# \#new-members **URL:** https://community.crossref.org/tag/new-members/241.md [Latest](https://community.crossref.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.crossref.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.crossref.org/tags.md) --- ## [How do I spot a fake "DOI"? - Membership Ticket of the Month - November 2025](https://community.crossref.org/t/how-do-i-spot-a-fake-doi-membership-ticket-of-the-month-november-2025/14911)
**Author:** [@collinks](https://community.crossref.org/u/collinks)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [6 August 2026 16:37 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/how-do-i-spot-a-fake-doi-membership-ticket-of-the-month-november-2025/14911 "2026-08-06T16:37:34Z")
DOIs, as you probably know, are a tool that organizations can use to register metadata for scholarly materials they publish. When an organization registers a DOI, what they are doing is submitting metadata for that mater… --- ## [I want to join Crossref as a sponsored member…how do I pick the right sponsor? - Membership Ticket of the Month - July 2026](https://community.crossref.org/t/i-want-to-join-crossref-as-a-sponsored-member-how-do-i-pick-the-right-sponsor-membership-ticket-of-the-month-july-2026/16160)
**Author:** [@collinks](https://community.crossref.org/u/collinks)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [22 July 2026 14:59 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/i-want-to-join-crossref-as-a-sponsored-member-how-do-i-pick-the-right-sponsor-membership-ticket-of-the-month-july-2026/16160 "2026-07-22T14:59:38Z")
Crossref is a nonprofit membership-based trade organization. To register DOI records with us, your organization must first join Crossref as a member. There are two ways to join Crossref: as an independent member, or thro… --- ## [What "basic bibliographic information" should my landing pages include? - Membership Ticket of the Month - March 2026](https://community.crossref.org/t/what-basic-bibliographic-information-should-my-landing-pages-include-membership-ticket-of-the-month-march-2026/15718)
**Author:** [@collinks](https://community.crossref.org/u/collinks)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [27 April 2026 20:33 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/what-basic-bibliographic-information-should-my-landing-pages-include-membership-ticket-of-the-month-march-2026/15718 "2026-04-27T20:33:38Z")
Crossref’s guidelines say that each object for which a DOI record is registered (each article, each chapter, each dataset, each book, etc.) needs to have its own landing webpage with a unique URL. We talked (a lot) more… --- ## [Ticket of the month - January 2023 - DOI submissions using OJS (Open Journal Systems)](https://community.crossref.org/t/ticket-of-the-month-january-2023-doi-submissions-using-ojs-open-journal-systems/3283)
**Author:** [@arleysoto](https://community.crossref.org/u/arleysoto)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [13 March 2026 21:07 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/ticket-of-the-month-january-2023-doi-submissions-using-ojs-open-journal-systems/3283 "2026-03-13T21:07:19Z")
Many of our members use OJS for depositing DOIs for articles into our system. This simplifies the process of registering metadata for each DOI as the complete metadata is already available in OJS. If you want this proces… --- ## [Deseo obtener el DOI](https://community.crossref.org/t/deseo-obtener-el-doi/3697)
**Author:** [@Luis](https://community.crossref.org/u/Luis)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [3 March 2026 23:39 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/deseo-obtener-el-doi/3697 "2026-03-03T23:39:46Z")
Apreciada Comunidad soy Luis y tengo un repositorio digital, deseo obtener el DOI Para poder ofertar mis servicios como receptor de articulos cientificos. Atento a su respuesta Dear Community, I am Luis and I have a di… --- ## [Procedures and cost of getting doi number for journal article](https://community.crossref.org/t/procedures-and-cost-of-getting-doi-number-for-journal-article/5293)
**Author:** [@Lexfabian](https://community.crossref.org/u/Lexfabian)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [3 March 2026 23:36 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/procedures-and-cost-of-getting-doi-number-for-journal-article/5293 "2026-03-03T23:36:38Z")
Please what are the procedures and cost of assigning doi number to journal article in Nigeria --- ## [How does Crossref calculate my membership fee? - Membership Ticket of the Month - January 2026](https://community.crossref.org/t/how-does-crossref-calculate-my-membership-fee-membership-ticket-of-the-month-january-2026/15205)
