CrossMark, is a service from Crossref, which enables publishers to communicate changes and updates of their scholarly content on the web. Join us to learn more about this exciting initiative from Crossref. Update on our latest changes to CrossMark: -The look and functionality of the pop-up box -Linked Clinical Trials

2. CrossMark Kirsty Meddings
Product Manager
Tuesday 21st June 2016

4. When content changes, readers
need to know

5. erratum
corrigendum
correction
withdrawal
retraction
new edition
expression of concern
partial retraction
removal
addendum
clarification

14. What is CrossMark
A button and a set of metadata that informs about
Publication status (current, updated, retracted)
Funding information
Authors’ ORCIDs
Publication history
Rights or licensing information
And much more…

21. What constitutes a status update?
A change significant enough to affect the
crediting or interpretation of the work

35. Machine access
Crossref REST API
http://api.crossref.org

36. Reference lists
cite with
certainty

37. Online reading environments
• CrossMark button on publisher
copy of PDF
• Opportunities: ReadCube, Papers,
Utopia, Mendeley, etc.
• Enhance the PDF and display
publication update notification
• Notify users across all the
channels available

38. CrossMark Best Practices
• Comprehensive deposit of publisher metadata
• Proper display of CrossMark button above or close to the
title of the article
• Timely deposits of publication updates

39. 1. Create a CrossMark Policy Page
• Brief explanation of CrossMark
• Links to policies on corrections and retractions
• Assign a DOI for persistent linking
• Deposit this page with Crossref
http://crossmarksupport.crossref.org

40. 2. Deposit CrossMark Metadata (min.)
• DOI of the content to which CrossMark button will be added
• DOI of CrossMark policy page
• DOI of content that this deposit is updating
http://crossmarksupport.crossref.org

41. Allowed status update types
addendum
clarification
correction
corrigendum
erratum
expression_of_concern
new_edition
new_version
partial_retraction
removal
retraction
withdrawal

42. 3. Add Crossref DOI to web and PDF
• HTML metadata
<meta name=“dc.identifier” content=“doi:10.5555/12345”>
• PDF
• sample file at http://crossmarksupport.crossref.org
• CrossMark button code needs the DOI to find the metadata

43. 4. Add CrossMark button to content
On HTML article landing pages
In PDF articles

44. 5. Deposit additional metadata
• Funding data
• License information
• ORCIDs
• Clinical trial numbers
• Any additional custom metadata
• Publication history
• Similarity Check deposited
• etc..
http://crossmarksupport.crossref.org

45. Current content: 20¢
Backfile content: 2¢
Current Content = published in the past two years.

46. Latest numbers
• 3.4 million CrossMark deposits
• 300+ publishers
• 35,000 status updates
• 1100 retractions
• 32,000 corrections
• 2 million DOIs with additional metadata displaying

47. Coming soon…
• Mobile-friendly responsive pop up box
• New button design

48. Thank you
kmeddings@crossref.org
www.crossref.org/crossmark
crossrefsupport.crossref.org