Iowa Research Online researcher profiles are tied to the University of Iowa. You can't take them with you when you leave the institution. For this reason, students can't create profiles in Iowa Research Online. Instead, we strongly encourage all University of Iowa students to create ORCID profiles to share their work.

ORCID, which stands for Open Researcher and Contributor ID, is a free, unique, persistent identifier (PID) for individuals to use as they engage in research, scholarship, and innovation activities. ORCID allows researchers to make all their research information accessible via a unique profile.

If you need assistance creating or managing your ORCID, please contact your liaison librarian or the Scholarly Impact department.