Step 1. Claim your ORCID in under 30 seconds by logging into ORCID.org/register and sign up for an ORCID account.
If your name is already in the ORCID system, you’ll then be prompted to claim an existing profile or make a new one.
At this step in the process, you’ll add very basic information like your name and email address, choose a default level of privacy for your profile, accept ORCID’s terms of use, and click “Register”.
Congrats! You now have an ORCID identifier. And now you’re on your way to having an ORCID profile, too.
Add websites where you’ve got a scholarly profile, such as your Google Scholar, or your personal website.
On the left-hand menu on your main profile page, click the pencil “Edit” icon next to “Websites.”
In the fields that appear, add links to your Google Scholar and other professional profiles you’ve created. Also add a link to your website or faculty page. Describe each link adequately enough so your profile’s viewers know if they’re going to click a Google Scholar link vs. something else.
Click “Save changes” when you’re done.
Step 3. To connect to other identifiers and indices:
From your main profile page, scroll down to the “Works” section and click the “add some now” link. You’ll then be prompted to connect to the services of your choice.
Once you’ve connected your profiles, your works will be imported automatically to ORCID. If you’ve connected another scholarly identifier like your Scopus Author ID, a link will appear in your left-hand menu bar.
Add your education credentials and employment history that might not have imported when you connected other services. Under each section, click the “Add Manually” button, fill out as much descriptive information as you’re comfortable sharing, choose the level of privacy you’d prefer under the “Who can see this?” section in the upper right of the pop-up box, and then click “Add to list” to commit it to your profile.
