ORCID (Open Researcher Contributor ID) is a free, unique digital identifier (PID) that permanently links researchers to their professional research publications

Connect your ORCID with ResearchNow

As a Flinders HDR student or academic (Teaching and Research) you will have a ResearchNow profile. This contains all your research outputs and activities that are listed in ResearchNow.

You can connect your ORCID or create an ORCID to your ResearchNow profile and give permission to send information from your ResearchNow profile to your ORCID record.

1. Log in to: ResearchNow

2. CLICK Edit profile (and scroll to find the ORCID field)

3. CLICK Create or Connect your ORCID ID

NB: Ensure your ORCID is discoverable by accepting the default "Everyone" privacy setting. Maximising your public content eliminates repetitive data entry and makes your research and professional identity highly searchable.

4. In the popup window, tick both checkboxes to optimise your ORCID – ResearchNow (Pure) integration.

Image of the connecting pure with ORCID terms

5. CLICK Proceed to continue with one of the options below.

If you don't have an ORCID account

6. In ORCID login page, SELECT Register Now and follow the registration steps.

7. Verify your account email.

If you already have an ORCID ID

8. In the ORCID login page, fill out your email (or ORCID ID) and password. Then SELECT Sign in to ORCID.

9. CLICK Authorize Access.

10. Once connected successfully, you will be linked and your affiliation and outputs in ResearchNow will be exported to ORCID.

11. CLICK Save & Close to finalise.

What is an ORCID ID?

ORCID (Open Researcher Contributor ID) is a free, unique digital identifier (PID) that permanently links researchers to their professional research publications. Your ORCID is essentially a 16-digit number, mostly expressed as a URL that links to your profile e.g. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-1234-5678. ORCID is fully owned and controlled by the researcher. It doesn’t change, irrespective of funder, affiliation or field of research.

It also allows for integration in key research workflows, such as manuscript and grant submission, and supports automated linkages between you and your professional activities ensuring that your work is recognised.

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and Australian Research Council (ARC) encourage all researchers applying for funding to have an ORCID identifier.