Hi all,
I thought you might be interested in the announcement that the open-access eLife journal is now collecting ORCID iDs during its production process in addition to the peer-review stage. This means contributing authors are now required to provide their validated iDs at the proofing stage to gain access to their article proofs.
Authenticating researchers’ ORCIDs can be a daunting task for scholarly publishers, particularly for works with multiple authors. Many publishers collect authenticated iDs from co-authors during the submission process and embed them in the manuscript’s metadata.
eLife has taken its ORCID integration one step further, by giving contributing authors an opportunity to associate their authenticated ORCID iD with their work during the production process. This enables even more authors to uniquely connect themselves with their eLife papers.
Other publishers using the ExeterPremedia production platform are also able to start collecting iDs during this stage.
If you have any questions at all, then please don't hesitate to contact me.
Best wishes,
Emily Packer
Press Officer
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