Library guides: Researcher Essentials: ORCiD

ORCID is a central registry for researchers
Your unique ORCID identifier can travel with you e.g. if you move to another institution or change your name you don't need another ORCiD (make sure to register with your personal email or include it as an optional email)
Enables others to access a record of all your research activities at a single URL
Distinguishes you from researchers with the same name
Easily control and share your researcher metrics
Used by publishers and funding organisations

Steps

Link ORCID to your SCU Profile on Cross Connect:

Sign in to your SCU Profile on Cross Connect
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

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

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.