# \#event-data

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## [Strengthening support for data citations and saying goodbye to Event Data - Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/t/strengthening-support-for-data-citations-and-saying-goodbye-to-event-data-crossref/15534)

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**Author:** [@Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/u/Crossref)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [4 September 2026 08:09 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/strengthening-support-for-data-citations-and-saying-goodbye-to-event-data-crossref/15534 "2026-09-04T08:09:35Z")

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We’re excited to announce a new data citation API endpoint and are seeking your feedback. The new service makes existing data citation relationships in our metadata available, thereby surfacing this part of the research …

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## [Citations of software DOI: How to access with new API](https://community.crossref.org/t/citations-of-software-doi-how-to-access-with-new-api/15729)

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**Author:** [@peter.loewe](https://community.crossref.org/u/peter.loewe)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [7 May 2026 15:38 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/citations-of-software-doi-how-to-access-with-new-api/15729 "2026-05-07T15:38:56Z")

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Dear CrossRef-Community, apologies if this a RTFM case ! The eventdata API allowed to query for references to DOI for software, e.g. apiDOTeventdataDOTcrossrefDOTorg/v1/events?mailto=baz@foo.bar&rows=200&obj-id=10.528…

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## [An update on Event Data and data citations](https://community.crossref.org/t/an-update-on-event-data-and-data-citations/14203)

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**Author:** [@mrittman](https://community.crossref.org/u/mrittman)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [29 July 2025 14:08 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/an-update-on-event-data-and-data-citations/14203 "2025-07-29T14:08:56Z")

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Users of Event Data will have noticed several issues over the past few months: Wordpress events have not been processing correctly and are no longer being collected. There have been significant issues with the Wikipedi…

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## [New instability in Event Data](https://community.crossref.org/t/new-instability-in-event-data/13062)

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**Author:** [@mrittman](https://community.crossref.org/u/mrittman)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [29 January 2025 10:46 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/new-instability-in-event-data/13062 "2025-01-29T10:46:13Z")

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Over the past couple of days we’ve seen unexpected instability in the Event Data query API. We are investigating the cause and will look to resolve the issue as soon as possible. We apologies for any inconvenience.

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## [Inclusion of Bluesky / atproto Event Data](https://community.crossref.org/t/inclusion-of-bluesky-atproto-event-data/12035)

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**Author:** [@bnewbold](https://community.crossref.org/u/bnewbold)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [27 August 2024 08:51 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/inclusion-of-bluesky-atproto-event-data/12035 "2024-08-27T08:51:42Z")

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Hi there! Big fan of the Crossref Event service. I noticed that the Twitter data was removed a couple years ago. An open alternative for microblogging discussion and comments is the Bluesky system, built on the AT Proto…

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## [Event Data not updating](https://community.crossref.org/t/event-data-not-updating/5249)

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**Author:** [@mrittman](https://community.crossref.org/u/mrittman)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [1 July 2024 15:45 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/event-data-not-updating/5249 "2024-07-01T15:45:38Z")

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Since 2 April Event Data has not been adding new events to Event Data. We have determined the problems and are starting to implement a fix. All missing events will be recovered, although it may take several days to fully…

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## [Relationships endpoint disruption and updates](https://community.crossref.org/t/relationships-endpoint-disruption-and-updates/4984)

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**Author:** [@mrittman](https://community.crossref.org/u/mrittman)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [20 February 2024 09:35 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/relationships-endpoint-disruption-and-updates/4984 "2024-02-20T09:35:19Z")

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Over the next few days we will be making some significant changes to the relationships endpoint in order to improve performance. We have currently stopped ingestion of new relationships and in the coming 24 hours will re…

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## [Update on the relationships endpoint](https://community.crossref.org/t/update-on-the-relationships-endpoint/4631)

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**Author:** [@mrittman](https://community.crossref.org/u/mrittman)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [6 February 2024 16:39 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/update-on-the-relationships-endpoint/4631 "2024-02-06T16:39:01Z")

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Our relationships endpoint is up and running and delivering information about how Crossref DOIs connect to each other and other items and objects with identifiers. This is all part of building the research nexus. The en…

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## [Relationships endpoint update and Event Data API sunsetting](https://community.crossref.org/t/relationships-endpoint-update-and-event-data-api-sunsetting/4214)

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**Author:** [@mrittman](https://community.crossref.org/u/mrittman)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [22 January 2024 09:55 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/relationships-endpoint-update-and-event-data-api-sunsetting/4214 "2024-01-22T09:55:34Z")

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We have been talking for some time about building a new endpoint that combines Event Data, references, and relationship metadata to deliver all of the ‘relationships’ we know about in metadata via a single endpoint. The …

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## [Delivering data citations](https://community.crossref.org/t/delivering-data-citations/3769)

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**Author:** [@mrittman](https://community.crossref.org/u/mrittman)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [4 July 2023 03:41 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/delivering-data-citations/3769 "2023-07-04T03:41:30Z")

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Following on from our preview of a new relationships endpoint, we are in the process of adding further query filters and data to bring it up to a production-ready level. In the next stage we will be focused on supporting…

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## [Dropping Twitter as an event source](https://community.crossref.org/t/dropping-twitter-as-an-event-source/3315)

