# \#snapshots

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## [Get and sync all Crossref metadata](https://community.crossref.org/t/get-and-sync-all-crossref-metadata/15562)

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**Author:** [@mrittman](https://community.crossref.org/u/mrittman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [8 September 2026 14:43 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/get-and-sync-all-crossref-metadata/15562 "2026-09-08T14:43:42Z")

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Would you like to have all Crossref metadata? No problem! You can. There are a few questions you might want to ask yourself first, and below we look at how you can get your hands on it. First, why do we give our data aw…

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## [Adding redirects for aliased DOIs in the REST API](https://community.crossref.org/t/adding-redirects-for-aliased-dois-in-the-rest-api/13138)

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**Author:** [@mrittman](https://community.crossref.org/u/mrittman)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [25 February 2025 14:31 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/adding-redirects-for-aliased-dois-in-the-rest-api/13138 "2025-02-25T14:31:40Z")

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From 25 February 2025, we will be adding redirects for aliased DOIs in the REST API. This means that requests won’t return aliased DOIs. What is aliasing? DOIs are persistent identifiers and can’t be deleted, but someti…

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## [How to read json file?](https://community.crossref.org/t/how-to-read-json-file/3195)

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**Author:** [@Garry](https://community.crossref.org/u/Garry)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [19 December 2022 16:57 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/how-to-read-json-file/3195 "2022-12-19T16:57:54Z")

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Hello, I’m having trouble reading the .json.gz file after downloading the torrent.

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## [Retrieving information on organizational authors](https://community.crossref.org/t/retrieving-information-on-organizational-authors/2884)

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**Author:** [@chartgerink](https://community.crossref.org/u/chartgerink)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [2 September 2022 18:09 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/retrieving-information-on-organizational-authors/2884 "2022-09-02T18:09:05Z")

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Hi :wave: I am currently doing a bit of desk research about the use of different kinds of contributors in deposited metadata. Specifically, I am trying to find out how the frequently organizations are added as contribut…

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## [Interpreting Public Data File](https://community.crossref.org/t/interpreting-public-data-file/2833)

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**Author:** [@jswainston](https://community.crossref.org/u/jswainston)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [26 July 2022 01:37 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/interpreting-public-data-file/2833 "2022-07-26T01:37:22Z")

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Hi, I’m hoping to have a play with the Crossref public data file to see what types of analysis might be possible with it. I’ve got the file downloaded and have opened one of the individual JSON files in a text editor to…

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## [Date range search of index changes seems to retrieve too many records](https://community.crossref.org/t/date-range-search-of-index-changes-seems-to-retrieve-too-many-records/1468)

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**Author:** [@slnm](https://community.crossref.org/u/slnm)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [16 February 2022 14:11 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/date-range-search-of-index-changes-seems-to-retrieve-too-many-records/1468 "2022-02-16T14:11:43Z")

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Some months ago I retrieved the covid-19 dataset. Now I want to retrieve any records that have been added or changed since then. I run this command to retrieve the the first page of the set of records starting April 1: …