Describe the issue or problem
I have configured the crossmark policy page and registered it with Crossref. Now I’m not sure how to proceed further and what step I need to take to get it running properly on the website, PDF, and HTML. Also, let me know if I have to again deposit metadata to CrossRef related to Crossmark activation.
Since I’m relatively new to the OJS environment, I will really appreciate help here to get this task done.
first of all, you need to insert the CrossMark image into the document and link it in the format: https://crossmark.crossref.org/dialog/?doi=10.xxxx/xxxxxxx&domain=pdf
where 10.xxxx/xxxxxxx will be your DOI number for the specified work. After that, during the registration and deposit of DOI numbers, the field for CrossMark should be filled.
And that is all.
I am using this link of a published article : https://crossmark.crossref.org/dialog/?doi=10.55735/3wyrpf37&domain=pdf where 10.55735/3wyrpf37 is the DOI of actual published content. I am also attached the screenshot when open this above link. Can you please help me out here, what im missing? The DOI generation and deposit is being automatically managed by OJS. Kindly let me know how to deposit the DOI numbers and the field of crossmark and how to submit it to get the crossmark to function properly.
Hi @Raza_Haider ! This usually means you haven’t deposited any crossmark-related metadata along with your crossref metadata. I’m not that familiar with OJS 3.5, but I suspect the full crossmark integration is not there yet. In any case, you can open the xml that you deposit to crossref (any text editor will work, but syntax-highlighting ones such as Notepad++ or VS Code are best) and check if the <crossmark> elements are there. If not, you’ll have to add them.
For one of the journals I manage, I’m adding the crossmark metadata to the “Crossref XML” exported from OJS pretty much manually (albeit with a Python script, which is very journal-specific and will not work for another journal without significant modifications). The general process is outlined on one of my sorry abandoned webpages from several years ago, here - it should be relevant for OJS 3 as well.
Hi @Raza_Haider !You cannot automatically manage CrossMark by OJS. You can again insert all metadata and fill the form for CrossMark, which is empty with automatic update by the OJS plugin. Or, do it as recommended by @voffch.
