University of Waterloo ORCID Creation

University of Waterloo faculty, staff and students are encouraged to create an ORCID iD or connect an exciting ORCID with the University of Waterloo.

Please note that an ORCID ID remains the same, even if a researcher changes institutions. Though users can add University of Waterloo as a Trusted Organization, the ORCID iD and record is owned by the user.

For more information about ORCID, visit the ORCID LibGuide.

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What is ORCID?

ORCID is a non-profit, free service that allows researchers to create a researcher ID. ORCID iDs are unique from other researcher ID systems as they assign a sixteen-digit ID number to an individual researcher, which remains consistent across all academic sources. ORCID iDs are useful because:

  • they enable researchers to have direct control in identifying what work belongs to them and ensures appropriate credit for work they have created.
  • ORCID enables researchers to control their privacy settings. Details of an ORCID record can be public, private, or customizable and only be accessible to a limited group.
  • the information researchers share publicly can be accessed by searching for https://orcid.org/ followed by a researcher's sixteen-digit ORCID iD, by anyone at no cost.
  • ORCID allows researchers to attach their iDs to their institutions, or to any public research activity they have engaged in, such as receiving grant funding or publishing a paper.
  • organizations (such as funders, research organizations, publishers, repositories, professional associations, and universities) can easily view the researcher’s curated list of accomplishments.

What is a Trusted Party?

There are two types of trusted parties. There are trusted organizations and trusted individuals.

A trusted organization is an institution, like the University of Waterloo, which you can grant permissions to. The key benefit of adding a trusted organization is that they can add verified items, like education or employment history, to your ORCID Record, giving you the recognition for your work that you deserve.

A trusted individual is another person, with an ORCID iD, who can edit and update your ORCID record. However, they cannot edit anything that requires your ORCID password.

For more information on trusted organizations and trusted individuals, please visit ORCID's Trusted Organizations webpage and ORCID's Trusted Individual webpage.