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Getting started with Reference Linking
Member
obligations
Reference linking
• Drive traffic to your content

• Strengthen scholarly
infrastructure

• Persistent links
Link with persistence
Bad:

doi: 10.5555/12345678

DOI: 10.5555/12345678

Also bad:
http://dx.doi.org/10.5555/12345678

Display guidelines:

https://www.crossref.org/display-guidelines/

Always display as a URL:

https://doi.org/10.xxxx/xxxxx
Soleimani N, Mohabati Mobarez A, Farhangi B. Cloning,
expression and purification flagellar sheath adhesion of
Helicobacter pylori in Escherichia coli host as a vaccination
target. Clin Exp Vaccine Res. 2016 Jan;5(1):19-25. https://
doi.org/10.7774/cevr.2016.5.1.19
Galli, S.J., and M. Tsai. 2010. Mast cells in allergy and infection:
versatile effector and regulatory cells in innate and adaptive
immunity. Eur. J. Immunol. 40:1843–1851. Crossref
Match citations
to identifiers
How to match citations to identifiers
• Ask authors to include links in references 

• Simple Text Query form

• APIs

• Deposit references
Simple text
query form
1. Register for an account
Register an email address via our account
request form
•Use this email address to access form

•We only use the address to measure usage

•Usage is limited to 5,000 matches per month
2. Cut-and-paste reference list
3. Retrieve results
Upload option
1. Register account

2. Upload a .txt (not Word!) file

3. Result will be emailed to you as an HTML file

Usage is limited to 5,000 matches per month
Getting started with Reference Linking
XML API
<query key="CR3" enable-multiple-hits="false"
forward-match="true” secondary-query="author-title">
<journal_title>Antiquity</journal_title>
<author search-all-authors="true">Anderson</
author>
<volume>87</volume>
<issue>337</issue>
<first_page>879</first_page>
<year>2013</year>
</query>
more info: https://support.crossref.org/hc/en-us/sections/202815006
XML API
<query enable-multiple-hits="false" key="key1">
<article_title match="fuzzy">Concluding remarks</
article_title>
<author search-all-authors="true">Somiari</
author>
</query>
Author / title query
XML API
<query key="q1" enable-multiple-hits="true">
<unstructured_citation>Hungate, B. A., &amp;
Hampton, H. M. (2012). Ecosystem services: Valuing
ecosystems for climate. Nature Climate Change, 2(3),
151-152.</unstructured_citation>
</query>
Unstructured citation
HTTPS querying
https://doi.crossref.org/servlet/query?
usr=<USERNAME>&pwd=<PASSWORD>&qdata=<?xml
version="1.0"?><query_batch version="2.0"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.crossref.org/qschema/2.0
http://www.crossref.org/qschema/
crossref_query_input2.0.xsd" xmlns="http://
www.crossref.org/qschema/2.0" xmlns:xsi="http://
www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-
instance"><head><email_address>support@crossref.org</
email_address><doi_batch_id>ABC_123_fff</doi_batch_id>
</head> <body> <query key="1178517" enable-multiple-
hits="false" forward-match=“false”>...
more info: https://support.crossref.org/hc/en-us/articles/213566986
Metadata
Identifier (DOI)
Other options
REST API: Search, facet, filter or sample
metadata (https://api.crossref.org)

OpenURL: https://support.crossref.org/
hc/en-us/articles/214880143
Deposit references
1. Use Simple Text Query form

• follow lookup procedure

• enter article DOI and credentials

2. XML submission

• Unlimited # of unstructured citations

• Can submit after article DOI has been registered
more info: https://support.crossref.org/hc/en-us/articles/215578403
Get identifiers for deposited references
more info: https://support.crossref.org/hc/en-us/articles/213531466
Need help?
http://support.crossref.org 

or support@crossref.org

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