ORCID

"Achieving an unambiguous professional identity requires persistent digital identifiers that distinguish you from every other researcher. While several author identifier initiatives exist, all are limited to a particular organization, discipline, or geographic region, or are closed commercial systems. To overcome these barriers, ORCID has been designed for the benefit of individual researchers and the wider scientific enterprise of which you are part."  Source: ORCID overview.

Your ORCID is the persistent digital identifier which distinguishes you from every other researcher.

• Main benefits
  • Easy to register and use.
  • Ensures no more mistaken identity by eliminating name ambiguities.
  • Is free, persistent, and portable. It stays with you throughout your career, even when you move institutions.
  • Automatically links and updates your CSIRO research outputs from the Research Publications Repository and the Data Access Portal.
  • Enables you to comply with organisations that require ORCID iDs, such as funders and publishers.
  • Researchers enter information once, re-use many times (internally and externally).
  • Highlights your research - improves recognition and discoverability for you and your research outputs.
• And...
  • Reliably and easily connects you with your research contributions and affiliations; ensuring correct attribution and credit.
  • Gives you control over your ORCID record. You own and manage what information is connected and how it is shared.
  • Provides interoperability and connection: it works with many institutions, funders, and publishers.