Publishing best practices and metadata: Crossref essentials + DOAJ

This session—part of the Building Trust through Metadata series—brought together Crossref and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). The webinar walked through how stronger metadata supports better publishing practices, introduced key Crossref services, and explained DOAJ’s indexing criteria along with ethics in open access publishing. In this recording, you’ll see: Crossref’s role in the scholarly ecosystem Why rich metadata matters Practical ways to improve and enhance metadata An overview of DOAJ’s indexing criteria Ethics and best practices in open access publishing Webinar was held on 13 November 2025 — Who and what is Crossref? We envision a prosperous and reusable open network of relationships connecting research organizations, people, things, and actions, a scholarly record that the global community can build on forever for the benefit of society. We’re a not-for-profit membership organization that exists to make scholarly communications better. We rally the community; tag and share metadata; run an open infrastructure; play with technology; and make tools and services—all to help put research in context. It’s as simple—and as complicated—as that. Our mission: Crossref makes research objects easy to find, cite, link, assess, and reuse. For a comprehensive look at everything we do, visit our website: www.crossref.org ------------ 🔔 Subscribe to our channel: / @crossrefvideos ------------ Connect with us on social media: 🐘 Mastodon: @[email protected] 🔗 LinkedIn: / crossref 🦋 Blue Sky / https://bsky.app/profile/crossref.bsk... 📸 Instagram: / crossreforg --- Helpful links: Documentation: https://www.crossref.org/documentation For help: support [at] crossref.org Membership: member [at] crossref.org Join the conversation: https://community.crossref.org We’re thrilled to have you as part of our community and hope you find our other videos helpful and informative. Remember to click the subscribe, like, and turn on notifications to stay updated on the latest from Crossref. #Crossref #ScholarlyPublishing #Metadata #ContentRegistration #DOI #Research #ScholarlyCommunications #Publishers #Researchers #Librarians #Editors #Metadata #GEMProgram #ScholarlyPublishing #Education #OpenAccess #Openinfrastructure #grants #crossref2025