In order for ORCID to succeed, it must be embraced not only by publishers, but also – and especially – by astronomers and astrophysicists and their professional organizations. All must do their part.
The American Astronomical Society (AAS) has endorsed ORCID as a mechanism for author disambiguation and for streamlining the workflow of scholarship. As of 4 June 2014, 11 percent of authors on papers in AAS journals are providing ORCID IDs. [11]
IOP Publishing, publishers of the AAS journals, started accepting ORCID IDs through their peer review process in the spring of 2013 and began depositing the metadata with CrossRef in the fall of 2013.
EDP Publishing, publisher of Astronomy and Astrophysics, is a member of ORCID and is working on implementation.
Andras Holl, one of the editors of the LISA VII conference proceedings, has taken the bold step of requiring all authors to include their ORCID IDs when submitting their papers. The Astronomical Society of the Pacific, publisher of the LISA VII proceedings, will be collecting this information.