ORCID is an acronym for "Open Researcher and Contributor IDentifier"
- ORCID iDs are unique and persistent 16-digit identifiers for researchers.
- They can be used in any institution for the duration of a researcher's career.
- They are consistent across publishers', funding organizations', and research institutions' systems.
- ORCID provides unpatented IDs to researchers for free.
ORCID is a community-driven research organization that provides:
- a registry of unique identifiers for researchers (ORCID iDs),
