What is ORCID?
ORCID is a free and unique persistent identifier. Your ORCID iD distinguishes you from other researchers, linking to a profile you control and populate with information defining who you are, as well as your research, publications, affiliations, awards, and grants.
Increasingly used by funding agencies, publishers, and peer institutions, ORCID iDs make it easier to share data and information between various institutional, library, publisher, and funder systems.
Getting Started
Creating an ORCID iD is fast and free. Click the link below, and once you've entered your NetID, the system will walk you through the process to either create a new iD or connect your existing ORCID iD to Queen's.
Connecting your ORCID iD to Queen's allows the University to access your public and trusted parties data, write public and trusted data to your record, and authenticate Queen's based activities listed in your ORCID record.
To link your account or to create an ORCID account, go to the ORCID Sign in page, select “sign in through your institution”, pick “Queen’s University” and enter your NetID and Password.
Why use ORCID?
- Uniquely yours: Distinguish yourself and claim credit for your work while controlling access to your data, no matter how many people have your same (or similar) name. Your ORCID doesn't change even if your name does.
- Open and flexible profile data: ORCID is platform-agnostic, discipline-neutral, and publisher-independent, so you can easily share your data between your record and an increasing number of funding, publishers, data and manuscript repositories, and other research workflows.
- Portable: Your ORCID iD and data will always stay with you and remain the same, even after you leave Queen's.
- Customizable visibility: ORCID links all your research together, while you control the visibility of each piece of data (public or private).
- Reduced administrative burden: Many manuscript submission, grant application, and institutional repository forms can be auto-populated, especially when you authenticate your ORCID with Queen's. You can spend more time conducting your research and less time replicating biographical data and research activities.
ORCID at Queen's
At Queen's, connecting your iD allows internal scholarly and administrative systems to both access and update your public and trusted ORCID data. This integration saves you time, ensures data accuracy and consistency, and fosters meaningful connections between systems.
ORCID Affiliation manager
The affiliation manager is a tool designed to make the data in researchers' ORCID records more reliable and authoritative. This tool allows Queen’s University to add and assert official affiliation information directly to your ORCID records.
The types of data included are:
- Employment details (e.g., position title, department, start and end dates)
- Education and qualifications
- Invited positions and distinctions
- Memberships and service roles
By using the Affiliation Manager, Queen’s University can certify your employment and other professional affiliations on your ORCID record, making this information more credible because it comes directly from the source. This helps improve the visibility and accuracy of your scholarly profile, ensuring that your work and affiliation with Queen’s are recognized accurately across research platforms, grant applications, and publishing systems.
Learn more
- ORCID Resources, Tutorials and FAQs are available in the Distinguish Yourself with an ORCID iD libguide.
- If you have any questions about using ORCID at Queen's, please contact the Digital Initiatives and Open Scholarship team.