This document discusses CrossRef in Korea and the services provided by KAMJE (Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors). KAMJE manages several databases covering over 200 Korean medical journals, including KoreaMed, Synapse, KoMCI, and others. Synapse serves as KAMJE's CrossRef platform, providing full text articles and reference linking for over 120 journals. Statistics show significant growth in the number of journals and articles participating in Synapse and CrossRef over the past several years. The benefits of participation include increased international visibility and discoverability of Korean medical research. Challenges include resolving DOI errors and persuading more journals to adopt DOIs, especially for back issues.

2. CrossRef in Korea
Choon Shil Lee
Sookmyung Women’s University
Committee for Information Management, KAMJE
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3. CrossRef in Korea
What we do at
KAMJE
Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors
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4. • KAMJE Overview
• KAMJE Databases
• Synapse: KAMJE’s CrossRef Services
• Statistics
• Benefits
• Challenges
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5. KAMJE Overview
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6. http://kamje.or.kr

7. KAMJE
Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors
• Since 1996
• Editor’s association
• To promote professionalism in medical
editing and to improve editorial standards
• Mostly medical society journals
biomedical and health-related
• A non-profit, volunteers’ association
• Similar to
WAME (World Association of Medical Editors)
CSE (Council of Science Editors)
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8. • Share knowledge and experiences
– Workshops, Editor academy, Guidelines
– on Research Ethics, Publication ethics,
Uniform requirements, etc
• Journal peer-reviews
Periodic Journal Evaluation processes
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9. • Databases
KoreaMed http://koreamed.org
Synapse http://synapse.koreamed.org
KoMCI http://komci.org
Korean Medical Journal Information http://journals. koreamed.org
Central: Individual journal website service
XMLink: A subsidiary for database development, production,
operation and maintenance services
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10. 215 KAMJE Journals

11. Workshops

12. Workshops

13. Editor Academy

14. KAMJE publications

15. Journal Peer-Review Meetings

16. KAMJE Databases

17. Central: Individual journal website service

18. XMLink, a subsidary of KAMJE for database development and production

20. KAMJE Databases
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23. KoreaMed Synapse
• Since 1997 • Since 2007
• Abstracts • Full texts
• PubMed equivalent
• PMC equivalent
• PubMed XML compatible
• 190 journals • PMC XML
• Over 190,000 records • 121 journals
• 11,000 records added every • Over 38,000 records
year
• Linking to KoreaMed &
• LinkOut to Synapse &
Journal web sites (168js.) Journal web sites
• DOI linking • DOI linking platform
• Cited-by linking: • Cited-by linking:
Synapse/CrorssRef, Synapse/CrossRef,
KoMCI KoMCI
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24. KoMCI Korean Medical Journal Info.
• Since 2000 • Since 2008
• Abstracts & Cited • Journal bibliographic
References information
• Web of Science & JCR • NLM’s Journals database
equivalents equivalent
• 190 journals • Over 700 journals
• 10,000 recs & 200,000 refs • Over 3,000 records: title
added every year change history
• LinkOut to Synapse & • Linking to KoreaMed,
Journal web site Synapse & Journal web site
• DOI linking • CrossRef/DOI linking
• Cited-by linking: KoMCI • Journal Holding Info
• Database coverage
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25. 215 KAMJE Journals

26. 190 KoreaMed Journals

27. 122 Synapse Journals

28. 55 Central Journals

29. Databases provided by KAMJE
• Cover KAMJE member journals
Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Nutrition,
Veterinary medicine, and some bioscience
• All Information in English
• Free Access/Open Access journals
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30. Database Languages
• Interface language in English
• Articles in Korean or in English
• Require basic bibliographic info in English
– Front matters:
Title, Author, Affiliation, Correspondence
– Abstract
– Figures, Tables
– References
• Provide full text PDFs in Korean or in
English
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31. KAMJE databases are
• Internally integrated
– 3 different (KoreaMed, Synapse & KoMCI ) services
originating from a database
– Journal DB for set-up & check-up journal info.
• Created by Synapse XML files
– PMC Journal Article Tag Sets & DTD
(NLM DTD 2.3  JATS 1.0)
– One source file used for multiple databases
• Use as is
• Extract/convert
• Submit/deposit to various external databases
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32. Synapse & its byproduct/derivative databases
One source file, 7 (+2) different databases

35. Synapse: KAMJE’s CrossRef Services
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36. e-journal platform of
core biomedical and life science journals
currently published in Korea
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37. Synapse
• A digital archive and reference linking
platform of Korean medical journals
• Created for DOI landings
• KAMJE is a sponsoring publisher for
member journals
– 113 societies publishing 121 journals (as of Nov. 2012)
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38. Synapse: full text record for an English-language article

