ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is a unique identifier for scientists. It enables networking via links to publications, research data and scientific activities. After registering your ORCID ID, additional information on your education, previous employers, funding and also publications can be added. Select whether your publications are freely accessible on the internet or not. Registering papers can be done manually, but there are also automated offers. The CrossRef Metadata Search is a useful tool to search for all publications with DOI.

Your own ORCID profile can be linked with data from Scopus and Web of Science.

Instructions for linking author profiles 

Link your ORCID iD to your RPTU account. Use the instructions provided by the RHRZ to link your accounts.
This allows you to collect your publications in one central location and makes it easier to search for them. ORCID also plays an important role for OA publications funded by the RPTU.

Relevance of ORCID:
If an ORCID is visibly displayed in the article and on the respective publisher's website, the university can use DFG funds to promote this publication. The RPTU has successfully acquired these funds as part of the “Open Access Publication Costs” funding program.

Submission notes:
When submitting your open access publications, please make sure to include your ORCID in the author workflow. If you have any questions about this process, please contact the respective publisher.

You can also create a profile on Google Scholar. To do so, you will need a Google profile.

Springer Nature

Authors can manually add their articles by assigning the article to their ORCID iD account using the following steps:

1. Add works to your ORCID iD record, if necessary.
2. Log in to your Springer Nature profile.
3. Click on the “Linked Accounts” section and link your ORCID iD profile.
4. Allow Springer Nature to link your ORCID iD account.

Elsevier

Providing the ORCID iD in the submission system

• The ORCID iD must be provided in the submission system.
• For some journals, this information is mandatory, but for others it is not.

Sharing the ORCID iD

• As long as the corresponding author remains the same, the ORCID iD will be shared with EOAP.
• Authors can request that an ORCID iD link be added.

Handling by journals

• Different journals handle the ORCID iD in the article/document in different ways.
• As a rule, the information is taken from the manuscript.

Important notes on changes

• The information in the manuscript usually overrides that in the submission system.
• Authors should therefore take particular care to ensure that all information is correct.
• Changes can only be requested by the authors from the journal; the details and deadlines for this depend on the respective journal.

Wiley

Providing the ORCID iD

• The ORCID iD is provided at the following points in the workflow:
  • On the “Author Details” page
  • As part of the manuscript submission
  • Via the personal profile page

Ideal time for providing the ORCID iD

• It is recommended that the ORCID iD be provided during the submission process.
• However, the ORCID iD should be checked during the proofreading stage at the latest.

Subsequent addition

• Articles can also be added to the author's own ORCID iD profile after submission.
• Please note: The ORCID iD is not displayed in the PDF version of the article.