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3,2,1… it’s ‘lift-off’ for Participation Reports

Anna Tolwinska, Kirsty Meddings – 2018 August 01

In ParticipationMember BriefingMetadataBest Practice

Metadata is at the heart of all our services. With a growing range of members participating in our community—often compiling or depositing metadata on behalf of each other—the need to educate and express obligations and best practice has increased. In addition, we’ve seen more and more researchers and tools making use of our APIs to harvest, analyze and re-purpose the metadata our members register, so we’ve been very aware of the need to be more explicit about what this metadata enables, why, how, and for whom.

Crossref LIVE and local (to you)

Vanessa Fairhurst – 2018 July 18

In EducationAmbassadorsCommunityCrossref LiveOutreachCollaboration

The last few months have been busy for the Crossref community outreach team. We’ve been out and about from Cape Town to Ulyanovsk—and many places in between—talking at ‘LIVE locals’ to members about all things metadata. Our LIVE locals are one-day events, held around the world—but local to you—that provide both deeper insight into Crossref, and information on our services and how to benefit from them. These events are always free to attend, and whether you are a long-established member, totally new, or not even a member at all, we welcome you all to join us.

Status, I am new

Isaac Farley – 2018 July 02

In SupportMember ExperienceUser ExperienceStatus

Hi, I’m Isaac. I’m new here. What better way to get to know me than through a blog post? Well, maybe a cocktail party, but this will have to do. In addition to giving you some details about myself in this post, I’ll be introducing our status page, too.

Using the Crossref REST API. Part 9 (with Dimensions)

Christine Cormack Wood, Christian Herzog, Daniel Hook, Simon Porter – 2018 June 27

In APISIdentifiersInteroperabilityApi Case Study

Continuing our blog series highlighting the uses of Crossref metadata, we talked to the team behind new search and discovery tool Dimensions: Daniel Hook, Digital Science CEO; Christian Herzog, ÜberResearch CEO; and Simon Porter, Director of Innovation. They talk about the work they’re doing, the collaborative approach, and how Dimensions uses the Crossref REST API as part of our Metadata Plus service, to augment other data and their workflow.

Meet the members, Part 3 (with INASP)

Christine Cormack Wood, Sioux Cumming – 2018 June 20

In SponsorsMeet the MembersCommunity

Next in our Meet the members blog series is INASP, who isn’t a direct member, but acts as a Sponsor for hundreds of members. Sioux Cumming, Programme Specialist at INASP tells us a bit about the work they’re doing, how they use Crossref and what the future plans for INASP are.

Preprints growth rate ten times higher than journal articles

Jennifer Lin – 2018 May 31

In PreprintsMetadataContent RegistrationCitation

The Crossref graph of the research enterprise is growing at an impressive rate of 2.5 million records a month - scholarly communications of all stripes and sizes. Preprints are one of the fastest growing types of content. While preprints may not be new, the growth may well be: ~30% for the past 2 years (compared to article growth of 2-3% for the same period). We began supporting preprints in November 2016 at the behest of our members. When members register them, we ensure that: links to these publications persist over time; they are connected to the full history of the shared research results; and the citation record is clear and up-to-date.

Linking references is different from depositing references

Anna Tolwinska – 2018 May 30

In ReferencesReference LinkingCited-ByCitationLinking

From time to time we get questions from members asking what the difference is between reference linking and depositing references as part the content registration process. Here’s the distinction: Linking out to other articles from your reference lists is a key part of being a Crossref members - it’s an obligation in the membership agreement and it levels the playing field when all members link their references to one another.

SSP roadtrip for the Crossref team

Amanda Bartell – 2018 May 30

In Service ProvidersMeetingsParticipation ReportsEducationMember Experience

What do you think of when you think of Chicago? Deep dish pizza? Art Deco architecture? Well for one week only this year you can add scholarly publishing to the list as the #SSP2018 Conference comes to town. Some Crossref people are excited to be heading out for the conference, and we’re looking forward to meeting as many of our members as possible. Come along to stand 212A and talk to Anna Tolwinska about Participation Reports.

How good is your metadata?

Kirsty Meddings, Anna Tolwinska – 2018 April 26

In Member BriefingParticipationMetadataContent Registration

Exciting news! We are getting very close to the beta release of a new tool to publicly show metadata coverage. As members register their content with us they also add additional information which gives context for other members and for services that help e.g. discovery or analytics.

Richer metadata makes content useful. Participation reports will give—for the first time—a clear picture for anyone to see the metadata Crossref has. This is data that’s long been available via our Public REST API, now visualized.

Redirecting redirection

Geoffrey Bilder, Jonathan Rees, Henry Thompson – 2018 April 24

In IdentifiersLinked DataMetadataProgrammingStandards

Crossref has decided to change the HTTP redirect code used by our DOIs from 303 back to the more commonly used 302. Our implementation of 303 redirects back in 2010 was based on recommended best practice for supporting linked data identifiers. Unfortunately, very few other parties have adopted this practice.

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