This document discusses Nature Publishing Group's integration of ORCID identifiers. It outlines how authors can create or link an ORCID on nature.com and during manuscript submission. The corresponding author can search for co-authors using ORCID to pre-populate forms. NPG customer service can also find users based on ORCID. The document notes upcoming integrations like ORCID call-back APIs and completing the virtuous circle of data exchange between NPG, CrossRef, and ORCID.

1. NPG ORCID
Integration
Howard Ratner
CTO, Executive VP
Nature Publishing Group

2. Registration and Profile
On nature.com and in NPG eJournal Press manuscript submission
system users can create or link an ORCID.
Identical wording and workflow
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3. Registration and my account
information text
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4. Create/link from My Account too!
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5. Create/link takes user to ORCID
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6. 1. Register on ORCID
2. Authorize data use
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7. After authorization ORCID is
attached in NPG database and not
editable by user
Similar both on My Account (shown) and registration
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8. Manuscript submission
Corresponding Author
Corresponding author can create/link an ORCID
via NPG eJournal Press MTS system
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9. Manuscript submission
Co-Authors
Corresponding author can search for co-authors using ORCID to
pre-populate form (coming soon)
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10. NPG Customer Service can find a
user based on ORCID
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11. NPG Customer Service view of user
profile with ORCID
(note Delete button)
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12. NPG Customer Service deleting an
ORCID is non-reversible, so they
are warned!
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13. Researcher
starts
manuscript
submission
ORCID PUBLISHER Manuscript submission system
asks researcher to update
WORKFLOW author profile with ORCID
ORCID Tier 2 API passes
ID to manuscript
submission system
Manuscript
processed and
content published
Metadata and ORCID
deposited to CrossRef
ORCID::DOI pairing
submitted to ORCID
ORCID record
updated

14. Coming Soon from NPG
• Integrating ORCID Call-back API"
– ORCID profile updates alert NPG as trusted
partner"
• Completion of the “Virtuous Circle”"
1. NPG ingests ORCIDs"
2. NPG deposits ORCID:DOI pairs to CrossRef"
3. CrossRef makes ORCID:DOI pairs available
to ORCID"
4. ORCID alerts trusted partners about updated
profile"
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15. Thank You!
Howard Ratner
CTO, Executive VP
Nature Publishing Group
h.ratner@us.nature.com
@hratner
Many thanks to Mark Henry and Tara Packer for
their contributions.