Metadata Retrieval

Interfaces for People To retrieve metadata from Crossref, you do not need to be a member. We have various options for retrieving metadata - some are more suitable for human use, and some for machine use. Interfaces for Machines There are APIs for machines (to look up metadata records or DOIs in volume), including: REST API, XML API, OAI-PMH, and OpenURL.

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Metadata Retrieval category Metadata Retrieval	0	1823	April 21, 2020
Improving our reference matching strategy to reduce incorrect citation links Metadata Retrieval references , reference-matching , relationships , metadata-matching	0	282	March 10, 2026
Missing reciprocal relationships are being added back in Metadata Retrieval rest-api , relationships	0	20	February 27, 2026
REST API pools: Which to use and when? Interfaces for Machines rest-api , community , metadata-retrieval , metadata_plus , best-practice	0	40	February 23, 2026
Date types in the REST API Interfaces for Machines rest-api	0	37	January 16, 2026
Updates to REST API documentation Metadata Retrieval rest-api , documentation	0	61	December 18, 2025
Questions Regarding Japanese Content and the language Field in REST API Metadata Retrieval rest-api , metadata-retrieval , xml_support , multilingual , journal	5	93	December 8, 2025
Updates to REST API rate limits Interfaces for Machines rest-api , metadata-retrieval	0	80	December 2, 2025
JATS elements in abstract (Is this the expected behaviour?) Metadata Retrieval metadata-retrieval , abstracts , jats	8	212	November 26, 2025
Piecing together the Research Nexus: uncovering relationships with open funding metadata - Crossref Metadata Retrieval community , blog , funding , metadata-matching	2	72	October 28, 2025
UNIXREF XML API inserting incorrect whitespace between HTML-like elements Interfaces for Machines metadata-retrieval , xml_api	3	55	October 1, 2025
Meaningful whitespace removed from JSON REST API Metadata Retrieval rest-api , metadata-retrieval	1	39	September 30, 2025
A way, per DOI, to get original metadata deposit XML? Interfaces for Machines rest-api , metadata-retrieval	6	55	September 29, 2025
Upgrade to REST API Elasticsearch Metadata Retrieval rest-api , metadata-retrieval	1	53	September 22, 2025
Any websites that display abstract from metadata service? Metadata Retrieval metadata-retrieval , abstracts	2	49	September 12, 2025
Authenticated-orcid Interfaces for Machines orcid , rest-api , metadata-retrieval	1	164	September 2, 2025
What's going on with the REST API? Indexing issues Interfaces for Machines rest-api , bug	0	195	August 20, 2025
Invalid CSL-JSON record types Interfaces for Machines rest-api , bug , metadata-retrieval , content_type_advice	1	27	August 19, 2025
Fetching reindexed works Metadata Retrieval rest-api , bug , metadata-retrieval , xml_api	9	46	August 18, 2025
OAI-PMH - preprints and incremental updates Metadata Retrieval cited-by , oai-pmh , metadata-retrieval	1	39	August 15, 2025
Publication types for citations in updates for schema 5.4 Metadata Retrieval rest-api , schema , content-registration , metadata-retrieval	5	102	July 4, 2025
Sprinting to Progress: Behind the scenes of our first metadata sprint - Crossref Metadata Retrieval community , blog , metadata-retrieval , research-nexus	1	47	June 23, 2025
Evolving the preprint evaluation world with Sciety Metadata Retrieval blog , api , case-study , api-case-study	1	35	June 18, 2025
DOI number not shown in google scholar, please guide Interfaces for People rest-api , metadata-retrieval , google	2	71	June 8, 2025
Query the REST API with hour / minute / second resolution Metadata Retrieval rest-api , metadata-retrieval , metadata_plus	0	130	May 21, 2025
Search by ORCiD - incomplete results Interfaces for Machines orcid , rest-api , metadata-retrieval , metadata-search	2	80	May 16, 2025
Ticket of the month - April 2025 - ¿Cómo hacer consultas en la REST API de Crossref? Metadata Retrieval rest-api , metadata-retrieval , ticket_of_month	0	143	May 7, 2025
A new dataset of relationships involving research organisations Metadata Retrieval research-nexus , metadata-matching , data-science	0	329	April 28, 2025
Ticket of the month - March 2025 - How do I get a list of DOIs registered for a journal, book, or conference? Interfaces for People rest-api , depositor-report , metadata-retrieval , ticket_of_month	0	128	April 9, 2025
New version of the dataset of relationships between preprints and journal articles Metadata Retrieval preprints , metadata-matching , data-science	0	170	April 3, 2025