Crossref

Data citations are already in Crossref #metadata, they've just been difficult to locate among millions of references. Our new data citation API endpoint (beta) makes these connections easier to find and track. Learn more: https://doi.org/10.64000/rzbn5-wjy58

ICYMI: As Crossref approaches 2 billion citation links, more than half of cited DOIs come from automated matching.
Our blog breaks down the 5 layers of metadata enrichment and what's next. https://doi.org/10.64000/h6w1v-r1017

Earlier this year, teams gathered in São Paulo for the Crossref #Metadata Sprint 2026. On 22 April, they present what they built live, in English, Español, and Português.
Register today: https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/5017756028731/WN_V8OxcNeMRQ-CSLZXUlgWYQ

Why are we tracking data citations? Because we understand that research doesn't stop at the article.
Data, funding, software, and people form part of the research nexus, and our new data citations API endpoint helps make these connections easier to find. Learn more and test the new API: https://doi.org/10.64000/rzbn5-wjy58

Learn how to deposit article #metadata without XML in our upcoming webinar on the Metadata Manager. We will also cover tool benefits and metadata quality checks. Free to attend with registration. https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/5017668509309/WN_6PfL9cxCQ3mPW2y3Ho_6rA

Good metadata makes research easier to find, use, and trust. In our upcoming webinar, we'll show how to deposit metadata using the new Metadata Manager and how to assess quality with Participation Reports. Register here: https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/5017668509309/WN_6PfL9cxCQ3mPW2y3Ho_6rA

Three live demos at our 13 May community update:
- Data citations endpoint
- Funder matching
- New Metadata Manager features (editing records, books and chapters)

Come see what's changed.
https://www.crossref.org/events/crossref-community-update-2026/
#CrossrefUpdate2026

Do you want to help improve #research communications in all corners of the globe? Come and join our team as our new Head of Operations. This is a #remote, full-time position. Apply here: https://www.crossref.org/jobs/2026-03-19-head-of-operations
#jobs #remotework #hiring

This Wednesday: our community update. Three demos, a new working group, and updates across the board. 07:00 UTC or 16:00 UTC.
Register to join us: https://www.crossref.org/events/crossref-community-update-2026/
#CrossrefUpdate2026

Yesterday, our colleague @Helena@mastodon.online Cousijn attended the EARMA Annual Conference 2026 in Utrecht, where she facilitated a breakout table discussion on "Leveraging open research metadata in your work."

Great to see the #research management community engaging with open #metadata and how it can support their day-to-day work.

#EARMA2026 #OpenMetadata #ResearchManagement

Our colleague @luismmontilla@fediscience.org will be at #CRIS2026 in Ponta Delgada later this month, presenting on how open funding #metadata from the Crossref Grant Linking System can make research evaluation more transparent and complete.

We have persistent identifiers for research outputs (DOIs), researchers (ORCID), and institutions (ROR) — the Grant Linking System fills the missing piece: persistent identifiers for grants.

https://meeting.eurocris.org/cris2026/
#euroCRIS #grantlinking

Great to see our Ambassador, Richard Bruce Lamptey Ph.D, representing Crossref at the #CARLIGH Conference in Ghana 🇬🇭, hosted by his home institution. He'll be speaking on "Metadata Makes Open Research Better," highlighting how rich, connected #metadata strengthens discoverability and trust in scholarly communication. https://bit.ly/5th-Carligh-International-Conference2026

#scholcomms #scholarlypublishing

At EARMA Conference 2026, research managers come together to share practice, tackle challenges, and strengthen impact across institutions. Join our colleague Helena Cousijn for: "Leveraging open research metadata in your work"

📅 May 6 | ⏰ 2:30–4:00 PM CEST | 📍 Room 416

🔗 https://bit.ly/leveraging-open-research-metadata-in-your-work
#EARMA2026 #ResearchManagement #OpenResearch

A simpler way to deposit metadata is here. In our upcoming webinar, we'll show you the new Metadata Manager and how it helps make research outputs more discoverable. Register now: https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/5017668509309/WN_6PfL9cxCQ3mPW2y3Ho_6rA

Este año, equipos de América Latina se reunieron en São Paulo para el Crossref Metadata Sprint 2026. El 22 de abril , 15:00 UTC, online presentan lo que construyeron, en vivo y en tres idiomas.
Regístrate: https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/5017756028731/WN_V8OxcNeMRQ-CSLZXUlgWYQ

What's new and what's ahead? Join our community update to hear about operations and governance, introducing the Member Practices Working Group, and updates to the Metadata Schema.

Includes live demos and time for discussion. May 13, 07:00 UTC. https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/3517726554972/WN_XmgA0AEzT9mjF4f1KZjLPQ

Join us as a Head of Operations and work across the teams to ensure we have the internal structures and processes we need to support our mission, work, and people. Applications close April 8.

