; POST affiliation IDs; RECEIVE updates
• Publishers and Repositories: COLLECT iDs for authors,
contributors, and reviewers; PUBLISH iD with work, POST paper, dataset,
review IDs; RECEIVE updates
• Associations: COLLECT iDs for members, authors, and meeting
participants; POST affiliation and presentation IDs; RECEIVE updates
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12. ORCID at three
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Communications: clarify ORCID scope
Expectations: clarify implementation goals
Growth: ensure infrastructure supports scalability
Break-even: build membership toward financial
sustainability

13. The ORCID Team: March 2015
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Angel Catalina Claudia
Fran Josh Laura Liz
Will
Laure
Rob

14. The ORCID Team:Today
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Ana Angel
Matt
Catalina Claudia
Fran Josh Laura Liz
Alice
Nobuko Shobit WillTom
Doug LilianLaure
RobMarieannette
Cheryl

15. We are global
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16. Communications priorities
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Understanding our Users
ORCID User Survey
• Open August 25 – September 30
• ~6,000 responses (70% completed survey)
• 70% had registered for an ORCID iD
• Over 60% self-identified as researchers

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Key findings
18.8%
25.6%
26.2%
36.9%
35.3%
45.5%
22.0%
17.8%
19.3%
22.4%
21.4%
9.0%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
All respondents (n= 5,738)
Non-researchers in research orgs (n= 1,154)
ORCID iD holders (n=3,321)
How familiar are you with ORCID iDs?
Very familiar Somewhat familiar Unfamiliar I don't know about ORCID iDs at all

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Key findings
24.1%
27.4%
29.9%
30.0%
29.5%
32.5%
37.2%
61.4%
32.0%
31.1%
30.5%
31.1%
33.7%
29.1%
31.8%
16.1%
42.4%
39.5%
37.8%
37.1%
35.0%
36.1%
29.2%
21.8%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Over 1.5 million individuals have registered for an ORCID iD
Many funder, publishers, and institution workflows collect / require
ORCID iDs can be connected to employment, education, and
ORCID iDs can be connected to research activities and affiliations
ORCID iDs are being used in every region of the world (1.94)
Services such as CrossRef, Scopus etc. can automatically update
ORCID iDs can be connected to many types of research output
Registering for an ORCID iD is free (2.40)
Prior to this survey, to what degree were you aware of the
following statements about ORCID iDs?
(n= 4,747)
Very aware Somewhat aware Unaware

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Key findings
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Other (please specify)
When publishing my blog
When publishing my datasets
In my email signature block
When applying for grants
I don't currently use my ORCID iD
At my university
When submitting papers (part of manuscript submission)
Where do you currently use your ORCID iD?
Non-researchers in research orgs (n= 775) ORCID iD holdersl (n= 3,109)

21. Why did you register for an ORCID iD?
“I want the Internet to work
better, and persistent identifiers are
the way to go”
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Open!
New!
Approachable!
Easy to work with!
Efficient!

23. Community Engagement
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24. Social media
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25. Social media
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26. • Blogs and media announcements
• Local workshops
• Ambassadors
• Monthly newsletter
• Better representation
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• Communication campaigns
• Levels, developing world, ECRs
• Communities pages
• Sector initiatives
• Messaging and materials
…and more in 2016

27. Registry/APIs for
Organizations & Researchers
Today & Tomorrow
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28. Today: New Member Support Center
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http://members.orcid.org
• Guides for all types of
organizations
• Planning
• Integrating
• Communicating
• Examples & case studies
• API Reference

29. Today: Sign In with Other Identities
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Launching in December
• Use your institutional SSO
• eduGAIN schools – covers
much of Europe, North
America, South America
https://technical.edugain.org/status.php
• Use Google or Facebook
• API Reference

30. Today: Peer Review
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Launched during peer
review week
• Standard format for citing
peer review
• Link iDs with peer review
display on ORCID Records
• F1000
• AGU
• eJournalPress
• Publons
http://orcid.org/content/peer-review-
early-adopter-program

31. Today: Contributorship Badges
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Recognition beyond authorship
• Uses Project CRediT roles
• Uses Mozilla open badges system
• Early adopters
• Biomed Central
• Ubiquity Press
http://orcid.org/blog/2015/10/13/contributorship-
open-badges-orcid

32. Today: ORCID Inbox
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33. Today: New Publication Auto-Update
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Automatic updates upon new
DOI, once permission is granted
data PID
document PID

34. Today:Theses Dissertations
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Example: King Abdullah University
of Science Technology

35. Tomorrow
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• ORCID engagement levels program
• Explicit tactics for each community sector
• Focus on use cases in publishing, students, funding, and more
• A continuum of engagement milestone badges
• Strengthen scaling and stability
• Researcher tutorials
• Policy development in technical areas including person citations

36. Thank you
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