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Isaac Farley
2022 July 25

Flies in your metadata (ointment)

Quality metadata is foundational to the research nexus and all Crossref services. When inaccuracies creep in, these create problems that get compounded down the line. No wonder that reports of metadata errors from authors, members, and other metadata users are some of the most common messages we receive into the technical support team (we encourage you to continue to report these metadata errors). We make members’ metadata openly available via our APIs, which means people and machines can incorporate it into their research tools and services - thus, we all want it to be accurate.

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Amanda French
2022 July 08

How I think about ROR as infrastructure

The other day I was out and about and got into a conversation with someone who asked me about my doctoral work in English literature. I’ve had the same conversation many times: I tell someone (only if they ask!) that my dissertation was a history of the villanelle, and then they cheerfully admit that they don’t know what a villanelle is, and then I ask them if they’re familiar with Dylan Thomas’s poem “Do not go gentle into that good night.

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Kornelia Korzec
2022 June 22

Seeing your place in the Research Nexus

Having joined the Crossref team merely a week previously, the mid-year community update on June 14th was a fantastic opportunity to learn about the Research Nexus vision. We explored its building blocks and practical implementation steps within our reach, and within our imagination of the future. Read on (or watch the recording) for a whistlestop tour of everything – from what on Earth is Research Nexus, through to how it’s taking shape at Crossref, to how you are involved, and finally – to what concerns the community surrounding the vision and how we’re going to address that.

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Geoffrey Bilder
2022 June 10

Announcing our new Head of Strategic Initiatives: Dominika Tkaczyk

TL;DR A year ago, we announced that we were putting the “R” back in R&D. That was when Rachael Lammey joined the R&D team as the Head of Strategic Initiatives. And now, with Rachael assuming the role of Product Director, I’m delighted to announce that Dominika Tkaczyk has agreed to take over Rachael’s role as the Head of Strategic Initiatives. Of course, you might already know her. We will also immediately start recruiting for a new Principal R&D Developer to work with Esha and Dominika on the R&D team.

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Membership & Fees committee

The Membership & Fees Committee (M & F committee) was established in 2001 and plays an important role in our governance. Made up of 12-14 organizations of both board members and regular members, the group makes recommendations to the board about fees and policies for all of our services.

They regularly review existing fees to discuss if any changes are needed. They also review new services while they are being developed, to assess if fees should be charged and if so, what those fees should be. In addition, the board can also ask the committee to address specific issues about policies and services.

In 2019 the committee undertook a regular fee review which involved a few specific cases being recommended to the board:

  1. Removing the Crossmark fee
  2. Removing the fees for versions and translations (registered by the same member)
  3. Introducing a new USD 5.00 fee per Sponsored Member
  4. Updating a set of principles for guiding fee-setting

M&F committee members

Crossref facilitator: Amanda Bartell

Committee member Representative Country Size (items) Org type
ACM Scott Delman* USA 470,000 Society
Clarivate Analytics Nandita Quaderi* USA 9500 Company
eLife Melissa Harrison* UK 22,500 Publisher
Elsevier Rose L’Huillier* Netherlands 17,595,000 Company
Frontiers Marie Souliere Switzerland 6500 Publisher
Liverpool University Press Clare Hooper UK 33200 Publisher
MDPI Christian Gutknecht Switzerland 500,000 Publisher
NEICON ISP Maxim Mitrofanov Russia – Publishing Tool
Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia Mariana da Silveira Machado Pereira Brazil 2100 Society
Swiss National Science Foundation Andreas Kyriacou Switzerland 50 Funder
Wiley Todd Toler (Chair)* USA 9,000,000 Company
Wits University Press Andrew Joseph South Africa 1000 Publisher

(*) indicates Crossref board member

About committee participation

The M&F Committee meets via one-hour conference calls about six times a year, although this can vary depending on what issues the committee is considering. Often proposals are developed by staff and then reviewed and discussed by the committee – so there is reading to do in preparation for the calls.

This is very important work and it’s essential the committee is broadly representative of Crossref’s diverse membership of over 15,000 organizations in 140 countries. Appointments are for one year and participants can sometimes serve multiple terms.

Please contact the outreach team with any questions.

Page owner: Ginny Hendricks   |   Last updated 2021-April-09