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The June - July 2025 newsletter is out! It includes the winners of our first-ever Metadata Awards, updates from our members in Colombia, and more!

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#metadata #openresearch #community #Crossref

Job opportunities at Retraction Watch Assistant researcher, Retraction Watch Database The Center For Scientific Integrity, a U.S.-based 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, is looking for a full-time Assistant Researcher to join our crew in…

We're hiring an assistant researcher for the Retraction Watch Database.

Find out more here:

Mark your calendar for #Crossref2025!

The Crossref Annual Meeting and Board Election will be held online, in two half-day sessions.

Join us for team updates, board results, and community connection.

Details coming soon: https://tinyurl.com/p6vz9dj6

Product Manager - Crossref Do you want to help improve research communications in all corners of the globe? Come and join the world of nonprofit open infrastructure and be part of improving the creation and sharing of knowledge as our new Product Manager. Location: Remote and global, availability from 2-5pm UTC Monday through Friday to ensure sufficient overlap with the rest of the team Type: Full-time Remuneration: 85-90k USD or local equivalent. Note this is a general guide (as there is no universal currency) and local currency analysis will take place before the final offer. Reports to: Program Lead, Sara Bowman Timeline: Advertise in July and offer in August-September. About the role Crossref doesn’t take a traditional product management approach, but develops its products and services through three cross-functional programs to guide and accelerate our work. We introduced this new approach to work towards better cross-team alignment, shared responsibility, improved communication and learning, and make more progress on the things members need. The three programs focus on Co-creation and Community Trends, Contributing to the Research Nexus, and Open and Sustainable Operations.

Crossref is hiring a Product Manager! Lead our system redesign project and shape tools for 20,000+ members around the world. Open infrastructure, real impact. https://tinyurl.com/s3euzcev

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Crossref Services for Librarians and Journal Editors. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join us for an engaging webinar tailored for librarians and journal editors across the UbuntuNet Alliance community and beyond. This session will introduce you to Crossref – who we are, what we do, and how our services can support your publishing and indexing needs. You will learn about: 1. The role and importance of metadata in enhancing content visibility and discoverability 2. Crossref’s Global Equitable Membership (GEM) program 3. How to set up independent membership 4. Additional tools and services available to Crossref members Whether you're already using Crossref or just getting started, this webinar offers valuable insights to help you make the most of your publishing workflows.

We're teaming up with @UbuntuNet for a webinar on 20 Aug at 10 AM CAT. Learn how metadata and DOIs help improve your journal's visibility and indexing. Register: https://ubuntunet.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Od1OnahNQDmoiCApni_uwA#/registration

New blog series: how #funders use Crossref. First up: Katharina Rieck of FWF, (FWF), Austria's national funding agency for basic #research, on #metadata, openness & the Grant Linking System. https://doi.org/10.64000/n9n69-y5b75

Final Draft POSI 2.0 revisions A request for public comment on final draft revisions to POSI.

A final draft of revisions to the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure is out for public comment.

Deadline for feedback is 22 August 2025: https://openscholarlyinfrastructure.org/public-comment-v2/.

YouTube video by Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information Bologna Meeting on Open Research Information – Morning Session

🎥 We’ve just launched the Barcelona Declaration YouTube channel: a new space to explore our community’s work!

First up: the Bologna Meeting morning sessions www.youtube.com/watch?v=1USS...

Jobs - Crossref Help us achieve our mission to make research outputs easier to find, cite, link, assess, and reuse. We’re a small but mighty group working with over 20,000 members from 160 countries, and we have thou...

ICYMI @crossref.bsky.social has more #job positions and more blog posts:
- Product Manager vacancy
- DevOps Engineer vacancy
- Technical Support Contractor
Visit: www.crossref.org/jobs/
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🎬 Help Us Improve Our Record Registration Video! Hi everyone, We’ve been working on a short video (6:10 minutes) to guide you through registering content using the Record Registration form —and now we’d love to hear from you! 📣Your feedback is incredibly valuable. What worked well? What could be clearer? Are there any points that felt confusing or rushed? Our goal is to make this video easy to follow for everyone in the community. Feel free to drop your thoughts and suggestions in the comments below by 29 July 2025. By sharing you...

Help Us Improve Our Record Registration Video! We'll be accepting feedback in the comments until 29 July 2025 - https://community.crossref.org/t/help-us-improve-our-record-registration-video/14131

Did you know structured #metadata makes your content easier to find and index? Join our 20 Aug webinar with @UbuntuNet to learn Register here: https://ubuntunet.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Od1OnahNQDmoiCApni_uwA#/registration

Graphic promoting the blog "Crossref at Beijing International Book Fair 2025" with event photos and link to crossref.org/blog

Many conversations @ #BIBF2025 highlighted the need for more language-accessible support & documentation. We hear you. Making our services more accessible across languages is something we will continue to work on. Enjoy our recap of our learnings from the event: https://doi.org/10.64000/9m7bv-n4y12

