This is an important milestone. "The more than 60 million scientific-journal papers indexed by Crossref — the database that registers DOIs, or digital object identifiers, for many of the world's academic publications — now contain reference lists that are free to access and reuse. The milestone, announced on Twitter on 18 August, is the result of an effort by the Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC), launched in 2017." To this point, commercial publishers held a stranglehold over citation indices. "Free access to citations enables researchers to identify research trends, lets them conduct studies on which areas of research need funding, and helps them to spot when scientists are manipulating citation counts." Crossref is creating what it calls the 'research nexus', "a rich and reusable open network of relationships connecting research organizations, people, things, and actions; a scholarly record that the global community can build on forever, for the benefit of society." (Contrast this vision with that of the Network State).
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