Replying to @skwinnicki and @CT_Bergstrom, @hellyeahcorks, @drdrewsteen, @john_d_beatty
I agree with your general point, but there has to be some arbitrary way to select people? ORCIDs aren't difficult to set up, and it's not necessarily uncommon for people who don't work as researchers (like myself) to already have one they set up for a publication.
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