ORCID Researcher IDs and Your Research

Jill R. JamesAssociate Director for Information Products

National Agricultural Library

What is ORCID?• ORCID is a non-profit organization

sustained by fees from member organizations, including research organizations, publishers, funders, professional associations, and other stakeholders. They provide the digital infrastructure for researchers to share information on a global scale.

https://orcid.org/

What is ORCID?• ORCID is an acronym : Open Researcher

and Contributor Identifier

• A 16-digit unique identifier for researchers and their body of work

• A researcher id to distinguish yourself from other researchers

https://orcid.org/

ORCID at ARS Goals

• 50% of ARS scientists to have an ORCID iD by end of FY 2018

• In all Senior Leadership Performance Plans

ORCID and NAL• USDA has joined ORCID as a member organization

• NAL is coordinating for ARS and USDA

• NAL staff are working with ORCID team on API access and integration

ORCID at ARS Goal

• Outreach and training: NAL staff will provide training materials and provide presentations for ARS staff

Why ORCID for USDA and ARS?• Facilitates linking and discovery of research outcomes and

products across ARIS, Ag Data Commons, PubAg, VIVO, and more

And More!

Why ORCID for USDA and ARS?

• Facilitates discovery and access – it will allow ARS and NAL to link content and resources across systems via ORCID identifiers for researchers

Why ORCID for USDA and ARS?

• Provides name authority control -- Distinguishes you and ensures your research outputs and activities are correctly attributed to you

Why ORCID for USDA and ARS?

• Facilitates and supports public access initiatives like PubAg, VIVO, and Ag Data Commons

Register for and Connect your ORCID iD• https://digitop.nal.usda.gov/orcid

• You may only register for an ORCID for yourself

Register for ORCID

• ORCID access screen

Register for ORCID • Information required

• Name

• USDA email address

• ORCID password

• Visibility settings

ORCID Visibility Settings• Everyone

• Trusted parties

• Only me

Connect to USDA • Add or update your

biographical information

• Read your limited access information

• Add or update your research activities

USDA Connection • Notice of connecting

your ORCID record to USDA

Account Verification • Verification email

• 16-digit ORCID identifier

• Full ORCID iD and link to your publicrecord

Your ORCID Profile• After you register for ORCID,

you can enhance your profile by adding your

• Publications,

• Presentations, and

• Other research outputs

Your ORCID Profile

Your ORCID Profile

Your ORCID Profile

Your ORCID Profile

ORCID Benefits• Author disambiguation: distinguishes your work from other

researchers, improves scientific research management

• Facilitate tracking research outputs

• Publishers are integrating ORCID into manuscript submission

• ORCID record becomes an online CV

Q&As

ORCID Contact Information

• ORCID at USDA page is live at: https://digitop.nal.usda.gov/orcid

• ORCID: https://orcid.org/

• ORCID Help: https://orcid.org/help

NAL Contact Us• NAL Ask-a-Question:

https://www.nal.usda.gov/ask-question

• DigiTop Support: digitop@usda.gov

• NAL website:http://www.nal.usda.gov