Why Some Publishers are Requiring ORCID iDs for Authors: An Interview with Stuart Taylor, The Royal Society

On December 7 2015 The Royal Society announced that, from January 1 2016, it would require all corresponding authors submitting papers to its journals to provide an Open Researcher and Contributor identifier (ORCID iD). In an open letter published today, seven other publishers – the American Geophysical Union (AGU), eLife, EMBO,  Hindawi, theInstitute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), PLOS, andScience – joined them, committing to requiring ORCID iDs in their publication process during 2016.
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