Researcher Support Library Services: ORCiD
Distinguish Yourself
Improve the discoverability of your work; eliminate name ambiguity; ensure attribution; minimise the manual burden of updating profiles. Use your ID when submitting work for publication or applying for research funding to ensure you get credit for your work. PGRs: Add your ID to Pearl when deposting your finished thesis.
Your ORCiD ID can be used throughout your research career, regardless of affiliation.
How to set up ORCiD and link to university systems:
ORCiD account creation for Academics, Research Staff and PGRs
Create an ORCiD ID via Symplectic Elements (How do I do this?)
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Already have an ORCiD ID? Link it to Symplectic Elements and remove the manual burden of claiming publications. (How do I do this?)
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How to add past publications & grant details to ORCiD.
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How to add your Scopus ID into Elements (join up the ORCiD/Elements/Scopus triangle for automated data flow and improved attribution for authors).
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How to ensure ORCiD can autoupdate with your new publications.
Watch this 1 min video to see how to connect ORCiD with Elements:
ORCiD at Plymouth
The University of Plymouth has an expectation that all research active staff and all doctoral research students who do not already have one, will create an ORCiD account & connect it to Symplectic Elements. This statement is supported by DVC Research & Enterprise, Jerry Roberts.
Having an ORCiD profile improves author attribution for research, and is now an expectation of many research funders and publishers, requested and used within some grant application processes and manuscript submission workflows. It is likely to be mandated for the next REF, and is supported by several online services, including Research Fish, Scopus, Web of Science, VV Impact Tracker and Symplectic Elements - where having an up-to-date ORCiD profile can make the claiming of publications easier.
- University of Plymouth Research Publications & Open Access PolicyIn line with the University's Research Publications and Open Access Policy (point 5.c.i) all research staff and doctoral research students of the University are expected to have an ORCiD profile, and to maintain it with details of their research publications and outputs.