What Is ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID)

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What Is the ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID)?

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ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is a number that uniquely identifies authors and contributors of scholarly communication.

ORCID was first announced in 2009, and is maintained by ORCID, Inc..

An ORCID is an 16-digit code, divided by a hyphen into four 4-digit numbers as shown below:

NNNN-NNNN-NNNN-NNNC

where:
  N is in the set {0,1,2,...,9}
  C is in the set {0,1,2,...,9,X}

For example, Stephen Hawking's ORCID is "0000-0002-9079-593X".

 

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