Introduction
When you connect your ORCID iD to another organization’s system, you will be asked to grant permission to that organization to interact with your ORCID account. For example, a publisher may request permission to get your ORCID iD when you submit a manuscript.
You decide whether to grant or deny permission to the organization. When you grant permission, that organization becomes a trusted organization and is listed in your Trusted parties page.
Watch our short video about how to connect your ORCID iD with research systems to grant access as a trusted organization.
Permissions you can grant
The table below shows what permissions trusted organizations can request to get your ORCID iD, read your ORCID record, or update your ORCID record. Only ORCID member organizations may read trusted party data or update your ORCID record. This means that they have agreed to ORCID’s privacy policy and member terms.
Note that organizations will often request more than one permission.
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Get your verified ORCID iD, which they can store and use in their systems and workflows, and read items on your record marked as visible to everyone. |
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Get your verified ORCID iD, and read items on your ORCID record that are set to be visible to everyone or just to trusted parties -- trusted organizations or trusted individuals. (Note: no one other than you or a trusted individual can read items that you have set to be visible to only you.) |
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Get your verified ORCID iD, and add affiliation (employment, education, qualification, award, honors, membership, service), research resources, funding, works, and peer review items to your ORCID record. The organization can also update or delete any items they have added. They cannot edit or delete items added by other trusted parties or by you. |
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Get your verified ORCID iD, and add biographical information to your record. This includes other names you are also known as, external identifiers, website links, country or region, and keywords. It does not include updating your biography. The organization can also update or delete any items they have added. They cannot edit or delete items added by other trusted parties or by you. |
Revoking permission
You can revoke permissions at any time. Go to the Trusted parties page and click Revoke access next to the name of the organization whose access you want to revoke. Revoking this permission means the organization will only be able to read information on your record which you have set as visible to everyone, as well as information that they themselves have added. The trusted organization will still have the ability to delete any items they have added even after the permission has been revoked but they will not be able to edit or add anything.
Restoring access to a trusted organization
Once a trusted organization has been removed, you must grant them permissions again following the same process you originally used to give them access to your ORCID record.
For most organizations, you can do this by going to their website and clicking the link to reconnect your ORCID iD. If that doesn’t work, you may need to contact the organization for instructions.