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Martyn Rittman
2024 November 15

Research Integrity Roundtable 2024

For the third year in a row, Crossref hosted a roundtable on research integrity prior to the Frankfurt book fair. This year the event looked at Crossmark, our tool to display retractions and other post-publication updates to readers. Since the start of 2024, we have been carrying out a consultation on Crossmark, gathering feedback and input from a range of members. The roundtable discussion was a chance to check and refine some of the conclusions we’ve come to, and gather more suggestions on the way forward.

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Dominika Tkaczyk
2024 November 06

How good is your matching?

In our previous blog post in this series, we explained why no metadata matching strategy can return perfect results. Thankfully, however, this does not mean that it’s impossible to know anything about the quality of matching. Indeed, we can (and should!) measure how close (or far) we are from achieving perfection with our matching. Read on to learn how this can be done! How about we start with a quiz? Imagine a database of scholarly metadata that needs to be enriched with identifiers, such as ORCIDs or ROR IDs.

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Kornelia Korzec
2024 October 28

Update on the Resourcing Crossref for Future Sustainability research

We’re in year two of the Resourcing Crossref for Future Sustainability (RCFS) research. This report provides an update on progress to date, specifically on research we’ve conducted to better understand the impact of our fees and possible changes. Crossref is in a good financial position with our current fees, which haven’t increased in 20 years. This project is seeking to future-proof our fees by: Making fees more equitable Simplifying our complex fee schedule Rebalancing revenue sources In order to review all aspects of our fees, we’ve planned five projects to look into specific aspects of our current fees that may need to change to achieve the goals above.

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Lucy Ofiesh
2024 September 24

Meet the candidates and vote in our 2024 Board elections

On behalf of the Nominating Committee, I’m pleased to share the slate of candidates for the 2024 board election. Each year we do an open call for board interest. This year, the Nominating Committee received 53 submissions from members worldwide to fill four open board seats. We maintain a balanced board of 8 large member seats and 8 small member seats. Size is determined based on the organization’s membership tier (small members fall in the $0-$1,650 tiers and large members in the $3,900 - $50,000 tiers).

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Choosing a content registration method

In order to get working DOIs for your content and share your metadata with the scholarly ecosystem, you need to register your content with Crossref.

Your metadata is stored with us as XML. Some members send us XML files directly, but if you’re not familiar with writing XML files, you can use a helper tool instead. There are three helper tools available - these are online forms with different fields for you to complete, and this information is converted to XML and deposited with Crossref for you. A big decision to make as a new member is which of our content registration methods to use.

Helper tools

  • Crossref XML plugin for OJS (Open Journal Systems) - you can use this helper tool if you’re using the Open Journal Systems publishing platform.
  • Web deposit form - you can use this form to register metadata for journals, books, conference proceedings, reports, and dissertations.
  • Grant registration form - you can use this form to register metadata for grants

Direct deposit of XML

Quick guide to choosing your content registration method

Use this chart to choose the best option for you:

Quick guide to choosing your content registration method illustration of the Helper tools and Direct deposit of XML options above

Which registration tools support which metadata?

Record type / deposit methodOJS-to-Crossref pluginWeb deposit formDirect deposit of XML
Books and chaptersNo (OJS is a journal platform)YesYes
Conference proceedingsNo (OJS is a journal platform)YesYes
DatasetsNo (OJS is a journal platform)NoYes
DissertationsNo (OJS is a journal platform)YesYes
Journals and articlesYesYesYes
Peer reviewsNo (OJS is a journal platform)NoYes
Posted content (including preprints)No (OJS is a journal platform)NoYes
Reports and working papersNo (OJS is a journal platform)YesYes
StandardsNo (OJS is a journal platform)NoYes
Documentation for this deposit methodCrossref XML plugin for OJSWeb deposit formDirect deposit of XML

Which deposit methods can I use to register pending publications?

Crossref XML plugin for OJSWeb deposit formXML (via the web deposit form, admin tool, or HTTPS POST)
Pending publicationNoNoYes

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