Protecting the integrity of the scholarly record starts with good practices.
This session, with Marie Soulière (COPE) and Amanda Bartell (Crossref), looks at how #metadata, member obligations, and ethics guidance support responsible publishing.
Suitable for #publishers, #editors, and anyone involved in #research integrity. Open to everyone! https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/1517653004602/WN_RC4GAkfZT1m9Tw7YyTmprg
#funders #librarians #community

Protecting the integrity of the scholarly record starts with good practices.
This session, with Marie Soulière (COPE) and Amanda Bartell (Crossref), looks at how #metadata, member obligations, and ethics guidance support responsible publishing.
Suitable for #publishers, #editors, and anyone involved in #research integrity. Open to everyone! https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/1517653004602/WN_RC4GAkfZT1m9Tw7YyTmprg
#funders #librarians #community

The holidays are over and we're back with our regular metadata health check webinars for 2026.

Join us for a tour of the Crossref Participation Reports tool and learn how to assess and improve your #metadata.

📅 13 January, 2026 at 09:00 UTC

Sign up to attend https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/8217664063211/WN_v54qS-lYTsumPFKqcdhm0g

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DOI suffixes may include several approved special characters, but they should never end with one.

End-of-string punctuation often prevents correct resolution. This month's ticket explains what characters are allowed and how to construct stable DOI suffixes. https://tinyurl.com/3ydap2kh

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Not all DOI-like strings are real. This month's membership ticket explains how to identify legitimate DOIs, check prefixes, and spot misleading lookalikes. Learn how to verify them and why accuracy matters for the research ecosystem. https://tinyurl.com/sh2su6er

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Together with @scielo, our next #Metadata Sprint will take place 4-6 March 2026 in São Paulo.

If you work with or are interested in #metadata across #research communication, funding, policy, or infrastructure, we encourage you to apply. The event will run in Portuguese, Spanish, and English!

Submission deadline: 18 December. https://www.crossref.org/events/metadata-sprint/?mtm_campaign=metadata%20sprint%20Sao%20Paulo&mtm_source=MS&mtm_medium=social

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Join us on 2 December for a practical webinar on the OJS plug-in and metadata quality. We'll cover installation, configuration, metadata deposit, and how to evaluate your metadata using Participation Reports.
https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/2917633902091/WN_ixm9QC2XQkicUAK3XZLXSA
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#Funders: get more from your grant data. Join our webinar to learn how funding info can support #openscience, track compliance, and give a clearer view of your #research portfolio. https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/1617616658193/WN_AjrIMeLESHOdNo3s69bMNw

Working with OJS? Join our session on improving your metadata quality. Learn how to configure the OJS plug-in, deposit metadata correctly, and troubleshoot common challenges. https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/2917633902091/WN_ixm9QC2XQkicUAK3XZLXSA
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ICYMI: "This data is of great importance for us to analyse the trends and effects of global research activity," says Prof. Ludo Waltman (CWTS, Leiden University).
Explore how Crossref's expanded dashboard strengthens the open research information movement:
Full post: https://doi.org/10.64000/8d5ga-2n897?mtm_campaign=blog%20post%2010.64000%2F8d5ga-2n897&mtm_source=MS&mtm_medium=social

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Excellent new paper.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820

"The domination of scientific publishing in the Global North by major commercial publishers is harmful to science; we need the most powerful members of the research community – funders, governments and Universities – to lead the drive to re-communalise publishing to serve science not the market…The costs of inaction are plain: wasted public funds, lost researcher time, compromised scientific integrity and eroded public trust. Today, the system rewards commercial publishers first, and science second. Without bold action from the funders we risk continuing to pour resources into a system that prioritizes profit over the advancement of scientific knowledge."

#Assessment #Funders #OpenAccess #OpenInfrastructure #Publishing #Universities

Thanks to #SPARC ( @sparc) for this new "Guide for Authors Complying with U.S. Federal Agency Public Access and Publisher Policies."
https://sparcopen.org/our-work/guide-for-authors-complying-with-policies/

Bottom line: Compliance with the US federal #OpenAccess policies is free of charge. Publishers who charge fed-funded authors a fee to make their work OA are charging to publish in their journals, not charging to comply with fed policy. You can publish elsewhere and avoid those fees.

#APCs #Funders #OAintheUSA #USA

Excellent new paper.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820

"The domination of scientific publishing in the Global North by major commercial publishers is harmful to science; we need the most powerful members of the research community – funders, governments and Universities – to lead the drive to re-communalise publishing to serve science not the market…The costs of inaction are plain: wasted public funds, lost researcher time, compromised scientific integrity and eroded public trust. Today, the system rewards commercial publishers first, and science second. Without bold action from the funders we risk continuing to pour resources into a system that prioritizes profit over the advancement of scientific knowledge."

#Assessment #Funders #OpenAccess #OpenInfrastructure #Publishing #Universities

"As a sponsoring organisation for several thousand small publishers across Indonesia, we support Crossref members to register complete metadata for their works," says Mochammad Tanzil Multazam.

The enhanced Participation Reports make this easier, helping organisations worldwide improve the visibility of their research. Full post: https://doi.org/10.64000/8d5ga-2n897?mtm_campaign=blog%20post%2010.64000%2F8d5ga-2n897&mtm_source=MS&mtm_medium=social

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#Research #funders - learn how connecting your funding data to research outputs can help meet #openscience goals and tr ack compliance. Join our webinar: What happens after the grant? Turning funding data into real insight

🔗 https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/1617616658193/WN_AjrIMeLESHOdNo3s69bMNw

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