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Scholarship - Consolidating and Leveraging Law Faculty Scholarship

ORCID iDs

Faulty members and scholars can register for an ORCID iD (Open Researcher and Contributor IDentifier) - a unique, open, digital identifier. Each scholar's ORCID iD is a distinct alpha numeric code that helps ensure scholarly work can be attributed exclusively to a single individual. Having an ORCID iD allows you to claim and consolidate your scholarly efforts and affiliations. 

Benefits of having an ORCID iD:

  • Having an ORCID iD helps you organize your scholarly profile and leverage your research and scholarship.
  • Having an ORCID iD associated with your name and your scholarly works helps profile sites more accurately track your publications and your scholarly activities.
  • Having an ORCID iD helps ensure that your work is correctly attributed to you if you have published works using different variations of your name (for example, Joe Smith, Joe L. Smith, and J.L. Smith), if you have changed your name, if other scholars have a name similar or identical to your name, or if you have moved to Emory from a different academic institution.
  • ORCID iDs integrate with HeinOnline, SSRN, and many other profile sites.
  • ORCID iDs are becoming the norm for scholarly publications:
    • More than 80 publishers require you to have an ORCID iD at the time you submit your work, and
    • A growing number of research funders, including the NIH and NSF, require or strongly encourage applicants to have an ORCID iD.

Learn more about ORCID 

ORCID offers instructional videos on setting up your ORCID iD, resetting your password, what to do if you lose your credentials, adding information to your profile, and more:

How to Register for an ORCID iD and Add a Proxy

Registering for an ORCID iD is easy (and free) to Emory University School of Law faculty, scholars, and students.  To obtain an ORCID iD and create an ORCID profile, go to https://orcid.emory.edu and follow the prompts.  Once you have an ORCID iD and profile, you can add information about your publications, your educational background, your work experience, etc., and you have the option of making your profile public or private.

We recommend making Emory a Trusted Organization in your profile to save time when preparing funding proposals, renewals, or progress reports.  To make Emory a Trusted Organization, go to https://guides.libraries.emory.edu/orcid/getid and follow the prompts.

To give another individual, such as a Research Assistant, access to your ORCID account, so they can make edits and add information to your profile, follow these steps:

  • Have your proxy register for an ORCID iD: https://orcid.emory.edu;
  • Once the proxy has registered for an ORCID iD, the faculty member can grant the proxy access to the faculty member's ORCID record as a "trusted individual";
  • To add a "trusted individual," the faculty member should sign into their own ORCID account and click on their name (at the top right of the screen) and then use the drop down menu to click on Trusted parties;
  • Scroll down to the Trusted individuals section; in the search box, the faculty member should enter their proxy's ORCID iD, the proxy's name, or the proxy's email address to find the correct individual (the proxy);
  • Click on the Search ORCID for trusted individuals button;
  • Confirm that the faculty member wants to add the proxy by clicking the Add as trusted individual button;
  • Once the proxy has been added, the proxy should then be able to login to their own ORCID account and then select the option (near the top of the screen) to Switch to another account to access the faculty member's account;
  • Once the proxy is taken to the faculty member's ORCID record, the proxy should be able to make changes to the faculty member's record, including adding to the Works, Professional activities, Biographical information, and other sections.

Leveraging your ORCID iD

Obtaining an ORCID iD is just the beginning.  Here are some tips for leveraging your ORCID iD to maximize your scholarship exposure and leverage ORCID iD benefits.

Maximize the functionality within your ORCID iD account:

  • Add all variations of your name to your ORCID account to consolidate your scholarship in one place.
  • Add as much information as possible to your profile.  You can copy and paste information about your employment history, publications, education, and qualifications directly from your CV or other profiles that you've already set up online. 
  • Add a permanent email (in addition to your Emory email) to your ORCID record to ensure your ORCID iD follows you no matter where you work. 
  • Use ORCID's Search & Link Wizard to import your works into your profile. From your profile page, scroll to "Works," click "Add" and select "Search & link" to authorize access; you may need to search for a work using a DOI.  
  • Use ORCID's Visibility feature to make your ORCID information easily findable by others by making your information public.  Simply go to your Account Settings / Defaults and expand the Visibility tab.  Select "Everyone" to make your work as visible as possible.

Using your ORCID iD moving forward: 

  • Add your ORCID iD to publications, repositories, datasets, grants, online profiles, or any other medium or tool that allows you to add your ORCID iD whenever possible; this helps consolidate your scholarly profile and makes it possible for others to find more accurate and complete information about you and your works.
  • If you submit a manuscript with your ORCID iD, you may receive an email from Crossref, asking for permission to update your record -- by granting permission to Crossref, your ORCID record will automatically update to include the published article associated with your ORCID iD.