Unique author identity (ORCID)
Manage your research identities
- You are invited to create your ORCID iD and link it with your Stellenbosch University identity.
- If you already have an ORCID iD, please sign in to your account from the button below and click on 'Connect' to register and/or link your iD with your Stellenbosch University identity.
What is ORCID?
ORCID (Open Researcher & Contributor ID) is the most recognised system for administering unique author identifiers, an initiative that aims to create a central registry of persistent, unique and numeric author identifiers for individual researchers and creators. It includes a mechanism to link between different author ID schemes, such as ResearcherID. Your unique ORCID distinguishes you from researchers and creators with the same or similar names. ORCID is rapidly becoming a universal system. It brings together disparate publication data and interoperates with a wide variety of information systems.
ORCID is a non-profit organisation funded by institutional memberships, grant-making organisations and wide variety of research organisations and publishers.
Other author/researcher identifiers:
- Researcher ID (integrated with Publons and Web of Science)
- Scopus Author ID
- Google Scholar ID
For more information: