Letter from DOI (Crossref):

We provide reference linking among scholarly publishers and other collaborative services. Publishers get many benefits from CrossRef and they must also follow some important rules to ensure our services are persistent, sustainable and fair to all members.

Outbound Reference Linking

- You must link the references in your current journal articles to the articles at other publishers' sites using CrossRef DOIs.  

Benefits of CrossRef Membership

There are also important benefits of joining CrossRef and these include:

- CrossRef DOI links are stable, persistent links that preserve the scholarly citation record. 

- Thousands of other publishers and organizations will automatically link to your content, increasing your traffic.

- Your content will be more useful to readers when they can easily link from your references to other relevant articles.

- You can collaborate with other CrossRef members on new technologies.

- You can participate in optional services like CrossRef Cited-by Linking and CrossCheck, a plagiarism screening service.

Member Services Coordinator
CrossRef
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