Published November 13, 2025
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Publishing best practices and metadata: Crossref essentials + DOAJ
Description
This presentation from Crossref and the Directory of Open Access Journals covers how publishers can strengthen their publishing practices through better metadata, gain a clearer understanding of Crossref’s key services, and DOAJ’s indexing criteria and ethics in open access publishing.
Topics covered:
- Crossref’s role in the scholarly ecosystem
- The value of rich metadata in scholarly publishing
- How to improve and enrich your metadata
- DOAJ overview and indexing criteria
- Ethics and best practices in open access publishing