Preserving the integrity of the scholarly record is an important component of the overall endeavour to protect research integrity. Open scholarly infrastructure enables persistent recording of research objects and associated metadata, which provides an evidence trail for these objects for all in the research community. Crossref and DataCite – as providers of essential infrastructure for preservation of the scholarly record – we share our joint expertise in the new guide on “Why metadata matters for research integrity and how to contribute”.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.crossref.org/blog/why-metadata-matters-for-research-integrity-a-new-joint-guide-from-crossref-and-datacite