An example of a standardized identifier for uniquely identifying individuals is the ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID). ORCID is an internationally recognized persistent identifierA Persistent Identifier (PID) is a permanent digital code directly associated with a digital resource, such as a dataset, scholarly article, or other publication, making it permanently identifiable and findable. Unlike other serial identifiers (e.g., URLs), a Persistent Identifier refers to the object itself rather than its location on the internet. If the location of a digital object associated with a Persistent Identifier changes, the identifier remains the same; only the URL location in the identifier database needs to be updated or supplemented. This ensures that a dataset remains permanently findable, accessible, and citable (Forschungsdaten.info, 2023). Read More that allows researchers to be uniquely identified. The ID can be used by researchers for their scientific publications permanently and independently of any institution. It consists of 16 digits, grouped in four sets of four (e.g., 0000-0002-2792-2625). ORCID IDs are widely established in workflows at numerous publishers, universities, and research-related institutions and are often integrated into the peer-review process for journal articles¹ An ORCID can be created free of charge at https://orcid.org/..