Researcher identification and research profiles

ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID)

ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-based effort to provide a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. The ORCID community includes individual researchers, publishers, universities, research institutions, and societies.

Individuals can register and obtain an ORCID identifier free of charge. In the ORCID Registry, researchers can maintain their publication list and transfer publication information automatically from ACRIS (Aalto Current Research Information System).

Why ORCID?

• ORCID allows researchers to distinguish themselves from others with similar names and helps them to receive credit for their work, even if their name or organisation changes.
• ORCID is interoperable with many research systems (e.g. ACRIS, Scopus, Crossref), enabling the transfer of information between systems.
• Some research publishers and research funders require researchers to have an ORCID.
• The National Research Information Hub uses ORCID to link researchers to their research outputs.
• Over time, ORCID will reduce the need to enter the same personal and publication data into different systems.

Use ORCID...

• alongside the names of authors in scientific publications and other research outputs
• when peer reviewing
• to link various reference database IDs (ResearcherID, Scopus Author ID)
• on personal websites or blogs
• in email signatures, CVs, and other services handling research information

Connecting your ORCID with ACRIS

Instructions on how you can connect your ORCID with ACRISCheck your publication list in ORCID. If you have imported publications from more than one source, it's possible that you have duplicates. If this happens, you can remove duplicates manually.

Google Scholar

Google Scholar is a freely available scientific information search service that also allows you to create your own profile and link your publications. Unlike ORCID, Google Scholar does not provide a unique researcher identifier for searches.

Scopus Author Identifier

The Scopus Author ID is an automatically generated, persistent identifier used in the Scopus database which allows you to track your publications indexed in Scopus. The Scopus Author ID is generated to authors who have published in journals indexed in Scopus. You can find your Scopus ID by searching for your name in the Scopus author search. You can connect your ORCID to your Scopus author profile.