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It is a free product developed by Thomson Reuters. Once registered, a researcher is assigned a unique ID number that expressly associates them with their published works, regardless of any possible name variations or institutional affiliation changes.

The long awaited launch of ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) register, was announced this week. ORCID aims to address a shared problem in the research community of connecting research with researchers, Laure Haak, Executive Director of ORCID stated "But ORCID is more than a Registry, it is a community effort to embed these identifiers in research workflows." To find out further information on ORCID or to register for your own researcher ID go to http://orcid.org/register.

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