What is URN for ORCID Number?

URN (Uniform Resource Name) for an ORCID number is a permanent identifier for the ORCID number. It uses the following format:

https://orcid.org/{ORCID}
https://orcid.org/{NNNN-NNNN-NNNN-NNNC}

For example, the URN for Stephen Hawking's ORCID is:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9079-593X

orcid.org Website provides a URN resolver to provide you for more information by clicking on the URN.

You can also get the text version of an ORCID information using the following URL of:

https://orcid.org/{ORCID}/print
https://orcid.org/{NNNN-NNNN-NNNN-NNNC}/print

For example, click the URL below to get the text version of Stephen Hawking's ORCID:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9079-593X/print

Stephen Hawking
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9079-593X

Employment (4)
  University of Cambridge: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB2009-10-11 ...
    Source: Stephen Hawking
  University of Cambridge: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB1979-10-08 ...
    Source: Stephen Hawking
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