ORCID

The AAF leads the Australian ORCID Consortium

The Australian ORCID Consortium provides local support and assists with member integrations

In Australia the Consortium provides local support, assists with member integrations and encourages national uptake of ORCID in organisations. The Australian ORCID Consortium helps members understand the benefits and how they can get the most value from their membership.

Individuals can get a free ORCID iD. This digital identifier distinguishes individual researchers from other researchers and enables them to manage their records and search for others in the Registry. If you are a researcher looking to register for an ORCID iD, visit ORCID.

What is ORCID?

ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers.

For more detailed information about ORCID, or if you are a researcher looking to register for an ORCID iD, please visit ORCID.

As a Persistent Identifier (PID), ORCID is critical to connecting the global research ecosystem and enhancing national infrastructure. ORCID’s alignment with government investments such the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) ensures ORCID will be an essential component of the national research ecosystem. ORCID features heavily in the Australian National PID Strategy and Roadmap, and has been recognised by various national funders as an essential component of the national research ecosystem.

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Benefits of a Consortium membership

premium Consortia membership
access to and participation in, a growing national and international community to develop best practice, knowledge and skills in research management
up to five ORCID API credentials (connect up to five different systems with ORCID independently)
unlimited integrated user-acceptance testing, and consultations in preparation for launches and releases for different enterprise systems
access webinars and community calls, online resources, technical documentation and training materials
access to member reports
access to local technical support
managing and supporting the onboarding of consortium members
developing shared resources and communications materials, including quarterly newsletters
maintaining and sharing helpful documentation for the consortium

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What is a persistent identifier?

A persistent identifier is a long-lasting reference to a scholarly entity. PIDs provide information on the provenance of the object it identifies, describes the object with metadata and who or how it was created. The organisation that is registering the PID can share information about their policies and practices which fosters trust.

The Australian Access Federation (AAF) and Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) commissioned the MoreBrains Cooperative to undertake an analysis of the incentives for adoption of PIDs by the Australian research sector. The report sets out the benefits of PIDs primarily through metadata reuse, which found the total time of rekeying information is nearly 38,000 person days per year, and the direct financial cost of this effort is nearly $24 million per year. The opportunity cost associated with technology transfer and innovation-led growth that could be realised with the adoption of PIDs is $84 million per year.

Click here to read the Report.

To learn more about the National PID Strategy and Roadmap, visit the website.

Encouraging the adoption of ORCID in the Australian higher education and research sector

Since the launch of the Australian Consortium in 2016, the AAF have led and encouraged the adoption of ORCID and other key persistent identifiers (PIDs) in the Australian higher education, research and innovation sectors.

ORCID is a world-wide approach to disambiguating researchers by providing them with a long-lasting identifier, connecting them to their research activities and contributions. The uptake of ORCID across Australia has been extremely successful and demonstrates the importance of integrating a trusted attribution tool into contemporary research to guarantee richer reporting and impact tracking.

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