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Patrick Polischuk
2024 May 14

2024 public data file now available, featuring new experimental formats

This year’s public data file is now available, featuring over 156 million metadata records deposited with Crossref through the end of April 2024 from over 19,000 members. A full breakdown of Crossref metadata statistics is available here. Like last year, you can download all of these records in one go via Academic Torrents or directly from Amazon S3 via the “requester pays” method. Download the file: The torrent download can be initiated here.

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Madhura Amdekar
2024 May 09

Integrity of the Scholarly Record (ISR): what do research institutions think?

Earlier this year, we reported on the roundtable discussion event that we had organised in Frankfurt on the heels of the Frankfurt Book Fair 2023. This event was the second in the series of roundtable events that we are holding with our community to hear from you how we can all work together to preserve the integrity of the scholarly record - you can read more about insights from these events and about ISR in this series of blogs.

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Ginny Hendricks
2024 May 01

Seeking consultancy: understanding joining obstacles for non-member journals

Crossref is undertaking a large program, dubbed 'RCFS' (Resourcing Crossref for Future Sustainability) that will initially tackle five specific issues with our fees. We haven’t increased any of our fees in nearly two decades, and while we’re still okay financially and do not have a revenue growth goal, we do have inclusion and simplification goals. This report from Research Consulting helped to narrow down the five priority projects for 2024-2025 around these three core goals:

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Lucy Ofiesh
2024 April 26

This year's call for expressions of interest to join our board

The Crossref Nominating Committee is inviting expressions of interest to join the Board of Directors of Crossref for the term starting in January 2025. The committee will gather responses from those interested and create the slate of candidates that our membership will vote on in an election in September. Expressions of interest will be due Monday, May 27th, 2024 This is an exciting time to join the board, as we have a number of active projects underway: We are considering resourcing Crossref for a sustainable future and board members will be part of deciding any changes to our fees scheme and overseeing its implementation.

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The shape of things to come - Crossref community call

We joined together to learn about our strategies for making Crossref sustainable and how we planned for the future. We also shared exciting updates on our initiatives and tools that enhance data management, improve accessibility, and ensure metadata is complete. Highlights included our work on preprint matching.

Here’s what was on the agenda:

  • Examined our strategic direction & achievements
  • Resourced Crossref for future sustainability
  • Revealed our 2024 Product Roadmap
  • Discussed the metadata development pipeline
  • Explored Crossref for Grants
  • Explored the latest in preprint matching

Webinar was held on Wednesday, March 8, 2024.

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