ORCID

ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier) is a not-for-profit organisation that provides researchers with a unique and persistent digital identifier enabling researchers, research organisations, funders, and publishers to disambiguate researchers from one another. By embedding ORCiD iDs into key workflows researchers can link their professional activities and publications to their unique record; ensuring their scholarly contributions are properly attributed and permanently showcased.

Registration is free at orcid.org/register. It takes less than a minute and you only need to register once and can use your ORCID iD permanently.

BMJ has long supported the use of ORCID by integrating ORCID into our submission systems giving authors credit and recognising the importance of the reviewer community.

ORCID for authors

Innoj mandate ORCID iDs for all submitting authors and strongly encourage co-authors and reviewers to associate their accounts. We display all iDs on the final article to promote discoverability and credit.

Innoj can also deposit iDs (via OSF) to Crossref where the ORCID record will be automatically updated upon article publication, provided the author has given permission for ORCID to do so. Find out more about ORCIDs automatic update functionality.