Crossref Search

Crossref Search helps visitors find scholarly publications and their digital object identifiers. Searches can use titles, authors and other citation details to locate matching records. It is useful for checking references and following a publication's persistent link. Metadata comes from participating sources, and access to the full work is determined by its publisher or repository.

Crossref Search helps locate scholarly metadata and identifiers for published works. It is useful when a reference needs to be matched to the correct title, author details or identifier. The original publication and its publisher information remain the next sources for reading the work itself, while the metadata record supports identifying it accurately.

It is useful for locating research material, a collection item or information about an original source. Its focus includes Publication metadata searches, DOI discovery and Reference checking, helping a reader distinguish a discovery record from the underlying work or item they ultimately want to consult.

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