Your ORCiD

An ORCiD is a unique identifier that brings your research together in one place, and allows you to disambiguate, track and share research with one simple URL.

ORCiD are mandatory for all research active staff at Kent as the identifier used for internal processes, such as applying for promotion or HESA/REF submission.

First check if you already have an ORCiD that you need to link to the University of Kent:

1. Go to the ORCiD website
2. Search for your name 
3. If founds, link your ORCiD to the University of Kent.
   

If you do not already have an ORCiD:

1. Go to the Kent IT Account management portal
2. Click Create or Connect your ORCiD
3. Read the data use statement and, when ready, click Yes, I Agree
4. Click Register now and follow the how to register guidance
5. Add multiple emails to your ORCiD record to secure your access in the future.

1. Go to the Kent IT Account management portal
2. Click Create or Connect your ORCiD
3. Read the data use statement and, when ready, click Yes, I Agree
4. Click Register now
5. Your ORCiD will now display on your Kent IT Account management portal page and on your records in the Kent Academic Repository (KAR).

Find out more about signing into ORCiD

Your unique and persistent ORCiD belongs to you throughout your scholarly career and can be used to:

• distinguish you from other researchers
• ensure consistent, reliable attribution of your work

You can use it for:

• collating existing research in one location
• submitting to journals
• grant applications
• professional society membership
• linking with other identifiers and profiles
• displaying on your CV
• web page, social media and more

Increasingly, funding organisations, professional bodies and publishers are using ORCiDs, with support from external funding bodies like Jisc and ARMA.

This means you can often use your ORCiD instead of manually adding personal and citation information. That makes grant submissions easier and saves you time.

ORCiD are mandatory for all research active staff at Kent.

Use the buttons below to access guidance provided by ORCiD, or to get advice from the ORCiD team at the University of Kent.