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RESEARCH SUPPORT : ORCID

What is ORCID?

 

ORCID stands for Open Researcher and Contributor ID. It is a unique, permanent identifier that is controlled by you and travels with you throughout your career.

Your ORCID can be linked to other Researcher IDs and profiles to provide a consistent way to connect all your research outputs and activities in the one record.

What are ORCID iDs?

  • ORCID iDs are 16 digit unique and persistent identifiers for researchers & scholars.
  • They can be used in any institution through out a researcher's career life.
  • They are interoperable across systems of publishers, funding organizations and research institutions.
  • They are non-proprietary IDs provided to researchers freely by ORCID.

ORCID is an acronym for "Open Researcher and Contributor IDentifier"

ORCID is a research community-driven organization that provides:

  • a registry of unique identifiers (ORCID iDs) for researchers & scholars,  
  • a researcher biography platform for each ORCID iDs.

Why should I use ORCID iDs?

  • to disambiguate yourself from peer researchers with the same or similar names,
  • to gather the published variations of an author's names under one ORCID iD,
  • to ensure your research outputs and activities are correctly attributed to you,
  • to reliably and easily connect you with your contributions and affiliations,
  • to improve recognition and discoverability of you and your research outputs by:
    • funding organizations,
    • publishers,
    • institutions,
    • potential collaborators,
    • anyone interested in your research activities,
  • to simplify application processes whenever needed.
  • Your ORCID will distinguish you from other researchers, including those who may have the same name.
  • Your ORCID will help research outputs be correctly attributed to you.
  • You can connect contributions and affiliations to you via your ORCID profile.
  • An ORCID is increasingly required by journals, publishers and funding bodies.

 

How to get full benefit of using ORCID iDs?

  • Register for an ORCID iD.
  • Link it to your institution, in this case Botswana Open University.
  • Use your ORCID iD in your:
    • institutional profile page,
    • research outputs when submitting to publish,
    • email signature,
    • conference presentation,
    • media stories,
    • CV,
    • anywhere you have a public profile.

Register for an ORCID iD