introduction to crossmark for affiliates and hosts

CrossMarkfor

Affiliates & Hosts

June 2013

Content changes

When it does, readers need to know

CrossMark

Content changes

erratum

corrigendum

updates

enhancements

withdrawals

retractions

new editions

protocol updates

notices of concern, etc.

erratum

corrigendum

updates

enhancements

withdrawals

retractions

new editions

protocol updates

notices of concern, etc.

Does this article have corrections?

• A logo that identifies a publisher-maintained copy of a piece of content

• Clicking on the logo tells you: • Whether there have been any updates• If this copy is being maintained by the

publisher• Where the publisher-maintained version is

located• Other important publication record

information

What is CrossMark?

What kind of Publication Record

information could be available?

Funding disclosures

Conflict of interest statements

Publication history (submission, revision and

accepted dates)

Location of data deposits or registries

Peer review process used

CrossCheck plagiarism screening

License types

and more...

What do publishers and

their hosts

have to do?

CrossMark

Participation is optional

Anything with a CrossRef DOI can have a

CrossMark

Online-early content, but not pre-

prints

Participants must

maintain their content

keep CrossMark metadata up to date!

adhere to logo display guidelines

CrossMark

Steps for

implementation

1. Create a CrossMark Policy

PageExplain CrossMark, commitment to maintain the

content

Explain publisher policies on

corrections, retractions, etc.

Define any custom metadata fields for the Record

Tab

Assign it a DOI for persistent linking

Deposit the Policy Page

http://crossmarksupport.labs.crossref.org/

2. Deposit CrossMark Metadata

DOI of the content the CrossMark is being applied to

DOI for the publisher’s CrossMark Policy Page

DOI of any piece of content that is being updated

http://crossmarksupport.crossref.org/annotated-example-site/

3. Update CrossMark

Metadata!

<updates> <update type="correction" label="Correction" date="2010-03-24">10.5555/1571</update> </updates>

4. Record CrossRef DOIs in

HTML page metadata

5. Add CrossMark metadata to

PDFs

Minimum = DOI, CrossMark

Domain

PDF Metadata

5. Display and Link the

CrossMark Logo

On HTML article landing pages

In PDF articles

6. Decide on and collect

additional metadata

Pilot running since summer 2011

CrossMark launched on 27th April 2012

Over 80,000 CrossMark deposits since launch with 450 plus updates

Working with over 20 publishers on CrossMark implementation including Elsevier, Wiley, AIP, OUP and The Royal Society

Marketing Microsite available

http://www.crossref.org/crossmark/index.html

•Banner ads for publisher/host use

Any Questions?

http://crossmarksupport.labs.crossref.org

rlammey@crossref.org

http://www.crossref.org/crossmark