Springer Nature and the ISSN International Centre working together on Centralization of ISSN Assignment

Springer Nature and the ISSN International Centre have been initiating a centralized process for the assignment of International Standard Serial Numbers (ISSN) to serial publications of Springer Nature. The new process standardizes and automates the way unique identifiers are requested, before their publication, for periodicals and book series published under the various imprints of Springer Nature. Springer Nature thus has only one point of contact for all new ISSN assignments. Springer Nature will get ISSNs more quickly, and the ISSN International Centre will immediately share the new data with ISSN National Centres via the ISSN Register.