Note: Beginning in FY 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that individuals supported by research training, fellowship, research education, and career development awards will be required to have ORCID iDs (Open Researcher and Contributor Identifiers). (See NOT-OD-19-109 for more information.)
ORCID provides a persistent 16-digit identifier (i.e., an ORCID iD) that distinguishes you from every other researcher. As the owner, you control the information listed in your profile – work history, education, awards, memberships, grants/funding, publications, etc. – and your privacy settings. ORCID is not-for-profit, free, and not limited to a specific platform, which means you can link your ORCID iD with other author identify resources, including – but not limited to – Scopus, Web of Science, and SciENcv (My NCBI).
ORCID iDs are increasingly required by journal publishers in addition to funders.
It is easy to register your ORCID iD: it requires only an email and password to get started! Once your account is created, you will be assigned your unique ORCID iD, and you will be able to create your ORCID record.
UT Southwestern Medical Center participates as a trusted organization to connect with our researchers, fellows, residents, postdocs, students, and staff. By establishing your ORCID iD with UT Southwestern, you allow UT Southwestern access to the trusted affiliation and public-level information you choose to share from your ORCID record, which provides tracking capabilities for future uses. You also give UT Southwestern the ability to update your affiliation data and your scholarly works (publications, grants, etc.) if implemented in the future. Source data from UT Southwestern may further legitimize your ORCID record content. Please note: You always maintain complete control over your ORCID record, including what is shown and shared with UT Southwestern and the general public.
You can grant permission to one or more trusted individuals to update your ORCID record. These trusted individuals act as a delegate or proxy for managing your account. They have access to your ORCID record, and they will be able to edit any information on it and make connections with external systems. For security reasons, a trusted individual may not edit anything that requires you to enter your ORCID password, including adding email addresses, resetting your password, and deleting your account (which requires access to your email). A trusted individual does not need to be another researcher but must have an ORCID iD.