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News

An archive of all our official news announcements since Crossref’s formation in 1999. Please also check out our blog, and contact our communications team with any questions.

Latest news

15 November 2017, Crossref introduces new Metadata APIs ‘Plus’ service offering new features and richer metadata
02 November 2016, Crossref now accepts preprints
17 May 2016, Crossref Publishers deliver win for clinical trial openness
05 May 2016, Crossref to accept preprints in change to long-standing policy
29 October 2015, ORCID launches Crossref and DataCite Auto-Update
20 August 2015, Crossref Strengthens Product Focus with Appointment of Jennifer Lin to its Management Team
26 March 2015, Crossref Extends Management Team, Appoints Ginny Hendricks To Focus on Member and Community Outreach

News archive

+- News from 2013 to 2014

2014

12 November 2014, Inera and Crossref Win Top Prize at the NEPCo Awards
10 November 2014, Crossref and DataCite announce new initiative to accelerate the adoption of DOIs for data publication and citation
2 October 2014, The Public Knowledge Project and Crossref Collaborate to Improve Services for Publishers using Open Journal Systems
5 August 2014, Crossref and California Digital Library Agreement Extends Discoverability of Scholarly Publications
29 May 2014, Crossref Text and Data Mining Services Simplify Researcher Access
6 May 2014, Atypon Integrates Crossref’s Crossmark Service in Literatum 14.1
28 March 2014, Document Delivery Performance Bolstered with Reprints Desk’s Completed Crossref Digital Object Identifier Project
27 March 2014, Research Solutions Licenses Data from Crossref.org, Bolsters Efficiency in Systems and Business Processes

2013

13 November 2013, Crossref Members add over a quarter million Crossmark records; Researchers click on Crossmark logos 50K times per month
8 October 2013, Crossref discloses FundRef participation statistics; announces eJournalPress integration
18 July 2013, FundRef funder identification service from Crossref to help connect funding and publications to improve public access
28 May 2013, Crossref’s FundRef launches, Publishers and funders track scholarly output
10 February 2013, NISO Launches New Initiative to Develop Standard for Open Access Metadata and Indicators

+- News from 2010 to 2012

2012

14 November 2012, ORCID and Crossref Collaborate to Accurately Attribute Authorship of Scholarly Content
14 September 2012, ALPSP announces Winners of the 2012 Awards
10 August 2012, Crossref Joins STM-DataCite Statement
2 May 2012, Crossref Announces FundRef Pilot to Standardize Funding Source Information for Scholarly Publications
27 April 2012, Crosssmark™ Update Identification Service Launches to Alert Readers to Changes in Scholarly Content
23 February 2012, Ammons Scientific LTD Uses iThenticate to Check all Articles for Originality Prior to Peer Review

2011

15 November 2011, Crossref Assigns 50 Millionth DOI
2 August 2011, Crossref Revises DOI Display Guidelines
20 April 2011, Crossref and International DOI Foundation Collaborate on Linked-Data-Friendly DOIs

2010

15 December 2010, Crossref Reaches 1000 Member Milestone
6 December 2010, KISTI Registers 44000 Crossref DOIs for Korean Scholarly Papers
16 November 2010, Elsevier Joins Crossref Cited-by Linking
16 November 2010, Portico To Preserve Crossref Metadata
5 February 2010, 40 Million Crossref DOIs Preserve the Record of Scholarship

+- News from 2008 to 2009

2009

9 November 2009, Crossref Renews Relationship with Atypon for the Development of a New Query System
11 September 2009, Crossref Collaborates with SAGE, OUP, CLOCKSS and Portico to Light Up Archive for Discontinued Journal Articles
29 July 2009, Crossref Hits the Books—Deposits Grow, Guidelines Released
13 May 2009, Council of Science Editors Honors Crossref
28 April 2009, CrossCheck Plagiarism Screening Service Adds 50th Publisher

