ORCID Membership

We are a global, community-led organization that provides digital identifiers (ORCID iDs) for researchers, so that they – and you, their organizations – can benefit from being uniquely identified and reliably connected with their professional information (affiliations, awards, publications, and more). We are committed to openness, so everyone can access and re-use information that ORCID record holders have marked as public. In addition, researchers can grant additional record access and update privileges to ORCID members that use the ORCID API.

ORCID provides the following features for free:

Individuals may register, maintain, and share their ORCID identifier and associated ORCID record data
Individuals may receive updates to their ORCID record, such as linkages to published manuscripts in which they included their ORCID iD during the submission and review process
Individuals may enter nominations for ORCID Steering Groups and Working Groups
The community may access an annual data file of public information
Individuals may register for Public API credentials and collect authenticated ORCID iDs in research systems and workflows.
Individuals may register and participate in ORCID-hosted virtual and in-person community events

Membership is important because:

ORCID is a non-profit organization funded through organizational membership and subscription fees. To sustain the registry and our mission of connecting research and researchers, we rely on membership and subscription funding from the research community.

Members receive these benefits:

Members receive access to the Member API, which facilitates registration, and information exchange with ORCID records. This API can also be used to request access from a record holder to their trusted party record data. Members receive personalized implementation support, integrated application user acceptance testing, badges to certify that an implementation meets best practices, a monthly newsletter, and invitations to public and member-only events hosted by ORCID. Members are also eligible to be nominated for election to the ORCID Board.

See this Member Comparison table for more detail and to find the membership type that best meets your needs. If you have questions, please contact [email protected].

Member/Subscriber Categories

ORCID offers two membership/subscription categories for organizations: basic and premium. Non-profit organizations are eligible for a 20% member fee discount on basic or premium membership fees. To encourage small and start-up organizations to embed iDs, organizations with less than US$ 200,000 in revenue in their last fiscal year are eligible for a 75% discount on basic or premium membership. Non-profit and start-up discounts are not applied to premium consortium agreements.

Member Category	Help me choose	Annual fees
Basic	Organizations planning limited, single-system ORCID implementations Organizations with limited data needs Organizations that will interact with a relatively small number of researchers per month	Standard (single legal entity): US$5,150 Non-profit organizations are eligible for a 20% discount Start-up organizations are eligible for a 75% discount
Premium	Organizations that will be integrating ORCID iDs in multiple systems Organizations that will be using ORCID iDs in vendor-hosted systems and separate internal systems Organizations that have high data needs, or require frequent data dumps Organizations interested in analytics of the interactions between their systems and ORCID Organizations that will interact with a relatively large number of researchers per month Organizations interested in enabling data synchronization between ORCID data and their own systems	Small organizations (<US$200M in annual revenue or grants): US$10,300 Large organizations (US$200M+ in annual revenue or grants): US$25,750 Non-profit organizations are eligible for a 20% member fee discount Start-up organizations are eligible for a 75% discount
Premium Consortium	Groups of organizations interested in a coordinated approach to ORCID implementation Groups of organizations interested in customized orientations, workshops, and follow-up with the ORCID staff to support integration efforts	5-9 members: US$6,000 per member 10-19 members: US$5,000 per member 20-34 members: US$4,000 per member 35-60 members: US$3,500 per member 61+ members: US$3,000 per member

Member Category

Help me choose

Annual fees

Basic

Organizations planning limited, single-system ORCID implementations
Organizations with limited data needs
Organizations that will interact with a relatively small number of researchers per month

Standard (single legal entity): US$5,150
Non-profit organizations are eligible for a 20% discount
Start-up organizations are eligible for a 75% discount

Premium

Organizations that will be integrating ORCID iDs in multiple systems
Organizations that will be using ORCID iDs in vendor-hosted systems and separate internal systems
Organizations that have high data needs, or require frequent data dumps
Organizations interested in analytics of the interactions between their systems and ORCID
Organizations that will interact with a relatively large number of researchers per month
Organizations interested in enabling data synchronization between ORCID data and their own systems

Small organizations (<US$200M in annual revenue or grants): US$10,300
Large organizations (US$200M+ in annual revenue or grants): US$25,750
Non-profit organizations are eligible for a 20% member fee discount
Start-up organizations are eligible for a 75% discount

Premium Consortium

Groups of organizations interested in a coordinated approach to ORCID implementation
Groups of organizations interested in customized orientations, workshops, and follow-up with the ORCID staff to support integration efforts

5-9 members: US$6,000 per member
10-19 members: US$5,000 per member
20-34 members: US$4,000 per member
35-60 members: US$3,500 per member
61+ members: US$3,000 per member

Become an ORCID Member today!