ORCID webinar

Sarah Townsend, Senior Advisor MBIE

RCUK ORCID timeline

Jun 15

Dec 15

May 16

Oct 16UK ORCID

consortiumLaunched by

Jisc RCUKBecome

members of ORCID

Je-SRCUK announce

ORCID integration with

Je-S GtRRCUK announce

ORCID iDs published in GtR

“Many journals are already asking authors to include their ORCID iD in new submissions and funders such as Research Councils have also begun to ask researchers to include their ORCID iD when applying for grants. As a researcher there are many benefits to having an ORCID iD. Through my ORCID iD, I can recognise and collate a diverse range of research outputs (e.g. journal publications, datasets, designs, equipment, methods, computer code) which are uniquely identifiable to me. This helps my work be accurately and quickly discovered, increasing its ready availability as a result of the open access systems we use (e.g. NORA). Importantly, this also improves the scientific traceability of my research, linking together different research outputs and datasets when archived in different places. The extent to which my research outputs have been used by other researchers can be more accurately demonstrated using platforms such as ResearchGate and Google Scholar, improving my research profile and helping me better demonstrate the impact of my research activities. An ORCID iD and QR code on business cards is also a quick and easy way for new contacts to readily reach my research profile, promoting collaboration opportunities and new science ideas

Dr Matthew Horstwood has been working as a researcher for over 18 years and is currently employed at the British Geological Survey. He has been talking to other researchers at BGS about the benefits of ORCID and has used his ORCID profile to capture over 80 works he has authored or contributed to going back as far as 1999, as well as grants he has received and his employment history.

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Publicising the benefits of ORCID

11,620ORCID iDs connected to contacts in Je-S

20% of all data

4% of all funded awards

7,000 applications

per year

2,500+ research grants awarded per year

2,430 People with an ORCID iD published in GtR, associated with 7,130

projects and 56,088 research outcomes

Uptake by staff role

Principal Investigator

Fellow

Co Investigator

Researcher Co In-vestigator

Total ORCID iDs all roles

% with an ORCID iD vs. those that don’t for each role type

Uptake by discipline areaPIs with an ORCID iD as % of all records in GtR

AHRCBBSRCEPSRCESRCMRCNERCSTFC

Uptake by age and gender

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With iDTotal Male

Principal Investigator Fellow Co Investigator Researcher Co Investigator Total0

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With iDTotal Female

Challenges

• To mandate or not?

• Limitations with our current IT estate

Top tips• Keep things simple and prioritise requirements – helps

manage expectations!

• Think from the start where you want to be heading – don’t close the door to future developments

• Focus on building work flows that create benefits for researchers and wider system

• Tell the community what you're up to – blog, tweet etc.