Privacy-friendly alternatives to ORCID
The researcher identifier registry sites closest to ORCID, with the fewest trackers first: what each homepage loads before you accept cookies. ORCID itself loads 0 trackers.
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DataCite – Connecting Research, Advancing Knowledge - DataCite
international not-for-profit organization which aims to improve data citation
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Handle.Net Registry
Handle.Net Registry is a DONA MPA.
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w3id.org - Permanent Identifiers for the Web
Secure, permanent URLs for your Web application that will stand the test of time.
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Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
ICANN’s mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet.
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Making sure you're not a bot!
French research institution in computer science
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OpenAlex: The open catalog to the global research system
OpenAlex indexes half a billion scholarly works, with their authors, institutions, sources and topics, and makes them free to search, analyze and reuse through our web app, API and bulk download.
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a list of publicly known cybersecurity vulnerabilities
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SURF is the collaborative organisation for IT in Dutch education and research | SURF.nl
More than 100 education and research institutions in the Netherlands work together in the SURF cooperative to fully utilise the opportunities of digitalisation. Our goal: improved and more flexible education and research.
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ClinicalTrials.gov
United States government registry of clinical trials
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Wikimedia
The Wikimedia movement is a global community of people, projects, and activities working together to create and share knowledge freely.
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top level domain of Switzerland
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Home - DFN
German association for academic research
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Home | Grants.gov
USA federal website
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global library cooperative
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Accueil | BnF – Site institutionnel
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United States Patent and Trademark Office
Home page of the United States Patent and Trademark Office's main web site.
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Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
U.S. non-profit organization and digital archive
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Department of Justice | Homepage | United States Department of Justice
Official website of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). DOJ’s mission is to enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law; to ensure public safety against threats foreign and domestic; to provide federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime; to seek just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior; and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans.
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Crossref
Crossref is open infrastructure linking the world's research. 26,500 members, 171 countries, 2.1 billion monthly API queries.
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