ORCID: ORCiD @ VT

ORCiD (Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier) is a 16-digit number that uniquely and persistently identifies a scholarly researcher (for example,  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9718-6515).

ORCiD is a not-for-profit organization, and its work is open, transparent, and non-proprietary. ORCiD adheres to principles of privacy and researcher control.

Virginia Tech researchers are encouraged to register for an ORCiD identifier (it's quick and there's no cost), in order to:

• ensure that your work is discoverable and connected to you throughout your career;
• minimize the time you spend entering repetitive data; and
• eliminate name ambiguity, distinguishing you from other researchers and ensuring proper attribution.

Funders and journal publishers are increasingly requiring that researchers have an ORCiD, and many more encourage its use. Learn more about ORCiD.

Virginia Tech is a premium member of ORCiD.

ORCiD is integrated with Virginia Tech's new Electronic Faculty Activity Reporting System (EFARS). To set this up, sign in to EFARS and go to Menu > Publications > Automatic Claiming.

For help, send an email to orcid@vt.edu.

The University Libraries is currently working to integrate ORCiD with:

• VTechWorks
• VTechData
• Open Access Subvention Fund
• Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)

In your profile, scroll down to Works and then look to the right and hover your mouse over +Add Works to see three ways to add your publications to ORCiD:

1. Search & Link (import works from Scopus, Web of Science, MLA International Bibliography, etc.) (Recommended) 
   1. Video: ResearcherID and ORCiD Integration (Web of Science)
   2. Video: ORCiD and Scopus
   3. Choose BASE to import metadata from VTechWorks
2. Import works from a BibTeX file (downloaded from your Google Scholar profile, for example)
3. Manually add works

Need more help?  Send an email to orcid@vt.edu.

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