Organization IDs in Germany—Results of an Assessment of the Status Quo in 2020

Persistent identifiers (PIDs) for scientific organizations such as research institutions and funding agencies are a further decisive piece of the puzzle to promote standardization in scholarly publication process—especially light already established digital object (DOIs) outputs ORCID iDs researchers. The application these PIDs enables automated data flows guarantees persistent linking information objects. Moreover, fundamental components implementation open science. For example, is crucial importance when analyzing publications costs transition access at an institution. To find out more about status quo use adoption organization IDs Germany, ‘Survey on Need Use Organization Higher Education Institutions Non-University Research Germany’ was conducted among 548 Germany period from July 13 December 4, 2020, part DFG-funded project DE. One hundred eighty-three participated what largest survey date Germany. included questions knowledge, adoption, institutions. respondent were asked their needs with regard metadata (e.g., terms relationships granularity). present paper provides comprehensive overview results aforementioned contributes promotion increased awareness IDs.