This template is used to add an ORCID link after mention of an author/researcher. Do not use this template in the external links section of the article about the person identified by the ORCID; instead use {{Authority control}}. The latter template may also be placed on user pages.
There is one parameter, the ORCID author ID number, which takes a value in the form ####-####-####-####; it is used to compose the URL to the ORCID database entry: http://orcid.org/####-####-####-####
As noted in ''The Aliens in Our Spleens'' (2014) by U. Gunnar Freakus-Aute (
{{ORCID|1234-5678-9012-3456}}
) ...
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As noted in The Aliens in Our Spleens (2014) by U. Gunnar Freakus-Aute (ORCID 1234-5678-9012-3456) ...