Enhancing your online presence
Among the most important tools a scholar can have in the digital world is a unique identifier. Like a social security number for your scholarly identity, these tools glue your research to your name across all platforms, for identification to funders, publishers, and for collaboration with co-authors. They are free and easy to obtain. You don't need to wait until you have your degree to get one.
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ORCID identifier and profile
ORCID is an acronym for Open Researcher and Contributor Identifiers, a non-profit organization and the unique persistent digital identifiers that are applied across the internet to distinguish you as a researcher and link you to your professional activities thereby “ensuring that your work is recognized.” ORCID will set you apart from other researchers who may have similar names, or if your name has been published in different forms, you can connect all versions through this tool.
For more information about ORCID, view this short vimeo https://vimeo.com/97150912
To claim an ORCID identifier (free for individuals with registration)
Go to the website, and click on Register Now, https://orcid.org/register
It is a very quick process to join.
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Now that you have your 16-digit ORCID number, this guide provides step-by-step help in completing your ORCID profile:
When you are ready to add publications to ORCiD, you can do so using the BibTex tool
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ResearcherID identifier and profile
Like ORCID, ResearcherID assigns a unique digital identifier to each member, and supports a profile as well, that can remain private. Unlike ORCID, which is independent and open access, this resource is an affiliate of Thomson Reuters, and integrated with Web of Science and EndNote. It is strongly recommended that your ResearcherID be integrated with your ORCID for complete coverage of your articles.
To claim a ResearcherID identifier (free for individual with registration)
Go to website http://www.researcherid.com/ and click on New to ResearcherID? on the left side menu bar. That will open up a new page, http://www.researcherid.com/SelfRegistration.action, where you input your name and email address then send the request. ResearcherID.com will contact you at that email address with further instruction.
ResearcherID has a community forum http://community.thomsonreuters.com/ts/?category.id=researcherid for users that includes general information, how-to, suggestions, and web services. And a section of instruction labs for researchers http://wokinfo.com/researcherid/ridlabs/ as well as training videos http://wokinfo.com/training_support/training/researcher-id/
