Invitation to the second edition of the PIDfest international conference dedicated to persistent identifiers. PIDfest is a three-day international summit of talks, activities and workshops focussing on how persistent identifiers can deliver world-class research infrastructure. The event brings together PID advocates, users, and leaders from around the world to solve real world infrastructure challenges that …
ORCID has introduced a new Featured Works section that allows researchers to select up to five of their most important works and showcase them at the top of their record. This feature enables researchers to easily draw attention to their most significant publications or outputs. The new section transforms the ORCID record from a digital …
In October 2025, a milestone was reached in DataCite infrastructure: the registration of 100 millionth DOI. Since its founding nearly 16 years ago, DataCite now has more than 1,667 member organizations from over 60 countries and shows growth in the number of DOI registrations. In 2025 alone, over 28 million new DOIs have been registered …
ORCID has announced the candidates for Board of Directors for the year of 2026. Voting will be open from November 3rd to November 20th via the website (details will be published before voting begins) or at the annual online meeting of ORCID members, which will take place on November 20th, 2025. Representatives of member organizations …
Meeting agenda: Wednesday November 12th Thursday November 13th The meeting will be held in english language. You can register for the online meeting on the DataCite website.
A new article has been published on the ORCID website: “Scholarly Publishers and ORCID: Partnering to Advance Trust in Research”. Highlights: 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.
On Wednesday, October 1, the Public Knowledge Project (PKP) team and DataCite held a webinar: Configuring and Optimizing DOIs with DataCite in Open Journal Systems. The presentation and recording of the webinar: Video recording of the webinar on YouTube in English:
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) is the Portuguese national agency for the funding of science and research. It supports research projects, scientific institutions and infrastructure, as well as education and knowledge transfer. FCT has developed an integrated information ecosystem called PTCRIS, designed to strengthen national scientific activities. The system supports interlinking data …
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How researcher identifiers work together to help researchers, build a better picture of research, and streamline administrative tasks? ORCID’s original purpose was to address the name ambiguity problem in scholarly research. In a world where researchers are rewarded based on their work, which is typically linked to them by their name, misattributions are common. ORCID …
