If desired, institutions may choose to collect ORCID Identifiers with ETD submissions. An ORCID ID is a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes researchers from others. It is self-managed and supports automatic links among a researchers activities. For more information, see https://orcid.org
If set to "yes", Validate ORCID iD will confirm that the ORCID iD exists, using the ORCID API.
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