ORCID has launched a new feature called Researcher Connect, designed to help universities and research institutions more effectively link their internal systems with researchers’ ORCID records. This service automatically identifies researchers who have a verified institutional email address on their ORCID record but have not yet connected their ORCID iD with the institution’s integration.
Researcher Connect enables institutions to automatically locate researchers who:
- have a verified institutional email on their ORCID record,
- have not yet connected their ORCID iD to the institutional system (e.g., CRIS), and
- have not received a Researcher Connect notification from the institution within the past year.
These researchers then receive a notification in their ORCID inbox (and an email, depending on their settings) directing them to the institution’s ORCID landing page, where they can easily authorize the connection.
Key Benefits:
- Identify unconnected researchers – automatically, without additional IT burden.
- Update affiliations – institutions can add employment affiliations directly to a researcher’s ORCID record after connection.
- Improve data quality – verified affiliations appear as a trust marker in the researcher’s ORCID record.
- Save time – reduces manual data entry for both researchers and administrators.
- Minimal technical effort – only a functioning integration capable of writing affiliations and a maintained ORCID landing page are required.
What institutions need:
- a working ORCID integration capable of writing affiliation data,
- a list of institutional email domains,
- a clear and informative ORCID landing page explaining the benefits and offering a “Connect with ORCID” button.
If your institution is interested in enabling Researcher Connect, please contact us at orcid@techlib.cz.