An ORCID is a unique identifier that identifies you and your work.
To get credit for all of your research outputs they must be correctly attributed to you. ORCID overcomes the challenges presented by name changes during a career, differences in publisher formatting of names, or researchers having the same or similar names.
ORCID is an internationally recognised, free Identifier that ties all of your research outputs to YOU regardless of institutional affiliation, stage of career or name variants used.
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