From: "Bourke, Amy" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 08:32:18 +0000

Springer Nature hits milestone of 200,000 ORCID identifiers

7 January 2016, London - Springer Nature has reached an important new
milestone, with over 200,000 ORCID identifiers in use for journal
article submissions as of 1 January 2016. This follows November’s
announcement that Springer Nature will be the first publisher to
enable all Springer and Palgrave Macmillan authors and editors to
apply their ORCID IDs to academic books and chapters.

Nature Publishing Group originally founded ORCID with Thomson Reuters
in 2010, in order to create an open cross-industry funded researcher
profile system. Springer Nature is one of the top publisher referrers
to ORCID.

ORCID identifiers give researchers a unique digital code that
distinguishes them from every other researcher and links their
publication record, reducing confusion and ensuring that academics get
recognition for their work.

Steven Inchcoombe, Managing Director of the Nature Research Group at
Springer Nature said: “We set up ORCID because we believed that our
community needed this open service. Six years on, the proliferation of
global research means that this need has never been greater.”

He continues: “We are proud of ORCID’s achievements. In less than six
years, over 1.82million live records have been created and their end
of year review shows that these are associated with nearly 5 million
unique DOIs. We would like to applaud the team at ORCID, all those who
have already registered, and other like-minded organisations working
to ensure that every academic is properly credited for the research
they do. Springer Nature applies best practice for ORCID
implementation and management in its publishing and we welcome the
other publishers that have expressed their commitment to this today.”

Laurel L. Haak, Executive Director, ORCID said: “Nature Publishing
Group were among the first supporters of ORCID, and have been
trailblazers demonstrating how ORCID IDs can be successfully
incorporated into publishing systems. Springer Nature is one of the
largest publisher referrers to ORCID.  We are delighted that they have
reached this landmark figure of 200,000 IDs used.”

In 2016, Springer Nature will continue to promote the many benefits of
ORCID. More information can be found at www.orcid.org.

For more information contact:

Amy Bourke-Waite
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-9870-2796
Senior Communications Manager
Springer Nature
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