From an ORCID Post:
As ORCID Executive Director Chris Shillum says in his Annual Report message (page 6): “The COVID pandemic which challenged the world in so many ways this year has brought renewed emphasis on the importance of scholarship and global cooperation. We hope that in a small way, our work at ORCID helps researchers find each other, trust each other, and work more rapidly together to solve critical problems and meet unprecedented opportunities that face the globe today.”
Direct to Full Text Report