Researcher Identity Management

A Persistent Unique Identifier (PID) is a string of letters and numbers used to distinguish between and locate different objects, people, or concepts. A well-known example of a PID is a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) which is used to locate specific digital objects, frequently a journal article. Additional examples are ORCiD, a PID for researchers, and ROR, a PID for research organizations. 

ORCiD

The UTC Library strongly recommends creating and maintaining an ORCiD ID to distinguish yourself and claim credit for your research portfolio and easily share data between multiple research workflows including funding and publications. We offer consultations, trainings, and workshops on creating and optimizing researcher identity profiles. 

Anyone can register for an ORCID directly through their website at https://orcid.org/register.

ORCiD can receive and/or send data to other identifiers like: 

• SciENcv / BioSketch
• ScopusID
• Web of Science ResearcherID
• Watermark/Digital Measures 

SciENcv

SciENcv is software powered by the National Center for Biotechnology Information and adopted by many other federal agencies for researcher identification.

For more information and guides on using SciENcv to create biosketches and other documentation, visit the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs sciENcv guide.

Contact the UTC Library or the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs for consultations, trainings, and workshops on creating and optimizing researcher identity profiles.

Research Impact Analysis

The UTC Library offers consultations to review research impact from individuals and groups based on a range of publication metrics. Research impact report consultations assist researchers in developing a story of the impact of their work in their discipline and for the public.