Membership/Subscriptions

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, available on the ORCID Web site
Organizations may integrate ORCID iDs into research systems and workflows using the Public API
Registration and participation (and lunch!) at twice-annual Outreach meetings

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 addressing the name ambiguity problem in scholarly communications, 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, deposit, editing, and updating of Record Data and/or read Limited Access Data, with permission from an individual ORCID iD holder ("opt-in"). In addition, members receive personalized technical support, integrated application user acceptance testing, a monthly newsletter, and invitations to public events hosted by ORCID. In addition, members also may enter nominations for service on the ORCID Board. See this Member Comparison table for more detail.

Please review the category and benefits descriptions below for the one that best fits your circumstances. If you have questions, please contact membership@orcid.org

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. Discounts will be evaluated at each membership renewal. Non-profit and start-up discounts are not applied to premium consortium agreements.

Member Category	Help me choose	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$5,000 (US$5,150 from 1/1/2018) 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 synchonization between ORCID data and their own	Small organizations (<US$200M in annual revenue or grants): US$10,000 (US$10,300 from 1/1/2018) Large organizations (US$200M+ in annual revenue or grants): US$25,000 (US$25,750 from 1/1/2018) 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 20-29 members: US$4,000 per member 30-99 members: US$135,000 per consortium 100-250 members: US$200,000 per consortium From 2018 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

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$5,000 (US$5,150 from 1/1/2018)
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 synchonization between ORCID data and their own

Small organizations (<US$200M in annual revenue or grants): US$10,000 (US$10,300 from 1/1/2018)
Large organizations (US$200M+ in annual revenue or grants): US$25,000 (US$25,750 from 1/1/2018)
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
20-29 members: US$4,000 per member
30-99 members: US$135,000 per consortium
100-250 members: US$200,000 per consortium

From 2018

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

License Types

License	Benefit	Help me choose
Trusted Party	Organization can facilitate registration, deposit, edit, and update Record Data and/or read Limited Access Data, with permission from an individual ORCID iD holder ("opt-in")	Many employers are using the standard license to facilitate the creation of ORCID records for their faculty and staff. Members have found this license to be in agreement with national data transfer regulations.

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