Swansea University researchers are being encouraged to sign up for an ORCiD (the unique researcher identifier) and add it to our system so it appears on their staff web page and in RIS. There are 3 quick ways to add your publications to the “Works” section of an ORCiD:
1. CrossRef: in ORCiD, you can select “Add Works”, “Search & Link”, then “CrossRef Metadata Search”: you should find CrossRef has a substantial number of your publications, including books and chapters (even for humanities). You can go down the list and select “Add to ORCiD”. However, you have to do this one-by-one.
2. Scopus: again, using “Add Works”, “Search & Link”, then “Scopus to ORCiD” you can pull publications into ORCiD from the massive Elsevier Scopus database. Scopus has good coverage for STEM areas. Humanities, Social Science & book data is increasing but likely to be incomplete. Using this option also forces you to review your Scopus profile (useful for citation metrics).
3. BibTex import: if all your publications are on RIS there is a way to export them from Cronfa to ORCiD. We have already blogged about this – it involves downloading a file from Cronfa, then uploading to ORCiD. The metadata would need reviewing and tidying, if necessary. This method can also be used from EndNote or anywhere that allows you to export a set of references as a BibTex file.
4. “Europe PubMed Central” another “Search&Link” option within ORCiD which may be useful to health researchers.
If you’re lucky enough you may also have the bonus option to:
5. Get someone to do it for you: ORCiD allows you to set up a “Trusted Individual” (under Account Settings). That person has to be an ORCiD user (so they need to sign up first), then you can give them access to manage your account without divulging your password.