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What is an Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier (ORCID) iD? [018]

By Office of Science Quality and Integrity

An ORCID iD is a unique, persistent identifier that can be obtained by researchers free of charge. An assigned ORCID iD is associated with an individual regardless of their affiliated institutions and records an author’s history of publications. [Read More]

An ORCID iD is a unique, persistent identifier that can be obtained by researchers free of charge. An assigned ORCID iD is associated with an individual regardless of their affiliated institutions and records an author’s history of publications. Thus, ORCID iDs associated with Bureau employees identifying the USGS as their affiliation can be used to categorize USGS-authored or funded scientific information products. To register for an ORCID record and obtain an ORCID iD, refer to https://orcid.org.