Your academic website, built in seconds.
Enter your name. Your papers, citations and positions fill themselves in from ORCID and Crossref, and stay current without you.
A coloured column with your photo, contact details and menu on every page.
How it works
One iD in, a whole site out. Here is the demo site being built, step by step.
- Confirm who you areYour iD tells us exactly who you are, so we never confuse you with someone who shares your name.Josiah Carberry, from the ORCID record
- Gather your recordPapers from ORCID and the publishers, positions and funding from ORCID, institutions from ROR.68 papers (68 with publisher details from Crossref), 2 positions
- Merge and tidyPreprints and journal versions become one entry; anything matched by name alone waits for you.17 duplicates merged
- Publish your sitePick a template and add your own pages. Publications update themselves from then on.7 pages ready
What you get — free
- Your website, ready in seconds
Built from your ORCID record or your university email, in a design you choose.
- Publications that update themselves
New papers and citation counts arrive every week. Your corrections are always kept.
- Only papers that are yours
Anything matched by name alone waits in “To check” until you confirm it is yours.
- Citation tracking
New papers that cite you, and which of your papers they cite, gathered every week on your Citations page.
- A CV whenever you need one
Typeset PDF or LaTeX source, in the format you are asked for.
- Know your readers
Visits, where they came from and which papers they opened. No cookies.
Compared with what you use today
| Feature | Researcher Pages | Google Scholar profile | ORCID record | Website builderWix, WordPress, GitHub Pages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A complete personal website: research, teaching, group, talks, news | Included | Not included | Not included | IncludedYou build every page by hand |
| Publications added and kept up to date for you | Included | Included | PartlyOnly through services you connect | Not included |
| Papers found by name matching kept apart until you confirm them | Included | PartlyIf you switch on review of updates | Not included | Not included |
| Brings over your existing homepage automatically | Included | Not included | Not included | Not included |
| CV typeset from your record, including NIH section order | Included | Not included | Not included | Not included |
| New citations tracked, with self-citations left out | Included | PartlyAlerts yes; self-citations included | Not included | Not included |
| See who visits and which papers they open | Included | Not included | Not included | PartlyDepends on the plan or an add-on |
| Your choice of design: 4 templates, 15 colour schemes or your own colour | Included | Not included | Not included | Included |
A complete personal website: research, teaching, group, talks, news
- Researcher Pages
- ✓
- Google Scholar
- —
- ORCID
- —
- Website builders
- ✓You build every page by hand
Publications added and kept up to date for you
- Researcher Pages
- ✓
- Google Scholar
- ✓
- ORCID
- ◐Only through services you connect
- Website builders
- —
Papers found by name matching kept apart until you confirm them
- Researcher Pages
- ✓
- Google Scholar
- ◐If you switch on review of updates
- ORCID
- —
- Website builders
- —
Brings over your existing homepage automatically
- Researcher Pages
- ✓
- Google Scholar
- —
- ORCID
- —
- Website builders
- —
CV typeset from your record, including NIH section order
- Researcher Pages
- ✓
- Google Scholar
- —
- ORCID
- —
- Website builders
- —
New citations tracked, with self-citations left out
- Researcher Pages
- ✓
- Google Scholar
- ◐Alerts yes; self-citations included
- ORCID
- —
- Website builders
- —
See who visits and which papers they open
- Researcher Pages
- ✓
- Google Scholar
- —
- ORCID
- —
- Website builders
- ◐Depends on the plan or an add-on
Your choice of design: 4 templates, 15 colour schemes or your own colour
- Researcher Pages
- ✓
- Google Scholar
- —
- ORCID
- —
- Website builders
- ✓
Based on each service’s standard free features, September 2026. You don’t have to give anything up: keep your Google Scholar and ORCID profiles, and Researcher Pages reads from ORCID. Create your site
Your site is one iD away.
Free, and you can change everything later. Or browse the sites built so far and the four templates.