More details: https://www.crossref.org/jobs/2026-03-19-head-of-operations

#remote #jobs #hiring

ICYMI: Crossref Ambassadors delivered 43 activities worldwide in 2025, supporting communities to improve metadata and connect to global research infrastructure. Read more. https://doi.org/10.64000/fm5te-37c65

ICYMI: We're redesigning Crossref's core technical infrastructure. Read more on the blog: https://doi.org/10.64000/8mckt-w8m69

With 180M+ records and nearly 2 billion citation links, Crossref's #metadata keeps evolving thanks to a global community of 24,000 organisations and powerful automated matching.

In our latest blog, we break down the layers of metadata enrichment and what's next for improving quality and completeness. https://doi.org/10.64000/h6w1v-r1017

After 10 years, Crossref's Event data API endpoint will sunset on 23 April 2026. The good news: To make data citation relationships easier to find, we're launching a new data citation beta API endpoint 🎉

This new API endpoint will surface data citation relationships already present in Crossref's #metadata, making it easier to track how datasets are reused and cited. https://doi.org/10.64000/rzbn5-wjy58

Only a few days left to apply for the Technical Support Specialist position!

Remote, full-time. https://www.crossref.org/jobs/2026-03-05-technical-support-specialist

#remotework #jobs #hiring #remote

Crossref Ambassadors supported #research communities worldwide in 2025 through training, events, and local engagement.

With 51 volunteers across 41 countries, they helped strengthen the understanding of #metadata and expand participation in the global research network. Read more on the blog. https://doi.org/10.64000/fm5te-37c65

Our next community update is on 13 May 2026. Two sessions — pick the one that suits your time zone. We'll share what we've been working on, including live demos.
Register now: https://www.crossref.org/events/crossref-community-update-2026/
#CrossrefUpdate2026

If you can't find your DOI on Google, does that mean it's not registered? Not necessarily. A DOI can be fully registered and resolvable even if search engines haven't indexed it yet.

Learn the reliable ways to check DOI registration in our latest ticket: https://community.crossref.org/t/ticket-of-the-month-february-2026-if-google-can-t-find-it-is-my-doi-registered/15390

Our systems handle 107k DOI deposits daily. We're redesigning the infrastructure behind them and moving from a monolithic codebase to smaller, independent services that are easier to maintain and build on.

Read more about what's changing and why: https://doi.org/10.64000/8mckt-w8m69

Join our upcoming webinar on the new Metadata Manager (Record Registration Form). Learn how to register your article metadata with Crossref without needing XML knowledge. May 21, 2026 at 08:00 UTC. Free to attend, registration required. https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/5717668509986/WN_PkZWTDvRTxeHZXj2B9369w

Registration is open for our community update on 13 May.
We'll cover #metadata schema changes, membership, the new Member Practices Working Group, and our Service Providers Program. Plus three live demos. Two sessions: 07:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC. Pick the one that works for you.
https://www.crossref.org/events/crossref-community-update-2026/
#CrossrefUpdate2026

Our colleague, Madhura S. Amdekar, will have a poster at the 9th World Conference on Research Integrity in Vancouver. Stop by Poster #7 to say hello and learn from her poster, Realised and Possible Applications of Scholarly Metadata for Research Integrity in Editorial Workflows.
This year's conference explores key topics shaping #research integrity, including the risks and benefits of AI in #research, balancing research security with openness, and more! https://wcri2026.org/

¿Quieres que tu contenido académico llegue más lejos? Los metadatos de calidad son el primer paso.

Acompáñanos en esta sesión práctica sobre Reportes de Participación de Crossref con nuestros embajadores @jfelipe148.bsky.social y Nicolás Mejía-Torres.

¡Regístrate y optimiza tus metadatos! https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/7217739972588/WN_xQVGqoOvSxiuRGyW7ncVKQ

See the big picture through our recently released open data file https://doi.org/10.64000/7s70g-drz77.

This dataset shows how the metadata that you deposit fits into the bigger picture, shaping the research nexus.

Our colleagues Johanssen Obanda and Thelma Laryea are presenting at WACREN Conference 2026 in Banjul, The Gambia on 24 March 2026.

Their session — The Role of Crossref in Enhancing the Quality and Discoverability of African Diamond OA Journals and Books — is part of the Identifiers & Indexing track and explores how open infrastructure can better connect African publishing to global scholarly systems.

👉 https://indico.wacren.net/event/264/
#DiamondOA #OpenAccess #ScholarlyComms #WACREN2026

Did you know that over 180 million research outputs are registered with Crossref? Each one in a node contributes to the growing Research Nexus - a network connecting research outputs, people, institutions, funding, and other objects that make up the scholarly record. You can explore the full dataset with our latest public data file: https://doi.org/10.64000/7s70g-drz77

One week. Community update on 13 May — metadata, demos, and your chance to shape what we work on next. Two sessions available.
https://www.crossref.org/events/crossref-community-update-2026/
#CrossrefUpdate2026

Nuestros embajadores Nicolás Mejía Torres y Pedro López Casique, en colaboración con El Colegio de México, A.C., te invitan a un webinar sobre cómo los servicios de Crossref pueden fortalecer la visibilidad, credibilidad e impacto de la investigación académica.
12 de mayo de 2026
11:00 – 12:30 (UTC-6)
Zoom: https://bit.ly/Crossref-COLMEX
Dirigido a bibliotecarios y equipos editoriales interesados en aprovechar el valor de los metadatos.

