ORCID (Open Research & Contributor ID)"...aims to solve the author/contributor name ambiguity problem in scholarly communications by creating a central registry of unique identifiers for individual researchers and an open and transparent linking mechanism between ORCID and other current author ID schemes. These identifiers, & the relationships among them, can be linked to the researcher’s output to enhance the scientific discovery process and to improve the efficiency of research funding & collaboration w/in the research community