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Researcher Essentials

ORCiD

Benefits:
  • Distinguishes you from researchers with the same name
  • Easily control and share your researcher metrics
  • Used by publishers and funding organisations
Connect with your:
  • Southern Cross Researcher Profile
  • Scopus Author ID
  • Web of Science Researcher Profile
  • HeinOnline Author profile (for law & humanities researchers)
Available for:
  • All researchers

 

Access ORCiD

Steps

Step 1
  • Create your account.
  • Make your profile public
  • Add your research outputs
Step 2

Add:

  • Name variants
  • Additional email addresses
  • Keywords and a biography
Step 3

Link ORCID to your Southern Cross Researcher profile:

  • Sign in to your Southern Cross Researcher Profile
  • Click Edit profile
  • Click Register or Connect your ORCiD iD in the Identifiers section 
    • Note: If you do not see the option to register, then your ORCiD is already connected
Step 4
  • Add ORCiD to your email signature
  • Link other existing profiles to your ORCiD record
    • Scopus Author ID
    • Web of Science Researcher Profile
    • HeinOnline Author Profile
Note
  • Do not delete information automatically added to your ORCiD profile from SCU. Information displayed in the 'Source' field is called an assertion. Multiple assertions add authority to your profile.
  • You can add your own employment information and hide the information from SCU by changing the Visibility Setting to only me.