Funder Registry

The goal of Innovative Publication is to keep an open and transparent record of the funder registry's scientific advancements. Funders are required to report on the outcomes of the research they have supported that poses a significant challenge. It is difficult for publishers to report Funders which papers are the outcome of research funded by particular grants or funders. As a result, funders have to dig publication data in order to track funding sources, which are available to the whole academic community. However, metadata for innovative articles encompasses more than just author, DOI, abstract, and citation information. As a publisher, we also include thorough and authenticated information regarding funding agencies and their various grants.

Open Funder Registry

The Crossref Funder Registry is an open archive of funders found across the world and their accompanying ID (similar to DOIs and ORCID for authors). Using this registry has the following benefits:

1. Funding organizations can easily track published results relating to their grants.

2. Monitoring research output by an author’s institution becomes much easier.

3. Innovative can analyse funding sources to support authors in ensuring compliance with funder mandates.

4. Transparency increases as it relates to who funded the research, the results of the R&D funding, and possible conflicts of interest resulting from that funding.

Members contribute by depositing the funding acknowledgements from their publication as part of their standard metadata, together with the unique funder ID listed in the Funder Registry. The deposit should include funder names, funder IDs, and associated grant numbers. It implies that anyone can make connections, for example, to identify which funders invest in certain fields of research. Funding data is also used by funders to track the publications that result from their grants.

As of its launch, Funder Registry is open to participation from any Crossref member publisher. Funders and other interested parties can search the Funder Registry database at https://search.crossref.org/funding.