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Crossref (formerly styled CrossRef)[1] is an official digital object identifier (DOI) Registration Agency of the International DOI Foundation. It is run by the Publishers International Linking Association Inc. (PILA)[2] and was launched in early 2000 as a cooperative effort among publishers to enable persistent cross-publisher citation linking in online academic journals.[3] In August 2022, Crossref lists that index more than 60 million journal studies were made free to view and reuse,[4] and they made a challenge publicly to other publishers, to add their reference data to the index.
Publishers International Linking Association | |
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| Formation | 1999 |
|---|---|
| Legal status | 501(c)(6) organization |
| Headquarters | Lynnfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Executive director | Ed Pentz |
Chair | Scott Delman |
Revenue (2018) | $8.3 million |
| Expenses (2018) | $8.1 million |
| Website | crossref |
