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View article: The programs approach: our experiences during the first quarter of 2025
The programs approach: our experiences during the first quarter of 2025 Open
At the end of last year, we were excited to announce our renewed commitment to community and the launch of three cross-functional programs to guide and accelerate our work.
View article: The programs approach: our experiences during the first quarter of 2025
The programs approach: our experiences during the first quarter of 2025 Open
At the end of last year, we were excited to announce our renewed commitment to community and the launch of three cross-functional programs to guide and accelerate our work. We introduced this new approach to work towards better cross-team …
View article: 2025 public data file now available
2025 public data file now available Open
Every year we release metadata for the full corpus of records registered with us, which can be downloaded for free in a single compressed file. This is one way in which we fulfil our mission to make metadata freely and widely available.
View article: The GEM program - Year Two 2024
The GEM program - Year Two 2024 Open
We began our Global Equitable Membership (GEM) Program to provide greater membership equitability and accessibility to organisations in the world's least economically advantaged countries. Eligibility for the program is based on a member's…
View article: Retraction Watch retractions now in the Crossref API
Retraction Watch retractions now in the Crossref API Open
Retractions and corrections from Retraction Watch are now available in Crossref's REST API. Back in September 2023, we announced the acquisition of the Retraction Watch database with an ongoing shared service. Since then, they have sent us…
View article: Retraction Watch retractions now in the Crossref API
Retraction Watch retractions now in the Crossref API Open
Retractions and corrections from Retraction Watch are now available in Crossref's REST API. Back in September 2023, we announced the acquisition of the Retraction Watch database with an ongoing shared service. Since then, they have sent us…
View article: Research Integrity Roundtable 2024
Research Integrity Roundtable 2024 Open
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.
View article: Crossmark community consultation: What did we learn?
Crossmark community consultation: What did we learn? Open
In the first half of this year we've been talking to our community about post-publication changes and Crossmark. When a piece of research is published it isn't the end of the journey—it is read, reused, and sometimes modified.
View article: Recommendations for accelerating open preprint peer review to improve the culture of science
Recommendations for accelerating open preprint peer review to improve the culture of science Open
Peer review is an important part of the scientific process, but traditional peer review at journals is coming under increased scrutiny for its inefficiency and lack of transparency. As preprints become more widely used and accepted, they r…
View article: #Crossref2023 Annual Meeting and Board Election presentation
#Crossref2023 Annual Meeting and Board Election presentation Open
The Crossref annual meeting and board election took place on October 31, 2023, online. The slide deck includes strategic updates from our team, guest speakers, as well as the results of the board election.
View article: Metadata connects the global community : a mid-year update
Metadata connects the global community : a mid-year update Open
The Crossref community update took place on 3 May 2023, online. The event was held twice to accommodate different time zones. The slide deck and recordings are included and provide updates from our team and our recent progress toward the R…
View article: Advancing the culture of peer review with preprints
Advancing the culture of peer review with preprints Open
Preprints enable new forms of peer review that have the potential to be more thorough, inclusive, and collegial. In December 2022, 80 researchers and representatives of funders, institutions, preprint servers, journals, indexers, and revie…
View article: Insights into the practicalities of collaboration, data and code sharing across the globe.
Insights into the practicalities of collaboration, data and code sharing across the globe. Open
On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the RDA, and as we approach the end of our Belmont-funded project, PARSEC (www.parsecproject.org), we felt it was time to discuss the practicalities of collaboration, data and code sharing for pu…
View article: Crossref metadata for preprints: Discussions and recommendations
Crossref metadata for preprints: Discussions and recommendations Open
In 2016, Crossref launched a metadata schema for ‘posted content’ with the aim of better accommodating the metadata needs for preprints, working papers, theses, reports, and related outputs, which are not typically peer-reviewed. In 2021, …
View article: Better preprint metadata through community participation
Better preprint metadata through community participation Open
Preprints have become an important tool for rapidly communicating and iterating on research outputs. There is now a range of preprint servers, some subject-specific, some based on a particular geographical area, and others linked to publis…
View article: Better preprint metadata through community participation
Better preprint metadata through community participation Open
Preprints have become an important tool for rapidly communicating and iterating on research outputs. There is now a range of preprint servers, some subject-specific, some based on a particular geographical area, and others linked to publis…
View article: Better Together: Facilitating FAIR Research Output Sharing (APAC time zones)
Better Together: Facilitating FAIR Research Output Sharing (APAC time zones) Open
Unique and persistent identifiers for researchers, institutes, and different types of research outputs, alongside comprehensive metadata, facilitates Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) research. In the second webinar …
View article: Towards a connected and dynamic scholarly record of updates, corrections, and retractions
Towards a connected and dynamic scholarly record of updates, corrections, and retractions Open
The scholarly record is evolving. As a community, we are very good at convening and acting on new research objects, especially container outputs—preprints, data, software, and reviews, to name a few. We’re less good at linking those object…
View article: Review of Overlay journals: a study of the current landscape
Review of Overlay journals: a study of the current landscape Open
This Zenodo record is a permanently preserved version of a PREreview. You can view the complete PREreview at https://prereview.org/reviews/6911975. This is a useful and timely paper. As the authors note, there have been little study of ove…
View article: Preprint metadata recommendations
Preprint metadata recommendations Open
The Crossref Preprint Advisory Group (AG) was formed in June 2021 to discuss metadata issues related to preprints. It has the following aims...
View article: Crossref community call: the Research Nexus
Crossref community call: the Research Nexus Open
Slides from the June 14, 2022 Crossref community call.
View article: Amendments to membership terms to open reference distribution and include UK jurisdiction
Amendments to membership terms to open reference distribution and include UK jurisdiction Open
Tl;dr Forthcoming amendments to Crossref's membership terms will include: Removal of 'reference distribution preference' policy: all references in Crossref will be treated as open metadata from 3rd June 2022. An addition to sanctions juris…
View article: Amendments to membership terms to open reference distribution and include UK jurisdiction
Amendments to membership terms to open reference distribution and include UK jurisdiction Open
Tl;dr Forthcoming amendments to Crossref's membership terms will include: Removal of 'reference distribution preference' policy: all references in Crossref will be treated as open metadata from 3rd June 2022. An addition to sanctions juris…
View article: Review of Downstream retraction of preprinted research in the life and medical sciences
Review of Downstream retraction of preprinted research in the life and medical sciences Open
This Zenodo record is a permanently preserved version of a PREreview. You can view the complete PREreview at https://prereview.org/reviews/6325900. This is a timely and novel study that discusses a topic of importance to the community. Alt…
View article: Event Data now with added references
Event Data now with added references Open
Event Data is our service to capture online mentions of Crossref records. We monitor data archives, Wikipedia, social media, blogs, news, and other sources.
View article: Event Data now with added references
Event Data now with added references Open
Event Data is our service to capture online mentions of Crossref records. We monitor data archives, Wikipedia, social media, blogs, news, and other sources.
View article: Event Data: Help us fill in the gaps
Event Data: Help us fill in the gaps Open
UPDATE August 2, 2021: This work was awarded to Laura Paglione of the Spherical Cow Group. To date, we have collected around 740 million events from 12 different source since we launched our Event Data service service in 2017.
View article: Event Data: Help us fill in the gaps
Event Data: Help us fill in the gaps Open
UPDATE August 2, 2021: This work was awarded to Laura Paglione of the Spherical Cow Group. To date, we have collected around 740 million events from 12 different source since we launched our Event Data service service in 2017.