Altmetrics & ORCiD: ORCiD is open-source, which means it can be used with other applications in ways that commercial programs can't. There is an app by Keita Bando that integrates Altmetrics with ORCiD so that researchers have instant access to their Altmetric scores on the ORCiD website. Download the Altmetrics for ORCiD Bookmarklet here!
This blog post discusses Altmetrics scores and deciphers the "donut."
Impactstory & ORCiD: As of February 2016, ImpactStory is integrated with ORCID: https://impactstory.org/. Login to ImpactStory with your ORCID username and password to see what altmetrics ImpactStory has aggregated for you.
With ORCiD, you can control the content of your online academic profile and definitively disambiguate yourself online. ORCiD is the most widely adopted, cross-platform research identifier.
Ensure consistent, reliable attribution of your work and protect your scholarly identity.
Many publishers use ORCiD, reducing the need to keep track of multiple identifiers for different platforms.
Your ORCiD can connect with other scholarly ID systems, such as Web of Science and Scopus.
Some funders and publishers will require you to have an ORCiD to submit.
You control your profile and privacy settings!
You determine the visibility setting for your own ORCiD record data. You control who views your ORCiD information.
You determine a list of trusted parties that you can authorize to connect to your ORCID record.
Connections and permissions require explicit action on your part. Examples of trusted parties include universities, research organizations, funders, publishers and individuals.