ORCID Profile Plugin

Owned by Kristi Park
Last updated: Jun 16, 2020
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About the ORCID Profile Plugin

OJS versions 3.1.2 and above includes an ORCID Profile Plugin that

  • Collects/authenticates an author’s ORCID iD from ORCID using either the public or member ORCID API.

  • Displays an author’s ORCID iD ont he journal article page, which links to the author’s ORCID record

  • Enables editors to to trigger a message to an author asking them to authenticate their ORCID iD

Watch this video to learn more about how the plugin functions: https://youtu.be/YgJw9HW-JEg

Refer to this presentation from Laura Waugh, Texas State University, about the ORCID plugin: OJS Journals: Copyright, Licensing, and ORCID

Setting up the ORCID Profile Plugin

To enable and configure the ORCID Profile Plugin, you must:

  1. Create credentials for the ORCID API on the ORCID website.

    1. The plugin works with either the Public or the Member API, with the Member API having additional functionality.

    2. You can use the ORCID Sandbox API first to test without impacting the production ORCID registry.

    3. Please note: When setting up API credentials, we recommend using the host URL for all TDL journals as the “Redirect URI.” This URL is https://journals.tdl.org.

  2. Enable and configure the ORCID Profile Plugin in your OJS site.

Full instructions for installation and setup are available here: https://docs.pkp.sfu.ca/orcid/en/installation-setup.