What is ORCID

In detail

ORCID stands for Open Researcher and Contributor ID. It is an international system that assigns a researcher a unique digital code and helps avoid confusion in authorship.

Such an identifier is especially useful if

• the author has a common surname;
• the name is written differently in different languages;
• the author changes institution;
• publications from different platforms need to be combined into one research history.

Example of ORCID

ORCID can be used

• when submitting an article to a journal;
• in the author profile;
• in grant applications;
• in university and publisher systems;
• in publication metadata.

It is important to understand that ORCID does not replace Scopus Author ID or Google Scholar Profile. It is a different system. However, ORCID is often used as a universal identifier recognized by many publishers and research platforms.

What is important to remember

ORCID is not a quality indicator or a metric. It is a tool for accurate author identification.