ORCID

Claiming an ORCID in Northwestern Elements

Once logged in to Elements and impersonating (For Super Users only) the desired user, follow these instructions. To watch a video demonstration of this process, click here.

1. Click on the Menu icon in the top left corner.
   
2. Under "My Profile" locate the Settings list and click on ORCID Settings.
   
3. Click on Register or Connect your ORCID ID. One of the two boxes below will display, depending on if the user previously "claimed" their ORCID ID in Elements, but regardless the profile still needs to be connected by clicking on the button (to login). [NOTE: an ORCID identifier can only be manually added by entering the individual's ORCID username and password for system authentication].
   
   
   
4. Enter the login information into the ORCID window that pops up, then click on Sign In. In the following window click on Authorize access to confirm the permission.
   
   
   
5. The default configuration for the interaction between NU Elements and ORCID is "read data from my ORCID account." [Permitting NU Elements to read data allows NU Elements to use information in the ORCID account to improve search results.] Change this setting by clicking on the first option, read from and write publication data to my ORCID account. [Permitting NU Elements to write publication data allows NU Elements to send these publications to ORCID, keeping the ORCID account up-to-date with trusted information.]
   
6. Confirm the setting change by clicking on OK in the pop-out window.
   
7. Next make sure to select the first two options under "Manage which publications will be sent." The first option ensures only journal articles with a publication status of 'published' or 'published online' will be sent to ORCID. [If this option is not selected then all journal articles will be sent to ORCID.] The second option enables all publications to be sent to ORCID regardless of their privacy level. [Otherwise by default only publications that have an object privacy level of Public and a relationship privacy level of Public will be sent to ORCID.] Note, the ‘review these publications’ link will filter your publications based on the relationship privacy setting due to the cascading nature of these settings. Click on Save to finish.
   
8. Finally, make sure to click on both the Run sync and Send affiliation buttons to push the publications and pertinent employment information from the NU Elements profile to the ORCID profile.