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**Author:** [@mrittman](https://community.crossref.org/u/mrittman)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [23 February 2023 12:19 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/dropping-twitter-as-an-event-source/3315 "2023-02-23T12:19:04Z")

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From the end of February this year we will no longer collect Twitter events as part of Event Data. We have not been able to reliably collect events from Twitter and, compared to other sources, it comes at a higher cost b…

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## [Is there somewhere to report problems with event data?](https://community.crossref.org/t/is-there-somewhere-to-report-problems-with-event-data/3324)

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**Author:** [@phtr](https://community.crossref.org/u/phtr)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [16 February 2023 16:05 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/is-there-somewhere-to-report-problems-with-event-data/3324 "2023-02-16T16:05:32Z")

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I’m using the event data which, in theory, is a great resource. However, I’m finding lots of errors and I’m struggling to understand how these inaccuracies are finding their way into the data. Is there somewhere to rep…

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## [Delays in Event Data](https://community.crossref.org/t/delays-in-event-data/2921)

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**Author:** [@mrittman](https://community.crossref.org/u/mrittman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [15 September 2022 08:27 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/delays-in-event-data/2921 "2022-09-15T08:27:10Z")

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Between 17 and 29 August 2022 we experienced problems pushing new events into the Event Data API. We have identified the issue and implemented a fix, but it will take some time to reprocess all of the events collected du…

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## [Event Data now with added references - Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/t/event-data-now-with-added-references-crossref/2212)

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**Author:** [@Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/u/Crossref)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [10 November 2021 17:27 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/event-data-now-with-added-references-crossref/2212 "2021-11-10T17:27:58Z")

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Event Data is our service to capture online mentions of Crossref DOIs. We monitor data archives, Wikipedia, social media, blogs, news, and other sources. Our main focus has been on gathering data from external sources, h…

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## [Save the date! Martyn Rittman will be presenting on our Event Data service at the ISMTE virtual meeting October 11-14, 2021](https://community.crossref.org/t/save-the-date-martyn-rittman-will-be-presenting-on-our-event-data-service-at-the-ismte-virtual-meeting-october-11-14-2021/1906)

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**Author:** [@rclark](https://community.crossref.org/u/rclark)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [5 August 2021 07:59 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/save-the-date-martyn-rittman-will-be-presenting-on-our-event-data-service-at-the-ismte-virtual-meeting-october-11-14-2021/1906 "2021-08-05T07:59:01Z")

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ISMTE 2021 Global Virtual Event is happening October 11 - 14, 2021, and our colleague @mrittman will make a short presentation on our Event Data service. The theme is “Unified Progress: Moving Forward Together in Schola…

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## [Martyn Rittman presenting on Event Data at ASAPBio Virtual Event #FeedbackASAP - July 21, 15:00 - 19:00 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/martyn-rittman-presenting-on-event-data-at-asapbio-virtual-event-feedbackasap-july-21-15-00-19-00-utc/1905)

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**Author:** [@rclark](https://community.crossref.org/u/rclark)\
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**Last updated:** [19 July 2021 12:48 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/martyn-rittman-presenting-on-event-data-at-asapbio-virtual-event-feedbackasap-july-21-15-00-19-00-utc/1905 "2021-07-19T12:48:05Z")

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@mrittman will make a brief presentation on our Event Data service at the upcoming ASAPBio virtual event #FeedbackASAP, Public feedback on preprints can unlock their full potential to accelerate science on July 21, 2021 …

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## [Service Provider perspectives: A few minutes with our publisher host(ing platforms) - Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/t/service-provider-perspectives-a-few-minutes-with-our-publisher-host-ing-platforms-crossref/1732)

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**Author:** [@Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/u/Crossref)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [25 May 2021 20:43 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/service-provider-perspectives-a-few-minutes-with-our-publisher-host-ing-platforms-crossref/1732 "2021-05-25T20:43:02Z")

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Service Providers work on behalf of our members by creating, registering, querying and/or displaying metadata. We rely on this group to support our schema as it evolves, to roll out new and updated services to members an…

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## [Doing more with relationships - via Event Data - Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/t/doing-more-with-relationships-via-event-data-crossref/1717)

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**Author:** [@Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/u/Crossref)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [14 May 2021 16:28 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/doing-more-with-relationships-via-event-data-crossref/1717 "2021-05-14T16:28:45Z")

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Crossref aims to link research together, making related items more findable, increasing transparency, and showing how ideas spread and develop. There are a number of moving parts in this effort: some related to capturing…

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## [Event Data Widgets](https://community.crossref.org/t/event-data-widgets/1336)

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**Author:** [@mlangseth](https://community.crossref.org/u/mlangseth)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [17 June 2020 10:38 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/event-data-widgets/1336 "2020-06-17T10:38:12Z")

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Does anyone know of any data repositories that have built a widget for displaying Event Data on data landing pages. My team manages the U.S. Geological Survey’s ScienceBase data repository and we’re wondering if we will …

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## [About the Event Data category](https://community.crossref.org/t/about-the-event-data-category/1242)

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**Author:** [@Vanessa](https://community.crossref.org/u/Vanessa)\
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Publisher metadata is one side of the story surrounding research outputs, but conversations, connections and activities that build further around scholarly research, takes place all over the web. We built Event Data to c…