REMINDER: The event data API endpoint will be sunset on 23 April 2026. We're shifting our focus toward strengthening connections between research outputs, like the recent launch of a new data citation API endpoint (beta). https://doi.org/10.64000/rzbn5-wjy58

If you enjoy understanding how systems behave in production and not just how they're designed, this role might be for you. We're hiring a DevOps Engineer to help evolve our infrastructure over time. Apply here: https://www.crossref.org/jobs/2026-04-06-devops-engineer

#hiring #remotework #techjobs

Interested in data citations? We're seeking feedback on a new API endpoint designed to surface data citation relationships from our #metadata. https://doi.org/10.64000/rzbn5-wjy58

Better #metadata, better discovery!

Join our upcoming webinar sessions (April-June) and improve the quality and impact of your records. Dates and registration links: https://www.crossref.org/events/metadata-health-check-webinars/ #research #funders #librarians #community

We recently published our Jan-Feb 2026 newsletter! 🎉
• Register for our upcoming community call on 13 May (7:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC)
• GEM program expansion
• New schema update
• A spotlight on Indonesia
Subscribe to stay updated! http://bit.ly/crossrefnewsletter

Worth reading: Our colleague Rocío Gaudioso Pedraza wrote for the International Science Council's Open Science Round-Up on what research reform actually needs to succeed.

Recognising datasets, software, and peer reviews as research outputs is one thing. Being able to document, track, and share this information is another.

As she puts it: #metadata is not an afterthought. It's the ground we build on.

🔗 https://council.science/blog/open-science-round-up-the-hidden-infrastructure-behind-research-reform/

Ed Pentz, our Executive Director, will be joining a panel of experts at the NISO webinar Deep Dive: The Healthy Metadata Ecosystem this Wednesday, May 13, at 5 pm CEST.

The session takes a close look at how #metadata affects discovery, accessibility, and AI readiness in scholarly publishing.

Save your spot: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/niso-webinar-deep-dive-the-healthy-metadata-ecosystem-registration-1978431537988

#scholarlypublishing #NISO

If you resolve a DOI with no other context, can you immediately tell what object it corresponds to? Check out our latest membership ticket: https://community.crossref.org/t/15718

Join us for the Crossref Community Update on May 13.

Topics include operations, membership, #metadata schema updates, and the new Member Practices Working Group. We'll also demo new features like the data citation endpoint and funder matching.

Two sessions available to suit your time zone. https://www.crossref.org/events/crossref-community-update-2026/

Teams from the Crossref #Metadata Sprint 2026 in São Paulo present their projects live in English, Español & Português. 22 April · 15:00 UTC - 🔗 https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/5017756028731/WN_V8OxcNeMRQ-CSLZXUlgWYQ

ICYMI: Connecting with the Crossref community in Thailand reminded us that #metadata is more than technical detail - it's how research reaches the world. From local challenges to global impact, the conversations in Bangkok were full of insight.
More in the blog: https://doi.org/10.64000/7v1d7-73f25

Missed it? You can still register for the Crossref Community Update 2026.

Join us May 13 for updates, demos, and discussion. Two time slots available to fit your schedule. https://www.crossref.org/events/crossref-community-update-2026

Estamos contratando un/a Especialista en Soporte Técnico para trabajar directamente con la comunidad de Crossref. Ayudarás a #editores, bibliotecarios, financiadores, #investigadores y desarrolladores a depositar y recuperar #metadatos.
Posición remota y a tiempo completo.

Las solicitudes cierran el 26 de marzo de 2026. https://www.crossref.org/jobs/2026-03-05-technical-support-specialist
#empleo #contratando #remoto #trabajoremoto

Los buenos metadatos hacen que el contenido académico sea más visible, reutilizable y confiable.
En este webinar en español, exploraremos cómo usar los Reportes de Participación de Crossref para analizar y mejorar la calidad de tus metadatos.

Reserva tu lugar y saca más provecho de tus depósitos en Crossref. https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/7217739972588/WN_xQVGqoOvSxiuRGyW7ncVKQ

Peneliti dan penerbit: Ikuti webinar kami pada 20 Mei.

Kami akan memandu Anda menggunakan Record Registration Form baru untuk membantu mendaftarkan metadata ke Crossref dengan lebih mudah.

Daftar sekarang: https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/5817739341484/WN_Ru5JQaXJTrqPq2_TbWLooA

#visibilitasriset #Crossref