{"id":3830,"date":"2025-04-30T09:51:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T09:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/libraryresearchnews\/?p=3830"},"modified":"2025-06-03T10:20:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T10:20:52","slug":"tips-to-optimise-your-orcid-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/libraryresearchnews\/2025\/04\/30\/tips-to-optimise-your-orcid-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips to optimise your ORCID record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/libraryresearchnews\/files\/2025\/04\/ORCID-record.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3836\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/libraryresearchnews\/files\/2025\/04\/ORCID-record-580x312.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/libraryresearchnews\/files\/2025\/04\/ORCID-record-580x312.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/libraryresearchnews\/files\/2025\/04\/ORCID-record-768x412.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/libraryresearchnews\/files\/2025\/04\/ORCID-record-676x363.jpg 676w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/libraryresearchnews\/files\/2025\/04\/ORCID-record.jpg 795w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">ORCID is a unique, persistent identifier that researchers can use throughout their careers as they engage in research, scholarship, and innovation. It offers several benefits, including enhancing the visibility and potential impact of a researcher\u2019s work and helping to distinguish between individuals with similar names through effective name disambiguation. Stellenbosch University has been a member of ORCID since 2015. For the University to fully realise the benefits of this affiliation, it is essential that researchers actively maintain their ORCID records and link them to the institution.<\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">A researcher&#8217;s ORCID record is the most important profile to keep up to date and to use. The more well-populated ORCID records there are, the more value the research community will gain from participating in ORCID.\u00a0 The ORCID community worldwide relies on and benefits from the activities of each other. In this blog post, we give a few tips on how to populate and optimise your ORCID record. These tips include how to connect and link your record to universities, databases and research systems, how to add and update your information on your record, how to set your visibility settings, where to use your ORCID iD, and how to maintain accuracy and completeness.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Connect and link<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Connect and link your ORCID iD with databases such as Crossref and Datacite, which enables\u00a0automatic updates as you publish.<\/li>\n<li>Grant permission to Stellenbosch University, your funders, and publishers to add and update information on your record. (see the <a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.sun.ac.za\/ORCID\">Library Guide<\/a> to learn how to connect your iD to your SU identity)<span class=\"pjBG2e\" data-cid=\"c3a66046-71db-43fa-b82f-e90812fa0911\"><span class=\"UV3uM\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Remember to link to other profiles you might have, for example, ResearchGate, LinkedIn, Loop, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Add and update information<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Add a short biography.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure to complete your current affiliation. It is difficult to search on the ORCID registry when you have a common name. When your affiliation is available, this will show up in the search results and it will be much easier to distinguish yourself.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure all your publications and other works are added. There are numerous ways to do this, but for automatic updates, Crossref and Datacite are the best.\u00a0 You can also export from your Google Scholar profile using a Bibtex file or connect your ORCID record to your Scopus profile.<\/li>\n<li>Remember to add your data sets too. This is possible via Datacite.<\/li>\n<li>Add your peer reviews. This is possible via your Web of Science profile. Add your peer reviews to your profile and connect them to your ORCID record.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure you add your University email address as primary email AND a secondary email address, such as your Gmail address.<\/li>\n<li>To have a complete record, you can also add grants and awards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Visibility<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Review the visibility settings in all the different sections of your ORCID record. If they are not set to &#8216;Everyone&#8217;, your works and other information will not be publicly available.<\/li>\n<li>You can make your email addresses not visible to others if you prefer to do so.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Use your ORCID iD<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Include your ORCID iD on your personal website\/blog, CV, and email signature.<\/li>\n<li>Use it when prompted during article submissions and funding applications.<span class=\"pjBG2e\" data-cid=\"8cd78b2c-806e-4141-9af9-6c7089538fc7\"><span class=\"UV3uM\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Maintain accuracy and completeness<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Check back regularly to ensure the completeness of your works\/publications.<\/li>\n<li><span data-huuid=\"17314486514218234687\">Re<\/span><span data-huuid=\"17314486514218237132\">gularly review your record for any errors or inconsistencies.<span class=\"pjBG2e\" data-cid=\"35cfd454-aaaf-46ea-9533-cb42ddb2bdff\"><span class=\"UV3uM\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Use a Trusted Individual if you don&#8217;t have time to keep your record up to date. Give an assistant or student access. This person will need to have an ORCID iD and also need to know how to do updates successfully.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Contact: <a href=\"mailto:mr@sun.ac.za\">Mari\u00e9 Roux<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.sun.ac.za\/ORCID\">Library Guide<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ORCID is a unique, persistent identifier that researchers can use throughout their careers as they engage in research, scholarship, and innovation. It offers several benefits, including enhancing the visibility and potential impact of a researcher\u2019s work and helping to distinguish between individuals with similar names through effective name disambiguation. 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