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Handy tip: You don't need to enter your publications manually on ORCID, you can import easily from other sources. See below:
See ORCID blog post for more information https://orcid.org/blog/2016/06/24/auto-update-has-arrived-orcid-records-move-next-level
Crossref
If you publish an article that includes your ORCID iD with the publication metadata (i.e. you supply the ORCID iD to the publisher with the manuscript and they pass it along to Crossref), then Crossref will reach out to you though ORCID to request permission to add that article to your ORCID record. At the same time, Crossref will also request permission to add all future articles that include your ORCID iD. This process can only be initiated by Crossref once they have a publication that includes your ORCID iD embedded in the article metadata -- there is not a way to grant this permission before they ask for it.
Datacite
If you connect your ORCID iD to your research data when submitting it to a data center which deposits to Datacite, then Datacite will be able to automatically update your record -- with your permission. You must first enable Datacite auto-update in your Datacite user profile. To do this, sign into Datacite profiles https://profiles.datacite.org/sign_in and enable ORCID auto-update in the ORCID claims section of your account settings: https://profiles.datacite.org/users/me
"Why Identifiers Matter" presented by Laurel Haak (ORCID) at the ORCID Hungary Workshop in Budapest on May 25, 2017:
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