ORCID, which stands for Open Researcher and Contributor ID, is a non-profit organization that provides researchers with a unique digital identifier. These identifiers can be used by editors, funding agencies, publishers, and institutions to reliably identify individuals in the same way that ISSNs and DOIs identify journals and articles. Thus the risk of confusing your identity with another researcher with the same name is eliminated. The ORCID website https://orcid.org/ provides researchers with a page where your comprehensive research activity can be stored.

How can I get an ORCID iD?

• Registration is free at orcid.org/register. It takes less than a minute.
• You register only once and can use your ORCID iD permanently.