🆚 Google Scholar vs. ORCID

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Google Scholar is three times more popular than ORCID.
🌎 Google Scholar is more popular in the United States, Germany, and Vietnam.
🌍 ORCID is more popular in Russia, Korea, and Finland.

Google Scholar

ORCID

Type

Science and research platform

About

Google Scholar is a free scholarly search engine that indexes articles, theses, books, abstracts, and court cases from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, and universities.

ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is an open, non-proprietary registry that provides unique persistent identifiers for researchers and scholars, enabling them to distinguish their identity and connect their work across systems.

It assigns a 16-digit ORCID iD to each user, allows individuals to manage a personal record with publications, affiliations, and funding, and offers a public API and registry search for interoperability across research platforms.

Headquarters

Mountain View, California, United States

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Website

scholar.google.com

orcid.org #14,872

Pricing

Free ✔️

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Google Scholar science and research platform is 2.9 times more popular than ORCID.

Total websites

Market share

Science And Research

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Google Scholar is more popular in the United States, Germany, and Vietnam, while ORCID is more popular in Russia, Korea, and Finland.

United States

Germany

Vietnam

Indonesia

India

United Kingdom

Spain

France

Ukraine

Netherlands

Awards

🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Science And Research category.
🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Science And Research category.
🥇 Most popular in Indonesia in the Science And Research category.
🥇 Most popular in Vietnam in the Science And Research category.
🥇 Most popular in India in the Science And Research category.

🥇 Most popular in Russia in the Science And Research category.
🥉 Third most popular in Germany in the Science And Research category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Spain in the Science And Research category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Vietnam in the Science And Research category.
⭐ 5th most popular in the United States in the Science And Research category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Google Scholar is more popular among sites focused on education and reference, business, and blogs and wiki, while ORCID is more commonly used on pharmacy sites.

Education/Reference

Business

Blogs/Wiki

Health

Marketing/Merchandising

Personal Pages

Technical/Business Forums

Internet Services

Sports

Software/Hardware