39. Synapse: full text record for an Korean-language article

41. Reference Linking
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42. Reference linking

43. Reference linking of
Central journals

44. Cited-by Linking
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45. Cited-by linking

46. “Cited-by Synapse/CrossRef” Search

47. Cited-by linking for Central journals

48. “Cited-by Synapse/CrossRef” linking
also available in KoreaMed

49. DOIs used in various KAMJE databases
for diverse linking purposes
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53. Linkings! Linkings! Global Links!
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54. Web of Science (SCI) full text link to the KJR article

55. Reference Linking from/to
articles citing and cited

56. Reference Linking from/to
articles citing and cited

58. Web of Science (SCI) full text link to the KJR article

59. Reference Linking from/to
articles citing and cited

60. Reference Linking from/to
articles citing and cited

62. Korean J Radiol. 2001 Jul-Sep;2(3):151-158.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2001.2.3.151
Times cited by
Web of Science Synapse/CrossRef
2009 2012 2009 2012
72 89 ? 53
• Even if a Korean journal is not covered by SCI or
SCOPUS, citation statistics (especially from
foreign journals) can be obtained if the journal
participate in Synapse.
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63. CrossCheck
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67. CrossMark
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68. CrossMark
• Plans to implement in the near future
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69. Statistics
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70. 215 KAMJE Journals

71. 190 KoreaMed Journals

72. 122 Synapse Journals

73. 67 PMC Journals

74. 55 Central Journals

75. 51 CrossCheck Journals

76. Journals
Total Medicine Dentistry Veterinary Nursing Nutritions Bioscience
Science
KAMJE 215 181 13 3 12 4 2
KoreaMed 190 162 10 3 10 4 1
Synapse 123 105 7 2 4 3 1
CrossRef 123 105 7 2 4 3 1
PMC 67 59 4 2 0 1 1
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77. Free Access vs. Open Access journals
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Open Access Free Access
121 Synapse journals ( As of November 2012)
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78. Articles processed: 2007-2012
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012* Total
Synapse 34 2,318 10,883 7,701 8,487 8,647 38,070
Synapse journals** 18 24 28 17 20 16 123
PMC 25 399 1,524 3,105 3,891 4,051 12,995
PMC journals 3 15 20 12 17 67
non-Synapse 12,596 4,968 4,070 4,174 3,898 1,690 31,396
Total 12,630 7,286 14,953 11,875 12,385 10,337 69,466
*As of Nov 08, 2012
**No. of DOI prefixes newly assigned
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79. Articles published: 2007-2012, by language
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012* Total
KoreaMed English 2,486 3,309 4,266 4,336 5,559 4,902 34,541
Korean 6,848 6,012 5,783 6,075 5,255 3,179 156,916
Total 9,334 9,321 10,049 10,411 10,814 8,081 191,457
Synapse English 2,336 3,109 4,216 3,907 4,792 4,474 25,880
Korean 829 903 1,265 2,604 2,384 1,934 12,415
Total 3,165 4,012 5,481 6,511 7,176 6,408 38,295
PMC English 957 1,248 1,883 3,129 3,893 4,051 15,161
*As of Nov 08, 2012
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80. Synapse journals and articles
• Synapse journals and articles drastically
increased over the last 5 years.
• Synapse journals (articles) increased from
57 to 121 during the last 3 years.
• English language journals (articles)
increased from 27 to 71 during the last 3
years.
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81. Synapse journals and articles
• 10,800 articles were published in 2011 by
KoreaMed journals.
11,000 articles are expected in 2012.
• Synapse articles are increasing:
– 66.4%of KoreaMed articles in 2011
– 79.3%of KoreaMed articles in 2012
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82. Synapse journals and articles
• So far, More than 38,000 articles are
available in Synapse.
• Annual input of 8,000 articles is expected
from more than 120 journals
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83. DOI prefixes: 2007.11-2012.10
Year Prefixes Cumulative Journals Cumulative
prefixes Journals*
2007 15 15 18 18
2008 20 35 24 42
2009 27 62 28 70
2010 15 79 17 87
2011 20 99 20 107
2012 14 113 16 123
*1 journal ceased publication. 2 journals in preparation.
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84. DOI deposits: 2007.11-2012.10
Year Deposits Monthly Cumulative
average total
2007 34 17.0 34
2008 2,318 193.2 2,352
2009 10,883 906.9 13,235
2010 8,286 690.5 21,521
2011 7,674 639.5 29,195
2012 8,647 864.7 37,842
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85. KAMJE’s DOI history
• What is it? (2005)
came across “DOI” in literature
• Many discussions, workshops with
KAMJE member journal editors
• Visited JST (2007.5)
• 1st DOI prefixes assigned (2007.6.28)
• DOI submission test, 1 article (2007.11.28)
• 1st DOI submissions, 25 articles (2007.11.29)
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86. 1st DOI prefixes assigned by CrossRef (2007.6.28)
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87. DOI submission test, 1 article (2007.11.28)

