Open Citation Project
Animal Health Information Specialists Annual Conference, April 2001, London
A joint NSF - JISC
International Digital Libraries
Project
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Reference linking services:
Open Citation vs CrossRef

Open Citation

  • Receives unstructured reference data
  • Software tools and citation databases will be made freely available
  • Link data aimed at Open Archive data providers
  • All links resolve to freely accessible papers - always available to every user
CrossRef
  • Managed, formatted reference data, DOI-based
  • Fee-based data service
  • Any reference linking service can buy in, but principally aimed at journal publishers
  • Users may not be able to follow links to cited papers

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