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Adding Works from Other Ways

Welcome to the section on adding works your ORCID profile in other ways! Use the links below to navigate directly to the section you need:

Add works using identifiers: DOIs

Adding Works Using DOIs

  1. Log in to ORCID. If you are a delegate select "Switch to another account" at the top of the page to exercise delegate privileges and edit another user's ORCID record. (To learn how to add a delegate, click here. To learn how to act as a delegate, click here.)
  2. Click the Add button in the Works section of your ORCID profile.
  3. From the drop-down menu, select Add DOI.
  4. In the pop-up window, type or paste the DOI identifier value or the full URL. ORCID will retrieve the work details from the DOI.
  5. Follow the prompts to add the publication to your ORCID profile.

Screenshot showing how to add a DOI in ORCID

 

Add works using identifiers: PMID

Add Works Using PubMed IDs (PMID)

  1. Log in to ORCID. If you are a delegate select "Switch to another account" at the top of the page to exercise delegate privileges and edit another user's ORCID record. (To learn how to add a delegate, click here. To learn how to act as a delegate, click here.)
  2. Click the Add button in the Works section of your ORCID profile.
  3. From the drop-down menu, select Add PubMed ID.
  4. In the pop-up window, type or paste the PubMed identifier value (PMID) or the full URL. ORCID will retrieve the work details from PubMed.
  5. Follow the prompts to add the publication to your ORCID profile.

Screenshot showing how to add a PubMed ID in ORCID

Add works manually

Steps to Add a Work Manually

If you cannot track down a work through another information system or by using an identifier, you can add the work manually to your ORCID profile.

  1. Log in to ORCID. If you are a delegate select "Switch to another account" at the top of the page to exercise delegate privileges and edit another user's ORCID record. (To learn how to add a delegate, click here. To learn how to act as a delegate, click here.)
  2. Click the Add button in the Works section of your ORCID profile.
  3. From the drop-down menu, select Add Manually.
    Dropdown menu showing 'Add Manually' option in ORCID

 

  1. On the screen that appears, fill in both required and optional fields with the work's details. Be sure to scroll to the bottom to complete all applicable fields.
  2. When finished, click Save Changes. The manually added work will now appear in your list of works.

           Screen for manually adding work details in ORCID

Add works directly from a BibTeX file

Add works using a BibTeX file

  1. Log in to ORCID. If you are a delegate select "Switch to another account" at the top of the page to exercise delegate privileges and edit another user's ORCID record. (To learn how to add a delegate, click here. To learn how to act as a delegate, click here.)
  2. Scroll to the Works section and click Add.
  3. From the five options in the drop-down menu, choose "add BibTeX." 
  4. On the screen that pops up, click on "choose BibTeX file to import" and 
  5. Select the file to import.
  6. From the list that appears, choose the works you want to import and click "import work to your record." The imported work will then be included with your other works.