Question 1

What is ORCID known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, ORCID stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,737 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,021 of 5,988 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,404 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Civil and Structural Engineering and Astronomy and Astrophysics (Civil and Structural Engineering is 5.4× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does ORCID rank in research?

Accepted Answer

ORCID ranks #3,038 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#3,990 all time), and #484 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at ORCID?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Ismahasan Vlian, José Roberto Freire Pimenta and Khaled Mutair lead among researchers whose main affiliation is ORCID.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from ORCID?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from ORCID is "Review of Bridge Structural Health Monitoring Aided by Big Data and Artificial Intelligence: From Condition Assessment to Damage Detection" (Limin Sun, Zhiqiang Shang, Ye Xia et al., 2020), with 740 citations. Next come "Universal Differential Equations for Scientific Machine Learning" (652) and "The Increasingly Human and Profitable Monoclonal Antibody Market" (474).

Question 5

Which research topics does ORCID publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Innovations in Medical Education, Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring, Military Technology and Strategies and Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at ORCID?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Globalization, Climate Change, Education, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Reflective Practice and Assessment Methods.

Question 7

Which fields of science does ORCID work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 36% of research at ORCID is in Social Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Medicine (17%), Engineering (15%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Question 8

Is ORCID's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 31% lower than in 2018-2021.