In late November, I read with interest an announcement from Wiley. This publisher has begun requiring as part of their manuscript submission process, that the submitting author register for and provide his/her ORCID iD.  By now, many of our authors should be familiar with ORCID as we launched ORCID@MSK in March of this year. Our goal regarding ORCID was, and still is, to proactively support our authors by facilitating for them the process of obtaining their universal digital identifier.

In browsing the ORCID website, I was able to view other journals and publishers that have made the same move as Wiley.  Journals/publishers such as PLoS, eLife, Faculty of 1000, Rockefeller University Press, and the American Chemical Society have signed the ORCID open letter in support of the inclusion of the ORCID iD in the publishing process for their journals. Through their manuscript submission systems, publishers are in an exclusive position to encourage widespread adoption of ORCID. Continue reading →