Imperial College London ORCID project

Abstract

In 2014 Imperial College London became a member of ORCID. A cross-College project was set up to issue all academic and research staff with ORCID iDs, under the framework of the College’s Open Access Project. The ORCID project identified 764 existing iDs linked to College staff and created 3,226 new ones. Within seven weeks from ORCID creation, 1,155 academics had logged into their ORCID accounts and linked them to Symplectic Elements, the College’s publication management system. Now that the Jisc project has been completed, Imperial’s Open Access Project will continue engagement with the academic community to encourage further uptake.