It's easy and free to register for an ORCID ID. Visit orcid.org to register for your ORCID ID and to learn more about the benefits it can bring you.
Information adapted from BC Libraries
ORCID, which stands for Open Researcher and Contributor ID, is a global, not-for-profit organization sustained by fees from member organizations. They are community-built and governed by a Board of Directors representative of their membership with wide stakeholder representation. ORCID is supported by a dedicated and knowledgeable professional staff.
ORCID’s vision is a world where all who participate in research, scholarship, and innovation are uniquely identified and connected to their contributions across disciplines, borders, and time.
In order to realize this vision, ORCID strives to enable transparent and trustworthy connections between researchers, their contributions, and their affiliations by providing a unique, persistent identifier for individuals to use as they engage in research, scholarship, and innovation activities.
Interested to learn more? Please visit their Researcher FAQ for answers to commonly asked questions.
People use “ORCID” or “ORCID iD” interchangeably, but what they’re talking about is a 16-digit number and the associated record (sometimes called a profile) that stores automatic links to all your research, and links all your research with you. By allowing trusted organizations to add your research information to your ORCID record, you can spend more time conducting your research and less time managing it.
More Time for Research
Name Flexibility
Customizing Visibility
Uniquely Yours
Reduced Admin Burden
Portable Profile Data
"ORCID’s vision is a world where all who participate in research, scholarship, and innovation are uniquely identified and connected to their contributions and affiliations across disciplines, borders, and time. We provide an identifier for individuals to use with their name as they share their ideas. We provide open tools that enable transparent connections between researchers, and identifiers for their contributions as well as their affiliations. What may appear to be a humble alphanumeric string in fact offers crucial opportunities to engender trust and support open research."
-ORCID Trust webpage
The ORCID Trust Program provides greater transparency into the components that are foundational to their principles.
ORCID Privacy Principles
Information adapted from BC Libraries