ORCID is a non-profit organization which provides a persistent identifier that distinguishes individual researchers within the global research ecosystem. Researchers register for a free, unique ORCID identifier through the ORCID.org web site, and then add their professional information; publications can be added manually, or automatically harvested from other systems such as Scopus, ResearcherID and LinkedIn.

1. open scholarship
2. open scholarship policy observatory
3. policy analysis

Original publication: Silk, Kimberly. "ORCID: Connecting Research and Researchers." Open Scholarship Policy Observatory, 13 Mar. 2018, https://ospolicyobservatory.uvic.ca/orcid-connecting-research-and-researchers/.

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