FundRef API available

An API for CrossRef's pilot FundRef service is now available - documentation is here: help.crossref.org/#ID62603

An overview of the FundRef pilot is here: www.crossref.org/fundref/index.html

Technical information about FundRef is here: help.crossref.org/#ID50319

All submission logs available through doi.crossref.org

During our system transition, logs created prior to May 2012 were only retrievable through eds.crossref.org. All available submission logs can now be retrieved using doi.crossref.org.  The conflict file upload function is available using doi.crossref.org as well.  The eds.crossref.org interface will be retired.

New feature: distributing references

Currently, references deposited for a DOI are only distributed to the current owner of the DOI or to OAI-PMH subscribers (when given permission by the current publisher).

CrossRef member publishers may now elect to include deposited references in UNIXML query results as well as OAI-PMH results. This feature is managed on a prefix basis. Contact support@crossref.org if you would like reference distribution enabled for your prefix(es).

Schema versions prior to 4.3.0 have been discontinued

As announced, schema verions prior to 4.3.0 have been discontinued. Deposits with previous versions of the schema (4.1.0, 3.0.3, etc.) are currently failing.

Migrating to 4.3.0 for journal deposits requires only changing the version number in the schema declaration.  Book and conference proceedings deposits require more complex changes. Review the help topic on schema for more information.

Please contact support@crossref.org or comment with any questions.

Deposit fees and <publication_date>

We've recently had some confusion about how DOI deposit fees are calculated from deposits. The process is straightforward for most deposits: a DOI is determined to be either back year or current year deposit based on the date included in the <publication_date> element.

We allow deposit of both online and print publication dates.  When a DOI is deposited with both a print and online publication date the print date is used to determine the deposit fee. When depositing journals or other series or set types, be aware that each individual item is considered separately, regardless of the publication year included at the journal volume or issue level.  For example, a deposit including both a print publication date of 1990 and an online date of 2010 at the issue level and only an online publication date of 2010 at the article level will be considered a current year deposit. If the print date of 1990 is included at the article level, the back year fee will be charged.

In summary: If you include both online and print publication dates in your deposits and want to avoid being charged the current year fee for back year deposits, be sure to include the print date at the article, chapter, or component level.