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ORCID

Open Researcher and Contributor ID

Add works by direct import from other systems

At the very bottom of your profile is an option to include "work," which are any and all of your research outputs.

  1. Click on the "add" button and
  2. From the five options in the drop-down menu, choose "search & link."
  3. You can choose from many search and link wizards and here, we're going to focus on Scopus, Crossref, and DataCite (Prism).

Scopus

  1. Click on "Scopus-Elsevier," and you will be taken to a screen to authorize Scopus to access your ORCID record.
  2. After you click on "authorize access,"
  3. Continue to follow the prompts, so that the new connection allows for research activities and other information to be added or updated in the system.

Crossref

  1. Click on "Crossref Metadata Search," and you will be taken to a screen to authorize Crossref to access your ORCID record.
  2. After you click on authorize access,"
  3. Continue to follow the prompts, so that the new connection allows for research activities and other information to be added or updated in the system.

DataCite (Prism)

  1. Click on "DataCite," and you will be taken to a screen to authorize DataCite to access your ORCID record.
  2. After you click on "authorize access,"
  3. Continue to follow the prompts, so that the new connection allows for research activities and other information to be added or updated in the system.

Add works directly from Crossref (continuous sync)

Crossref: Although adding Crossref as a trusted organization to your ORCID will not create a continuous feed between the two, you can authorize auto-updates from Crossref into your ORCID record. When a publisher adds a document to Crossref that you have authored and includes your ORCID iD, you will receive an inbox notification in ORCID asking you to grant permission to Crossref to update your ORCID record. Once you grant this permission, your record will automatically be updated whenever a publication associated with your ORCID iD is added to Crossref. Note: you can always revoke this permission, just as you can revoke the access of any trusted organization.

Add DataCite to ORCID (continuous sync)

DataCite provides DOIs for research outputs, including those from Feinberg School of Medicine's Prism repository. Connecting DataCite to ORCID ensures accurate linkage of researchers' outputs in Prism to their ORCID records, enhancing discoverability and attribution. Auto-update keeps the ORCID record up-to-date without requiring manual action, ensuring that any new works or datasets registered with DataCite will automatically be added to the connected ORCID profile.

  1. Visit https://orcid.org and sign in.

  2. If desired, 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.)

  3. On the ORCID record profile page scroll to the bottom where it says "Works," and click on the Add button to the right.

  4. From the five options in the drop-down menu, choose Search & link.​

  5. Scroll through the link wizards to DataCite and click on it.

  6. To automatically send updates from DataCite to the ORCID record, it is necessary to obtain permissions from ORCID in the form of a token. In the DataCite Profiles page that opens, click on the green Get ORCID Token button.

  7. Click on Authorize access to finish the transaction.

  8. The DataCite Profiles page should now display a section called “ORCID Claims” with green (created), orange (deleted), gray (queued), and red (failed) boxes to its right. Each box indicates a different status that could apply to an item, and the number indicates the amount of items to which that status applies (for more information read below). Click on the Update button in the lower right corner.

    • Created: Item count indicates the number of records successfully copied from DataCite to the ORCID profile.

    • Deleted: Item count indicates the number of records initially copied from DataCite to the ORCID profile, but were then removed by clicking “Remove Claim” under the record(s) in DataCite.

    • Queued: This box is no longer in use. For assistance, please contact DataCite support at support@datacite.org.

    • Failed: Item count indicates the number of records that failed to be copied from DataCite to the ORCID profile. For assistance, please contact DataCite Support at support@datacite.org.

  9. Ensure that Auto-Update is enabled and click on Save to finish.

Add Scopus to ORCID (one-time sync)

  1. Visit https://orcid.org and sign in.

  2. If desired, 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.)

  3. On the ORCID record profile page scroll to the bottom where it says "Works," and click on the Add button to the right.

  4. From the five options in the drop-down menu, choose Search & link.​

  5. Scroll down through the link wizards to Scopus - Elsevier and click on it.

  6. Click on Authorize access to continue.

  7. Select all profiles that contain publications authored by the pertinent user and click on the Next button.

  8. Select the preferred name for the unique author profile from the drop down menu, then click on the Next button.

  9. Review the listed publications and indicate which are/are not authored by the user by clicking on the X or ✔ to the left of each individual title. Then click on the Next button.

  10. Review the information in the publication list to ensure the data sent to ORCID is correct, then click on the Next button. If a publication's information is incorrect, click on "back" directly to the left of the Next button, then eliminate that publication form the list by clicking on X.

  11. Enter the user's institutional or professional email address to send the Scopus ID to ORCID, confirm the email, then click on the Send Author ID button.

  12. Confirm permission to send the Scopus publication list to ORCID by clicking on the Send my publication list button.

  13. Once the confirmation page shows that the publication list was successfully sent to ORCID, click on return to ORCID.