2008

15 September 2008, ALPSP Announces winners of 2008 awards
4 August 2008, Crossref Announces Improved Multiple Resolution Service
19 June 2008, CrossCheck Plagiarism Screening Service Launches Today
15 April 2008, Crossref Announces CrossCheck Plagiarism Detection Service
12 March 2008, Crossref Integrates with Papers to Help Scientists Manage Personal Libraries
7 March 2008, Sermo Partners with Crossref to use DOIs as Linking Standard for Physician Discussion of Medical Research
12 February 2008, Crossref Launches Free Citation Look-up Tool For Bloggers
2 January 2008, Crossref Surpasses 30 Million DOI Mark

+- News from 2005 to 2007

2007

9 October 2007, BSI British Standards Joins Crossref
25 September 2007, Crossref Grants The Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System Free Access To Crossref Metadata
9 August 2007, Crossref Lowers Back-File Deposit Fee to 12 Cents, Creating Incentive for Registration of Older Publications
1 August 2007, Crossref Pilots Cross-Publisher Plagiarism Detection Service
4 June 2007, Department of Energy Gray Literature Now Registered with Crossref
13 February 2007, Crossref Surpasses 25 Million DOI Mark
22 January 2007, The Royal Society Digital Archive Now Registered in Crossref

2006

5 December 2006, Geoffrey Bilder To Join Crossref
5 December 2006, Crossref To Add Hundreds Of Journals From Africa and Asia
8 November 2006, Crossref Extends Web Services - New OAI-PMH Interface, and Partnerships with Scirus and EMBL-EBI
30 October 2006, Crossref Simple-Text Query Service Officially Launches
12 July 2006, Crossref Announces Web Services Agreement With Microsoft
1 June 2006, Over Half a Million Book DOIs Now Registered In Crossref
26 April 2006, Crossref Surpasses 20 Million DOI Mark
14 February 2006, Crossref Launches Free-Text Query Trial Service
14 February 2006, Crossref Web Services and Search Partner Program Enhance Web Searching for Scholarly Content

2005

3 February 2005, DOE/OSTI Joins Crossref to Assign DOIs to Technical Reports

+- News from 2002 to 2004

2004

21 September 2004, Crossref Search Pilot Now Includes 29 Publishers, 3.4 Million Research Articles
8 July 2004, Crossref Search Pilot Adds 16 New Publishers
8 June 2004, Crossref and Atypon Announce Forward Linking Service
28 April 2004, Crossref Launches Pilot Program of Crossref Search, Powered By Google
8 April 2004, Crossref Reaches 300-Publisher Mark
19 January 2004, Crossref Surpasses 10 Million DOI Mark

2003

15 November 2003, Crossref Drops DOI Retrieval Fees As Steep Growth In Adoption Continues
7 November 2003, Serials Solutions’ Article Linker Expands Linking Options With Crossref DOIs
25 September 2003, Crossref Holds Annual Meeting - New Chairman of the Board and Treasurer Elected
5 August 2003, Innovative Interfaces Joins Crossref as Affiliate Member
21 May 2003, No Charge to Libraries for DOI and Metadata Lookup
8 April 2003, Crossref Growing Fast as it Signs More Than 200 Members
30 January 2003, Crossref Now Registering Books and Conference Proceedings

2002

23 September 2002, Crossref Launches Version 2.0 of its Reference Linking System and Expands Membership Base
8 February 2002, Crossref Surpasses 100 members & 4 Million Journal Articles, And Expands Strategic Affiliate Program

+- News from 1999 to 2001

2001

10 October 2001, Crossref Steps Up Pace of Linking Developments
7 September 2001, Crossref Selects Atypon As Technology Partner To Build The Next Release Of Its System
12 June 2000, Revised Fees Released
5 June 2000, Crossref Goes Live, Journal Reference Linking Service Membership Roster Grows to 33 Publishers

2000

2 June 2000, Gallery of Reference Pages
3 May 2000, Crossref Fee Schedule for 2000
2 February 2000, Journal Reference Linking Service Names Executive Director, Board of Directors, New Members, and a “Go Live” Timetable

1999

Last Updated: 2018 February 9 by Rosa Clark

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