**Author:** [@collinks](https://community.crossref.org/u/collinks)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [29 January 2026 02:17 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/how-does-crossref-calculate-my-membership-fee-membership-ticket-of-the-month-january-2026/15205 "2026-01-29T02:17:49Z")
It’s the first Membership Ticket of the Month of the year!\* 2026 sees all sorts of changes related to Crossref’s fees: We added 18 new countries to our GEM program, entitling members in these countries to fee-free acce… --- ## [What’s the effect of displaying unregistered DOIs on my Crossref membership application? - Membership Ticket of the Month - December 2024](https://community.crossref.org/t/what-s-the-effect-of-displaying-unregistered-dois-on-my-crossref-membership-application-membership-ticket-of-the-month-december-2024/12984)
**Author:** [@robbykharosalien](https://community.crossref.org/u/robbykharosalien)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [8 January 2025 21:22 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/what-s-the-effect-of-displaying-unregistered-dois-on-my-crossref-membership-application-membership-ticket-of-the-month-december-2024/12984 "2025-01-08T21:22:35Z")
Hello, I’m Robbykha from Crossref’s membership team. Happy New Year! Recently, we’ve had a couple of membership applications from organizations that have published content with DOIs already displayed, on an existing Cr… --- ## [How to provide DOI number for old already published article](https://community.crossref.org/t/how-to-provide-doi-number-for-old-already-published-article/13995)
**Author:** [@gimrj12](https://community.crossref.org/u/gimrj12)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [23 June 2025 20:54 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/how-to-provide-doi-number-for-old-already-published-article/13995 "2025-06-23T20:54:39Z")
How to provide DOI number for old already published article becouse we not modify this PDF file so please suggest best way to get our old publised articles. --- ## [How do I apply for membership and when will I receive my invoice after applying?](https://community.crossref.org/t/how-do-i-apply-for-membership-and-when-will-i-receive-my-invoice-after-applying/13907)
**Author:** [@shenxiaoyin](https://community.crossref.org/u/shenxiaoyin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [6 June 2025 08:26 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/how-do-i-apply-for-membership-and-when-will-i-receive-my-invoice-after-applying/13907 "2025-06-06T08:26:05Z")
Dear Crossref Team, I would like to ask what are the specific steps to apply for membership, when and how should I receive my receipt after applying? Xiaoyin Looking forward to hearing from you. --- ## [Are my landing pages ready for takeoff? 🚀 - Membership Ticket of the Month - June 2024](https://community.crossref.org/t/are-my-landing-pages-ready-for-takeoff-membership-ticket-of-the-month-june-2024/6323)
**Author:** [@collinks](https://community.crossref.org/u/collinks)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [2 April 2025 22:35 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/are-my-landing-pages-ready-for-takeoff-membership-ticket-of-the-month-june-2024/6323 "2025-04-02T22:35:23Z")
Hi there, it’s Collin from the Membership team! One of the requirements to join Crossref is that each of your citable items (that is, each book, chapter, article, report, dataset, or other item for which you will be reg… --- ## [DOI prefix - how did I get one for my journal?](https://community.crossref.org/t/doi-prefix-how-did-i-get-one-for-my-journal/12807)
**Author:** [@shimulbhuia](https://community.crossref.org/u/shimulbhuia)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [3 March 2025 16:17 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/doi-prefix-how-did-i-get-one-for-my-journal/12807 "2025-03-03T16:17:31Z")
How I can get doi prefix for my journal and publishing house? I can’t understand the process --- ## [Why is my DOI prefix lower than someone else’s? - Membership Ticket of the Month - February 2025](https://community.crossref.org/t/why-is-my-doi-prefix-lower-than-someone-else-s-membership-ticket-of-the-month-february-2025/13215)
**Author:** [@collinks](https://community.crossref.org/u/collinks)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [18 February 2025 21:58 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/why-is-my-doi-prefix-lower-than-someone-else-s-membership-ticket-of-the-month-february-2025/13215 "2025-02-18T21:58:44Z")
February’s Membership Ticket of the Month comes from Samuel at one of Crossref’s sponsoring organizations, Cultural Hosting. Samuel noticed that last year we assigned a new sponsored member a DOI prefix in the 10.71000s… --- ## [How to make DOI](https://community.crossref.org/t/how-to-make-doi/4068)
**Author:** [@Mary](https://community.crossref.org/u/Mary)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [19 December 2024 18:31 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/how-to-make-doi/4068 "2024-12-19T18:31:13Z")
Could you please help step by step how to make DOI for the article (from the journal). I have access (we paid for it) but I still do not exactly understand what website I have t use to create DOI, what I need to chose th… --- ## [I’m a new member, how can I register the content of a jounral including issues and articles,](https://community.crossref.org/t/i-m-a-new-member-how-can-i-register-the-content-of-a-jounral-including-issues-and-articles/12110)
