A new article has been published on the ORCID website: “Scholarly Publishers and ORCID: Partnering to Advance Trust in Research”.
Highlights:
- Publishers are critical for trust in research
- ORCID helps research integrity professionals know their authors and assess the credibility of their scholarly bonafides
- Early publisher support was foundational to ORCID’s success
- National initiatives strengthen ORCID adoption, but publisher commitment remains key
- Collecting ORCID iDs for co-authors is vital for comprehensive attribution
Next steps publishers can take:
Whether you’ve newly adopted ORCID, or are looking to improve your integration, there are several things you can do to increase the value of ORCID in your organization.
- Enable authenticated ORCID sign-in and invite co-authors to connect their iDs during submission. Most of the main manuscript submission platforms, including ORCID Certified Service Providers Editorial Manager from Aries, Editorial System from Bentus Web Technologies, and Open Journal System from PKP support this workflow
- Contribute publication metadata to author AND co-author records via Crossref’s ORCID auto-update or directly via the ORCID Member API — adding Trust Markers that benefit both authors, their institutions, and their funders. This recommendation was also made by STM in their recent report, The Researcher Identity Verification Framework
- Educate your journal editors about how ORCID provides context around an author’s identity and career, which can help them more effectively “know their authors”
- Acknowledge and credit your editors’ academic service through the professional activities section of their ORCID records
- Advocate for co-author participation by making it easy for all contributors to link their ORCID records, perhaps through clear prompts and explanations within your submission system
- Add clear prompts into various workflow points to communicate how linking ORCID records supports authors getting proper credit for their work, enhances discovery, and contributes to a more trusted scholarly record.