Happy 15th anniversary, Retraction Watch Once upon a time, a long time ago, two science journalists had an idea for a blog about retractions. And on Aug. 3, 2010, Retraction Watch launched, detailing in the first post why retractions matt…

🎉 Happy 15th anniversary, Retraction Watch! 🎉
https://retractionwatch.com/2025/08/01/happy-15th-anniversary-retraction-watch/

#Metadata plays a critical role in tracking post-publication updates. At #ISMTE2025, we'll explore how retractions and corrections are made available via Crossref's API. 🔗 https://ismtena2025.eventify.io/widget2/sessions?redirection=false&sessioncolor=true

Product Manager - Crossref Do you want to help improve research communications in all corners of the globe? Come and join the world of nonprofit open infrastructure and be part of improving the creation and sharing of knowledge...

Seeking a Product Manager for our *Open and Sustainable Operations* program, the first role for our system redesign, to include features like metadata deposit, member admin, reporting/notifications, & integrations. Come join us and contribute to open infrastructure! www.crossref.org/jobs/2025-07...

For 25 years, our tools have helped keep research reliable and connected—thanks to a community-led approach.
#CrossrefAt25

Sciety relies on Crossref #metadata for speed and consistency in displaying #preprints and their evaluations.
More from the eLife team: https://tinyurl.com/ydd53dnn

#openscience

Graphic announcing Wellcome Trust as a new signatory of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information. The image includes the text “Welcome Wellcome!”, with the logos of the Barcelona Declaration and Wellcome Trust, and a purple handshake icon in the background.

🤝 Welcome Wellcome!
Wellcome Trust is the first UK funder to sign the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information.
Their support strengthens the global push for open, reliable, and reusable research metadata.
👉 barcelona-declaration.org/signatories/
#OpenResearchInformation

Teams in our first Metadata Sprint worked on 12 community-led projects—from multilingual #metadata to visualising retraction data. Read more about what we built, what we learned, and what's next: https://tinyurl.com/4casm5hu

#openscience #community #API #researchinfrastructure

June's post digs into a common issue: Choosing the right record type when your content defies neat categories.

Full forum post is out: https://tinyurl.com/mvuycnnm

#ticketofthemonth #scholarlypublishing #Crossref

Updates are coming to PKP software. This post outlines changes in OJS 3.5 & 3.6 that lower costs, increase accessibility, and support new publishing models. Updates also apply to OMP & OPS 👉 https://pkp.sfu.ca/2025/06/30/production-changes-plans/

DOWNTIME We’ll be taking all services offline for up to 24 hours—from 21:00 UTC on 8 July to 21:00 UTC on 9 July

📢 Heads up: Crossref will be offline for scheduled maintenance from 21:00 UTC on 8 July to 21:00 UTC on 9 July, 2025.
DOIs will still resolve, but all other tools and services will be unavailable during this time.
More info and updates: https://status.crossref.org/incidents/s92nm4xn1w84

We're making metadata easier.

Learn how to deposit article metadata with our new form + tips to improve discoverability using Participation Reports.

No cost to attend, registration is required: https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/5617506814499/WN_Rs83dSqNRo2UEvfTLqMVMw

#scholarlypublishing

DOWNTIME We’ll be taking all services offline for up to 24 hours—from 21:00 UTC on 8 July to 21:00 UTC on 9 July

📢 Heads up: Crossref will be offline for scheduled maintenance from 21:00 UTC on 8 July to 21:00 UTC on 9 July, 2025.
DOIs will still resolve, but all other tools and services will be unavailable during this time.
More info and updates: https://status.crossref.org/incidents/s92nm4xn1w84

March 2025 Public Data File from Crossref Note that this Crossref metadata is always openly available. The difference here is that we’ve done the time-saving work of putting all of the records registered through March 2025 into one file for d...

Come and get 196 GB of fresh metadata! The @crossref.bsky.social annual public data file is out. Direct access at doi.org/10.13003/87b..., some background on our blog: doi.org/10.13003/614....

2025 public data file now available - Crossref Every year we release metadata for the full corpus of records registered with us, which can be downloaded for free in a single compressed file. This is one way in which we fulfil our mission to make m...

The @crossref.bsky.social 2025 Public Data File is now available. Check what’s different this year here: doi.org/10.13003/614...

The @rogue-scholar.bsky.social science blog archive, which archived the post by @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy, has added a link to the @metaror.bsky.social reviews, also in the @crossref.bsky.social metadata: rogue-scholar.org/search?q=&f=...

Our 2025 public data file now available! Check it out: https://doi.org/10.13003/614659

We recently published our Jan-Mar 2025 newsletter! 🎉
- Crossref turns 25!
- Save the date for our community call (7 May, 8 AM UTC & 15:00 UTC)
- Retraction Watch data now in the Crossref #API
+ more
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REST API update from Crossref: Chapter records will now only display chapter-specific licenses. Book-level licenses can be found in the book record. Reindexing is coming soon. Details: https://tinyurl.com/2jdkezb5

#Crossref #RESTAPI #metadata