**Author:** [@mtbaileh](https://community.crossref.org/u/mtbaileh)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [18 September 2024 15:15 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/i-m-a-new-member-how-can-i-register-the-content-of-a-jounral-including-issues-and-articles/12110 "2024-09-18T15:15:18Z")
I want to register a journal, our institute is a publisher and we registered the institute and take a prefix ,the first step is to register a journal which has a more than 90 issues each one has at least 10 -15 articles. … --- ## [Two different roles?](https://community.crossref.org/t/two-different-roles/5396)
**Author:** [@Dixie](https://community.crossref.org/u/Dixie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [30 April 2024 21:59 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/two-different-roles/5396 "2024-04-30T21:59:35Z")
Hello. I have two roles registered, one finishing with p and the other with j. What is the difference between the two? Thanks in advance! --- ## [Article metadata deposit form](https://community.crossref.org/t/article-metadata-deposit-form/5100)
**Author:** [@Harikrishnan](https://community.crossref.org/u/Harikrishnan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [18 March 2024 19:41 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/article-metadata-deposit-form/5100 "2024-03-18T19:41:46Z")
Hi all. Being an infant in DOI registration, my humble request is to lead me towards precise answer/link. Query: We have registered our journal DOI via web deposit form. A’Success’ message was displayed. Now Where and h… --- ## [How to upload metadata table](https://community.crossref.org/t/how-to-upload-metadata-table/5076)
**Author:** [@guojikexue](https://community.crossref.org/u/guojikexue)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [14 March 2024 10:07 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/how-to-upload-metadata-table/5076 "2024-03-14T10:07:12Z")
hello I want to know how to upload metadata. Is there a format template for reference? --- ## [6 questions to ask before joining Crossref to register DOIs](https://community.crossref.org/t/6-questions-to-ask-before-joining-crossref-to-register-dois/5022)
**Author:** [@collinks](https://community.crossref.org/u/collinks)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [29 February 2024 14:50 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/6-questions-to-ask-before-joining-crossref-to-register-dois/5022 "2024-02-29T14:50:20Z")
Thinking of joining Crossref as a member? I’ve outlined six questions to ask before joining in a post over at the Publishers Learning and Community Exchange (The PLACE): 6 questions to ask before joining Crossref to re… --- ## [Solicitar acceso registro de contenido](https://community.crossref.org/t/solicitar-acceso-registro-de-contenido/5007)
**Author:** [@Maria64](https://community.crossref.org/u/Maria64)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [25 February 2024 11:01 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/solicitar-acceso-registro-de-contenido/5007 "2024-02-25T11:01:16Z")
Buenos días, Mi institucion tiene un código para registro de publicaciones editadas por el servicio de publicaciones de la Universidad de Murcia, ahora desde la biblioteca queremos registrar las tesis publicadas en acce… --- ## [Shall I include DOI in my landing page when registering item](https://community.crossref.org/t/shall-i-include-doi-in-my-landing-page-when-registering-item/4973)
**Author:** [@zavier.chan](https://community.crossref.org/u/zavier.chan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [19 February 2024 15:18 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/shall-i-include-doi-in-my-landing-page-when-registering-item/4973 "2024-02-19T15:18:42Z")
Hi, I am new to DOI and Cross Ref, and I have a fundamental question about registering item. According the display guideline of CrossRef, we have to display our DOI URL clearly on our landing page. And according to th… --- ## [Ticket of the month - January 2024 - A reminder about constructing your DOI suffixes](https://community.crossref.org/t/ticket-of-the-month-january-2024-a-reminder-about-constructing-your-doi-suffixes/4874)
**Author:** [@ifarley](https://community.crossref.org/u/ifarley)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [5 February 2024 21:51 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/ticket-of-the-month-january-2024-a-reminder-about-constructing-your-doi-suffixes/4874 "2024-02-05T21:51:43Z")
New and existing members often have questions about how to construct their DOI suffixes. As a reminder, Crossref doesn’t assign DOIs to your content for you. Instead, we assign you a DOI prefix (a string of numbers begin… --- ## [Adding new textbook to Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/t/adding-new-textbook-to-crossref/4323)
