U.S. Department of Transportation

Federal Railroad Administration

Creating an ORCiD ID

Authored by: Medallio Green & Andrew Duffin

Office of Research, Development and Technology (RD&T)
What is an ORCiD ID? 

ORCiD IDs are used to store all published 

material under the author’s name and all names 

associated to those authors. All information is 

confidential. The account creation process is

also easy and free. 

Step 1

First go to https://orcid.org/ and select the SIGN 

IN/REGISTER button at the top right-hand of 

the page.

Step 2

Choose the ‘Personal account’ option when 

creating an account. You can login under an 

institution or organization, but that particular 

institution will need an existing account. 

Sign into ORCID or Register now 

.1. Personal account t1lll: Institutional account 

Sign in with your ORCID account 

Email or ORCID iD 

Email or ORCID iD 

ORCID password 

ORCID password 

Sign into ORCID 

Step 3

Fill out the form:

First name 

Last name (Optional) 

Primary email 

Additiona l ema il (Optional) 

0 Add another email 

Password 

0 8 or more characters 

0 1 letter or symbol 

0 1 number 

Confirm Password 

Visibility settings 

Your ORGD iD connects with your ORCID record that can contain links to your research 

aaivities, affiliations, awards. other versions of you r name, and more. You control this 

contenc and who can see it. Mo re info rmation o n visibility settings. 

By defa ult, who shou ld be able to see informa tion a dded to you r ORCID Record? 

0 -&II,. Eve ryone (87% of users choose this) 

0 0 Trusted pa rties (5% of users choose this) 

Q ill On ly me {8% of users choose this) 

Step 4 

A unique number is automatically generated and 

can be seen within the profile (see 0000-0002-

8681-6881). Here, each author can add all 

important information, including, nicknames, 

institutions, employment, education, etc.

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Helpful notes: When authoring Technical Reports for the Federal Railroad Administration’s 

RD&T, the ORCiD ID is required on the Report Documentation Page for ALL authors. 

Only individual accounts can be created for the ORCiD ID. 

All other sites featuring the author’s work and similar profiles as the ORCiD ID (e.g., 

ResearchGate) can be linked to their ORCiD ID profile.

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