Claim: ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID), is a unique alphanumeric code used to identify authors and contributors to scholarly communication.
Evidence: The ORCID (/ˈɔːrkɪd/ (listen); Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is a nonproprietary alphanumeric code to uniquely identify scientific and other academic authors and contributors. ORCID was first announced in 2009 as a collaborative effort by publishers of scholarly research "to resolve the author name ambiguity problem in scholarly communication".