**Author:** [@mpascoe](https://community.crossref.org/u/mpascoe)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [8 December 2023 07:56 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/adding-new-textbook-to-crossref/4323 "2023-12-08T07:56:54Z")
Hello community, I recently served as Editor for a new anatomy textbook. The work is published through the developer, Kenhub GmbH and has not been assigned a DOI. I would love to find out how to add to Crossref so that … --- ## [Substack & Science](https://community.crossref.org/t/substack-science/4179)
**Author:** [@dayne](https://community.crossref.org/u/dayne)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [17 November 2023 08:26 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/substack-science/4179 "2023-11-17T08:26:17Z")
Hello Crossref community! My name’s Dayne, I’m a product researcher at Substack, a writing platform. Substack hosts some of the top academics and public intellectuals in the world, but articles published on Substack do… --- ## [Get a Doi conference](https://community.crossref.org/t/get-a-doi-conference/4265)
**Author:** [@YOU22](https://community.crossref.org/u/YOU22)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [31 October 2023 17:21 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/get-a-doi-conference/4265 "2023-10-31T17:21:15Z")
Hello I would like to ask about the possibility of obtaining a doi for writing a conference containing approximately 100 manuscripts, noting that the conference is international and held by a college. Thank you so much … --- ## [ISSN required change for new ISSN for print and online](https://community.crossref.org/t/issn-required-change-for-new-issn-for-print-and-online/4243)
**Author:** [@cybermon](https://community.crossref.org/u/cybermon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [26 October 2023 13:49 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/issn-required-change-for-new-issn-for-print-and-online/4243 "2023-10-26T13:49:13Z")
Hello, We have print ISSN with DOIs for last year publications of journal and journal has name changed before DOIs. I was requested for ISSN online version for this journal. But they wrote me that new ISSN assignment… --- ## [New Membership in crossref](https://community.crossref.org/t/new-membership-in-crossref/4194)
**Author:** [@LeLong](https://community.crossref.org/u/LeLong)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [26 October 2023 08:06 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/new-membership-in-crossref/4194 "2023-10-26T08:06:00Z")
Dear all, Hello everyone in the membership community, I come from Vietnam, Journal of Science Lac Hong University. I joined the membership community with the desire to share, exchange and learn knowledge about Journal… --- ## [How do I get a DOI for my journal?](https://community.crossref.org/t/how-do-i-get-a-doi-for-my-journal/1621)
**Author:** [@ammarahameed](https://community.crossref.org/u/ammarahameed)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [6 October 2023 10:00 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/how-do-i-get-a-doi-for-my-journal/1621 "2023-10-06T10:00:14Z")
How do I get a DOI for my journal? I have gone through the reading material but dont understand from where i can do it exactly? We are using direct deposit method. --- ## [Became a member of the Crossref and activation of DOI](https://community.crossref.org/t/became-a-member-of-the-crossref-and-activation-of-doi/3894)
**Author:** [@Zhadyra](https://community.crossref.org/u/Zhadyra)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [8 August 2023 11:00 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/became-a-member-of-the-crossref-and-activation-of-doi/3894 "2023-08-08T11:00:37Z")
Hello, dears! We are the University in Kazakhstan and we want to became a member of Crossref for activating our University Sientific Journal. I have questions about having your memebership. Our journal will be published … --- ## [Available content types and selecting a content type](https://community.crossref.org/t/available-content-types-and-selecting-a-content-type/3805)
**Author:** [@clarkaccdon](https://community.crossref.org/u/clarkaccdon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [12 July 2023 18:44 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/available-content-types-and-selecting-a-content-type/3805 "2023-07-12T18:44:44Z")
Currently we publish both posters and webinars. What is the most appropriate content type for these? Our platform for posters has ended up functioning as a diamond OA repository, very similar to preprint servers. Is Cro… [Next page](https://community.crossref.org/tag/new-members/241.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=new-members)