An ORCID is an international, persistent digital identifier which distinguishes you from other researchers, including those with the same or similar names. Your ORCID identifier will stay with you as you move between institutions. ORCID makes it easy to re-populate local systems, such as Find an Expert, minimising the need to manually upload to multiple systems.
Your ORCID identifier provides a profile page which can include your list of scholarly works, employment history, research interests and links to other profiles.
ORCID identifiers are increasingly being used by:
It is a University of Melbourne requirement that all academic staff and graduate researchers register for an ORCID.
Graduate researchers are required to include their ORCID on the title page of their thesis.
Researchers are required to connect their ORCID to their Elements profile. The preferred connection is a ‘Read from and Write publication data to’ your Elements profile.
The Research Outputs team or your faculty Liaison Librarian can provide support.
Consider linking your ORCID to the following services to improve automated data capture:
Include your ORCID: