1) ORCID is a nonprofit organization that provides unique identifiers for researchers and connects their works and affiliations. It aims to solve name ambiguity issues.
2) Over 3 million researchers from over 40 countries have signed up for ORCID IDs. Major research institutions, publishers, and funders have integrated ORCID into their systems.
3) In Asia Pacific, China has the most ORCID ID holders, followed by India and Japan. Several countries have formed ORCID consortia to promote adoption.
1. ORCID AS A COMMUNITY INITIATIVE
ORCID 2017 MALAYSIA WORKSHOP
PUTRAJAYA, MALAYSIA, 28 FEB 20176
NOBUKO MIYAIRI
Regional Director, Asia Pacific
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3229-5662
#ORCIDMY2017
2. COLLECT & CONNECT
• Publishers and Repositories: COLLECT iDs for
authors, contributors, and reviewers; PUBLISH iD
with work, POST paper, dataset, review IDs;
RECEIVE updates
• Associations: COLLECT iDs for members, authors,
and meeting participants; POST affiliation and
presentation IDs; RECEIVE updates
• Funders: COLLECT iDs at grant submission and
review; PUBLISH with award; POST grant IDs
researcher record; RECEIVE updates
• Universities: COLLECT iDs for new staff and
students, at thesis submission, in faculty profile
systems; POST affiliation IDs; RECEIVE updates
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4. ORCID TODAY
• Over 3.0 million researchers
• 650+ members from 40 countries, including
national consortia in the UK, Denmark,
Finland, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany,
Italy, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand and 4
regional consortia in the US
• Over 300 integrations with another 200 in
the pipeline
5. Asia Pacific
15%
Europe
50%
Latin America
1%
Middle East & Africa
4%
North America
30%
Publisher/
Association
14% Funder
3%
Governme
nt
2%
Repository
/Profile
Org
6%
Research
Institute
75%
MEMBER BREAKDOWN
By region By sector
9. ORCID MEMBERS IN APAC
9
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
China Australia Japan India South
Korea
Taiwan Malaysia Hong Kong New
Zealand
Singapore
ORCID members by country
Jul-16
Jan-17
10. HOLDERS (& MEMBERS) IN APAC
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China 117,052 (3)
India 37,095 (1)
Japan 53,631 (9)
South Korea 32,271 (1)
Taiwan 17,197 (8)
Hong Kong 10,085 (8)
Malaysia 11,350 (1)
Singapore 7,184 (2)
Indonesia 7,138 (0)
Vietnam 2,054 (0)
Thailand 4,024 (0)
Philippines 2,198 (0)
Australia 58,550
(44)
New Zealand 8,378 (43)
ORCID holders by email domain as of Jan 2017
11. AUTHENTICATION?
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Use an authenticated
API to collect iD
(username & password)
to ensure the person
and the iD belong
together, the iD is
correct (no typos), and
that privacy is
respected.
For more info on membership, visit http://orcid.org/about/membership
12. PUBLIC AND MEMBER APIS
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API Features
Public API
Freely
available to
anyone
• Sandbox test environment freely available
• Create: Facilitate creation of new ORCID records (via on-demand
process)
• Authenticate: Get a user’s authenticated ORCID iD
• Read (Public): Search/retrieve public data
• No personalized support
Member API
ORCID
member
organizations
All of above, and:
• Read (Limited): Search/retrieve “limited-access” data
• Add: Post new items to a record
• Update: Edit or delete items you previously added
• Personalized support, member newsletter, etc.
http://orcid.org/about/membership
15. orcid.org 15
CAUDIT (Council of Australian University Directors of Information Technology)
CAUL (Council of Australian University Librarians)
AAF (Australian Access Federation)
ARMS (Australasian Research Management Society)
ANDS (Australian National Data Service)
ARC (Australian Research Council)
NHMRC (National Health and Medical Research Council)
Universities Australia
20. NZ JOINT STATEMENT
New Zealand is joining the
wave of countries to support
and adopt ORCID. On July 26
New Zealand's peak bodies
representing the scientific and
research community, along
with funding agencies,
released a joint statement of
principle supporting the
adoption and use of ORCID
identifiers across the research
and science system.
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http://orcid.org/blog/2016/08/17/orcid-new-zealand-update
24. Group of volunteers help
spread the word for ORCID!
• Australia 2
• China 1 > 0
• Hong Kong 1 > 0
• India 2
• Indonesia 3 > 2
• Japan 1
• Malaysia 1
• Philippines 1
• Singapore 2
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ORCID AMBASSADORS