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How Crossref Is Governed and Sustained

Crossref is a member-governed, not-for-profit open infrastructure organization. Its governance combines a Board of Directors elec…

How Is Crossref Metadata Used by Tools and Services?

Crossref metadata is openly shared through free APIs, and external tools use it to enrich, verify, and connect scholarly records.…

How to Become a Crossref Member and Register Content

To become a Crossref member, start from the "Get involved" section of crossref.org and open "Become a member"; after joining, you…

What Services Does Crossref Offer?

Crossref provides a suite of services built around one core function: registering and sharing scholarly metadata. Its main offeri…

What Is Crossref and What Does It Do?

Crossref is an open infrastructure organization that links research outputs by registering persistent identifiers and openly shar…