Several ORCID member organizations have built an importing tool that allow you to import information about publications and other works into your ORCID record from other databases. The linking process can begin on the ORCID site or at the organization's website. Note that ORCID does not store preprints or content. Rather, we require that work data added to your record include a link that allows users to easily navigate to the source document.
The Import Tool is our recommended way to populate your record. The Tool makes adding works easy, ensures you are getting data about the work directly from the source so it is accurate, and allows the addition of contributor information, which is not possible via other methods (users can manually add their own contributor role, but cannot add other contributors).
To add works to your ORCID record using the Import Tool, you must first grant access to the organization's integration. Select the platform you want to use to import your works from the dropdown list. You'll be prompted to grant access to your ORCID record, then taken to the member's website to select the works to add to your ORCID record. Works added with the Import Tool will display the relevant organization as the source of the item, and you as the source of the connection between that item and your record. This displays as “[researcher name] via [service name].”
Which import service should you choose? Select one that matches your geographic or subject areas of research.
ORCID-certified services allow you to sign in to your ORCID account and add your selected research outputs to your ORCID record. Connecting to these services also grants permission to automatically update your ORCID record over time as new research outputs become available.
Currently Supported Services
ORCID Certified Services
- The Lens: Create or connect your Lens Profile to add patents and other scholarly works and automatically update your ORCID record over time.
- Web of Science: Add research outputs to your ORCID record, and connect your Web of Science researcher profile to automatically update your ORCID record over time.
More Services
- Scopus - Elsevier: Create and connect your Scopus account to add your Scopus Author ID to your ORCID record and import works.
- CrossRef Metadata Search: Search by title, author, DOI, or ORCID iD for journal articles, books, standards, datasets, and more to import works to your ORCID record.
- BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine: Create or connect your BASE account to import works from open-access journals, institutional repositories, and digital collections.
- OpenAIRE: Search the OpenAIRE Graph to discover and link publications, datasets, and software to your ORCID profile. OpenAIRE Explore helps users access millions of interlinked research products associated with projects and funding.
- DataCite: Import works and activities from DataCite to enable scholarly connections and power discovery across the research ecosystem.
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (DNB): Search the catalogue of the German National Library (DNB) by your name and link your publications to your ORCID record. If you have a GND authority record, it will be added to your ORCID record by claiming the publication.
- DOE OSTI.GOV: Import energy and basic science research works from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and predecessor agencies.
- GND Network: Search over 200 million publications from German and Austrian library networks and the German National Library and link to your ORCID record. If you have a GND authority record, it will be added to your ORCID record by claiming the publication.
- HAL: Import works indexed by the French multidisciplinary open archive.
- ISNI: Connect to your ISNI record to add your ORCID iD to your ISNI record and your ISNI number to your ORCID record.
- Japan Link Center (JaLC): Import scholarly papers, books, research data, and e-learning materials JaLC which is the only DOI Registration Agency of Japan from academic institutions in Japan.
- MLA International Bibliography: An essential tool for humanities research, the MLA International Bibliography indexes journals, books, websites, and other publications representing over seventy languages. Search the bibliography for your works and add them to your ORCID record.
- Redalyc: Create or connect your Redalyc account to import articles from this index of open access Spanish or Portuguese peer-reviewed journals.
- Research Data Australia: Import datasets from Australian research organizations, government agencies, and cultural institutions