ORCID iD

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ORCID iD

Summary

ORCID iD is an authority file[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of authority_file entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (913 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • ORCID iD's instance of is recorded as authority file[3].
  • ORCID iD is operated by ORCID, Inc.[4].
  • ORCID iD is a type of International Standard Name Identifier[5].
  • ORCID iD's Commons category is recorded as ORCID[6].
  • ORCID iD's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • October 16, 2012 marks the founding of ORCID iD[8].
  • ORCID iD began on October 16, 2012[9].
  • ORCID iD's official website is recorded as https://orcid.org/orcid-search/search[10].
  • ORCID iD's described at URL is recorded as https://pub.orcid.org/v2.0/identifiers[11].
  • ORCID iD's quantity is recorded as {'amount': '+5069968'}[12].
  • ORCID iD's quantity is recorded as {'amount': '+6539961'}[13].
  • ORCID iD's quantity is recorded as {'amount': '+8899901'}[14].
  • ORCID iD's quantity is recorded as {'amount': '+11496507'}[15].
  • ORCID iD's facet of is recorded as author disambiguation[16].
  • ORCID iD's facet of is recorded as open science[17].
  • ORCID iD's described by source is recorded as Bibliographic Scan of Digital Scholarly Communication Infrastructure[18].
  • ORCID iD's described by source is recorded as Open Science Thesaurus[19].
  • ORCID iD's described by source is recorded as Q109302681[20].
  • ORCID iD's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/orcid[21].
  • ORCID iD's used by is recorded as Bionomia[22].
  • ORCID iD's main Wikidata property is recorded as P496[23].
  • ORCID iD's format as a regular expression is recorded as 0000-000(1-[5-9]|2-[0-9]|3-[0-4])[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{3}[0-9X][24].
  • ORCID iD's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ORCID'}[25].
  • ORCID iD's different from is recorded as ORCID, Inc.[26].
  • ORCID iD's issued by is recorded as ORCID, Inc.[27].

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Designation and Status

ORCID iD's instance of is recorded as authority file[3].

History and Context

October 16, 2012 marks the founding of ORCID iD[8].

Why It Matters

ORCID iD ranks in the top 8% of authority_file entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (913 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . orcid.org. Retrieved . orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . blog.impactstory.org. Retrieved . blog.impactstory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . blog.impactstory.org. Retrieved . blog.impactstory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . orcid.org. orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . orcid.org. Retrieved . orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . orcid.org. orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . orcid.org. Retrieved . orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . data.loterre.fr. Retrieved . data.loterre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Language of work or name English
    Used by Bionomia
    Different from ORCID, Inc.
    Operator
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 28879, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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