diff --git a/app/serializers/datacite_doi_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/datacite_doi_serializer.rb
index d3414694a..2306c6017 100644
--- a/app/serializers/datacite_doi_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/datacite_doi_serializer.rb
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ class DataciteDoiSerializer
         Array.wrap(c["affiliation"]).map do |a|
           params[:affiliation] ? a : a["name"]
         end.compact
+      c["nameIdentifiers"] = Array.wrap(c["nameIdentifiers"])
       c
     end.compact
   end