88. 1st DOI submissions, 25 articles (2007.11.29)

89. Benefits
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90. Benefits
• Linking to the world
• Increased “International visibility”,
“Discoverability”and “Retrievability”
• Many journals are picked up by major
abstract databases
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91. Benefits
• Quality, reliability, and trustworthiness in
the discovery of Korean medical research
information
• Strong bonds among KAMJE journals
• Many new journals to join KAMJE
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92. KAMJE Journals Directory 2012 ( published in January 2012)

93. KAMJE Journals Directory 2012 ( published in January 2012)

94. KAMJE Journals Directory 2012 ( published in January 2012)

95. Challenges
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96. Challenges
• DOI Resolution errors
– DOI conflicts/Wrong DOIs/Workflow control
• Full text XML to CrossRef DOI deposit XML
-XML converters
• DOI deposit submission queues
– At the end/beginning of a month, 1-3 days sitting
in the queue
– The problem seems gone after the DOI
submission system transition in October 2012
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97. DOI resolutions and error rates
Year DOI resolutions % share Handle error rate DOI Prefix
Failures (%)
CrossRef KAMJE Total Handle
Failures
2009 342,381,351 33,370 0.01 1,596 4.78 17 12
2010 464,248,336 168,578 0.04 3,202 1.90 48 25
2011 575,582,608 470,536 0.08 4,815 1.02 96 57
2012 601,836,099 1,362,107 0.23 6,558 0.48 116 74
• DOI resolutions % share increased
• Error rates decreased
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98. Challenges
• Persuading societies to use DOI
• Communicate with societies what to do
and what to not do
• Back issues
– Most societies will begin putting DOIs for
current and on-going articles
– Sometimes for the last 1 or 2 years
– But not for the last 5 or 10 years
– Only a few journals from the 1st issue
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99. DOIs for back issues
• Limited budgets
• No Born digital files
can not easily OCR
• Keying in “References” all over again?
• Will be very nice if “Cited-by linking” is
available to back issues
• Would it be o.k. to apply “cited-by linking”
to articles with no “reference linking”?
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100. Journals with DOIs for all issues
• 13 journals
st
Journal 1 Synapse Synapse
issue coverage coverage
begins (yrs)
among 121
Allergy Asthma Immunol Res 2009 2009 4
Asian Spine J 2007 2007 6 Synapse
Clin Exp Otorhinolaryngol 2008 2008 5 journals
Clin Orthop Surg 2009 2009 4
Gut Liver 2007 2007 6 • Relatively new
J Adv Prosthodont 2009 2009 4
J Clin Neurol 2005 2005 8 journals (began
J Educ Eval Health Prof
Korean J Parasitol
2004
1963
2004
1963
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publication in
Korean J Radiol 2000 2000 13 the late 2000s)
Lab Med Online 2011 2011 2
Nutr Res Pract 2007 2007 6 except 1 journal
Saf Health Work 2010 2010 3
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101. APAMED Central
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102. • KAMJE’s initiative to assist WHO WPRO
and SEARO countries to build e-journal
databases.
• DOI implementation is in consideration.
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103. http://apamedcentral.org

105. Concluding Remarks
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106. What CrossRef Services are you
participating in?
• Reference Linking
• CitedBy Linking
• CrossCheck
• CrossMark
• CrossRef Metadata Services
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107. To what types of content are you assigning
CrossRef DOIs? How many of each?
• Journal articles
• Data
• Figures, Tables
• Supplementary materials
• Journal titles
• Books (3)
• Proceedings titles
• Proceedings papers Components
• Reports, theses
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108. Concluding Remarks
• KAMJE plays an important role as an
Open Access publisher for Korean medical
journals to promote and facilitate
– Global distribution of Korean medical
research information
– International visibility, discoverability and
retrieavability
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109. Concluding Remarks
• KAMJE’s recent activities (especially
database related activities) are very much
focused on keeping up with international
collaborative efforts by adapting
international norms and standards in
publishing and database industry.
• DOIs and other CrossRef services have
been and are very effective means to
achieve these goals.
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110. References
• KoreaMed http://koreamed.org
• Synapse http://synapse.koreamed.org
• KoMCI http://komci.org
• Korean Medical Journal Information
http://journals.koreamed.org
• KAMJE journals
http://kamje.or.kr/KAMJE-Journals/intro.html
• KAMJE http://kamje.or.kr
• XMLink http://xmlink.kr
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111. Thank you for paying attention!
cslee@sookmyung.ac.kr
info@kamje.or.kr
crossref@kamje.or.kr
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