With the recent increase in the plagiarism and copyright issues existent in academia, ORCID iD aims to provide a unique identity to your research. Yes, it is definitely important for researchers to have an ORCID iD. It is a nonproprietary alphanumeric code to uniquely identify scientific and other academic authors and contributors. Not only will it help prevent cases of mistaken identity, it will also allow others to find you even if you change your name or institution. Besides manuscript submissions, ORCID iDs are also required during grant application submissions and any other such platform where you can get credit for your contribution.
In fact, recently ORCID had introduced a way to recognize peer-reviewers for their time and effort. With ORCID, you get recognition for articles that you publish as well as articles that you review for other organizations. You cannot personally add a review contribution to your profile. Only the organization you performed the review for, or a third-party recognition service can add this to your profile. This adds to the credibility of the information on your profile, which leads to greater discoverability. Therefore, it is much recommended to have an ORCID iD.
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