How to register DOI of articles in future issues using Crossref XML Plugin

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Hi

I wish to register DOI with Crossref using Crossref XML export plugin in OJS. But when I navigate to the plugin, future issues is not appearing in the drop down list of issues even though the articles parked in them have a DOI assigned and carries a publication date as well (postdated).

Please suggest how to proceed. I am using the latest OJS version.

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You need to publish the issue first. Registration of unpublished articles is not possible.

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Then how to register accepted research papers scheduled for publication in the forthcoming issues of the journal (say August 2022) but will published at a later date i.e. after 2-3 months. These papers are fully ready journal articles (except the galley file) that have landing pages as well as DOI assigned to them

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Crossref supports so-called pending publications since 2019 (see https://www.crossref.org/documentation/research-nexus/pending-publications/ ), but I am not aware that OJS and its Crossref export plugin supports that.
As a workaround, you could create a so called “Online First” or “Early View” or “Advance Online Publications” issue that is a yearly issue, backdated to 2022-01-01 (you must hide the publication date), and publish the articles (probably with a dummy galley) first there. Later, when it is known in which issue they finally get published, you assign them to this issue and re-deposit the metadata with Crossref.

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Hey thanks for the insight. But i was thinking of some other way. What if i publish my future issues first then submit the doi using the export plugin and once the doi is active i unpublish the issue. A bit of cheating. Will this work

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Yes, this would work, BUT: It’s not only about the DOI, there is a resolver behind. People using the registered DOI would not find the landing pages on your system. So not to be recommended.

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I’m joining in here as I have two papers for early view coming up but I don’t want the current issue to be bumped from the front page. So is there a way of creating an Early View Page with those papers without the current issue being in effect archived?

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Yes, this is possible. You can put whatever issue as current issue. There is a menu item for that in the back issues tab of the back end.

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I cant see a menu item on the Back Issues tab. What am I missing? or is it just a matter of ordering the issues? @ mpbraendle

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The menu is with each issue - click on the small triangle of the issue you want to set current and open the menu.