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December 2024 newsletter
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Hi!
Well, it has been quite the year... in this final issue of 2024, we present a few ‘reviews’. One is all about Crossref’s impact on the environment and our efforts to track and contain those impacts; one is an update on our commitments to the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI), with two principles moving from medium (yellow) to good (green); one write-up of a roundtable discussion centring around Crossmark; and one review to summarise #Crossref2024, the Annual Meeting that provoked the response that it was “the best community content” in years! We also present the latest thinking on metadata matching, and talk about metadata beyond discoverability with some UK university press members!
Read on, please have a safe and happy 2025, and—as always—we welcome your feedback and ideas for Crossref communications via feedback@crossref.org.
Wishing happy holidays to those who celebrate.
Rosa
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The Crossref2024 annual meeting brought the community together for an engaging day of updates, demos, and discussions. Highlights included insights on the Research Nexus vision, practical demos of new tools like the Crossref DOI Accessibility Enhancer, metadata stories from the community, and updates on metadata schema. The meeting also featured a panel on opportunities and challenges of open infrastructure. Congratulations to our newly elected board members whose experience will help drive Crossref forward.
Meeting outputs now available
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We’ve changed how we handle staff travel and events to reduce our environmental impact, inclusion, and work-life balance. Since June 2022, we’ve been cutting back on non-essential travel and prioritizing virtual meetings. Along the way, we’ve faced challenges, learned valuable lessons, and celebrated successes, including a measurable reduction in our carbon footprint. We’re committed to refining these practices further to align with our sustainability goals while supporting work-life balance for our team.
Learn more about our sustainability efforts
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Metadata is important for maintaining the integrity of the scholarly record and fostering trust in research. It goes beyond enabling discovery, weaving the story of research and connecting authors, publishers, librarians, and readers throughout the lifcycle. Inspired by our discussion at the ALPSP University Press Redux Conference, this blog explores the evolving role of metadata, its lifecycle, collaborative insights, and future opportunities.
Discover how metadata shapes research integrity
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Join us in Madrid, April 8-9, 2025, for Crossref’s first-ever Metadata Sprint! This free event welcomes anyone interested in open scholarly infrastructure—technical or not—to pitch ideas, collaborate on projects, and explore the possibilities of Crossref’s REST API and metadata.
You can pitch ideas, join a team, or work solo, with support for collaboration through Slack and group calls before the event. Spots are limited, so register early and consider applying for travel assistance if needed. Let’s have some fun networking, co-creating, and finding solutions to problems together.
Submit your ideas
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In her latest blog, Director of Data Science Dominika Tkaczyk dives into the complexities of metadata matching and how to assess its effectiveness. While no strategy can be perfect, understanding performance through rigorous evaluation is essential. Learn why accuracy alone isn’t enough, and discover how metrics like precision, recall, and F-score provide deeper insights into strategy performance.
We also highlight the importance of representative datasets to ensure meaningful results. Read on to explore how proper evaluation can help you make informed decisions about your matching strategy. Stay tuned for more insights in our upcoming posts!
Uncover better methods for metadata matching
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For the third consecutive year, we hosted a research integrity roundtable ahead of the Frankfurt Book Fair, this year focusing on Crossmark—our tool for displaying retractions and post-publication updates. Since early 2024, we’ve been consulting with members to gather feedback on Crossmark’s implementation and effectiveness. The roundtable provided a platform to discuss feedback and potential improvements. Key discussion points included challenges in implementing Crossmark, varying levels of understanding about retractions, and the need for ongoing community engagement. We also considered potential changes to Crossmark’s user interface to enhance its visibility and impact. Crossref will continue to engage with the community to improve Crossmark and support research integrity.
Explore our work on research integrity
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