*Some statistics on ORCID* (the persistent digital identifier that distinguishes a researcher from every other researcher): In terms of reach, as of today there are: - 3,554,378 live ORCID registrants (excludes locked and deactivated records) - 686 organizational members, including 16 consortia (12 national, four regional - US) - 389 member integrations launched/approved to launch and another 100 or so in the pipeline. There are also an estimated 100+ non member integrations using ORCID's public API - 27 publishers have signed an open letter requiring ORCID iDs for - at a minimum - corresponding authors of accepted papers; 19 have gone live with that requirement for 1,600+ journals - At least 13 funders require ORCID iDs for grant applications or for their authors - by end 2016, 1,100,941 ORCID records were connected to at least one activity: • 596,241 with one or more connected works • 740,866 with one or more connected education affiliations • 655,933 with one or more connected employment affiliations -- Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.