diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-enrichment/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/bulktag/criteria/StartsWithVerb.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-enrichment/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/bulktag/criteria/StartsWithVerb.java
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+
+package eu.dnetlib.dhp.bulktag.criteria;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+@VerbClass("starts_with")
+public class StartsWithVerb implements Selection, Serializable {
+
+	private String param;
+
+	public StartsWithVerb() {
+	}
+
+	public StartsWithVerb(final String param) {
+		this.param = param;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean apply(String value) {
+		return value.startsWith(param);
+	}
+
+	public String getParam() {
+		return param;
+	}
+
+	public void setParam(String param) {
+		this.param = param;
+	}
+}