Researcher profiles and ORCID

Create your ORCID profile, and promote research expertise and outputs.

What is a researcher profile?

Researcher profiles are excellent platforms for researchers and HDRs to showcase academic works and achievements, serving as powerful tools for enhancing visibility, accessibility and collaboration.

All ongoing academic RMIT researchers have public profiles, managed through RMIT Elements, showcasing research activities and outputs. RMIT academic profiles can be curated to include biographical information, as well as research interests and outputs.

Access to RMIT Elements

The Research and Innovation portfolio has agreed to initially restrict access to RMIT Elements to ongoing academic researchers only. It is currently not available to:

casual/sessional academics
professional staff
Vocational Educational staff
HDR candidates.

This decision will be reviewed at a later date.

All RMIT HDRs and researchers are encouraged to create ORCID profiles to take advantage of the following benefits:

eliminate name ambiguity by combining all outputs (e.g. publications), grants and other professional activities into a unique identifier
improve interoperability across various systems, including publisher platforms and funding agencies (e.g. the Australian Research Council)
save time due to streamline processes, for example when applying for grants.

Guide to researcher profiles and ORCID iDs

Maximise the visibility of your research outputs by discovering how to establish and manage researcher profiles.

Setting up your researcher profile

This module provides an overview of commonly used researcher profiles and how to establish and maintain them.

Social media for researchers

This guide introduces platforms and provides tips to maximise social media usage. It covers relevant university policies and guidelines, as well as copyright information.

Researcher profiles workshops

Enhance your academic presence with a customised workshop on researcher profiles:

Understanding researcher profiles: Learn about the importance of researcher profiles – including RMIT Elements, ORCiD, Google Scholar, Scopus and Web of Science – as well as social media (e.g., LinkedIn) for showcasing your research activities, outputs and achievements, and for analysing the impact of your research. Discover how they can enhance visibility, accessibility and collaboration.
Managing RMIT academic profiles: Get guidance on curating your public RMIT profile through Elements, including adding biographical details, research interests and outputs to highlight your research activities.
Creating and maintaining ORCID profiles: Understand the benefits of ORCID profiles, which consolidate all your outputs, grants, and professional activities under a unique identifier. Explore how ORCID's interoperability with systems like publisher platforms and funding agencies like the ARC's Research Management System (RMS) simplifies administrative processes.

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