• You can include your ORCID iD in our manuscript submission systems. If needed, you can also register for the iD during the submission process. 
• Your ORCID iD will be displayed on the published work.
• Sharing your ORCID record makes it easier to draw attention to your work and show your academic track record in a concise format. It will help improve the discoverability of your research and support collaboration within the research community.

Following a successful trial in 2017 to mandate ORCID identifiers for corresponding authors to 46 Springer Nature journals (including 14 Nature-branded journals, 10 BMC journals and 22 Springer journals), we are happy to support journals that wish to apply a mandate at submission or publication.