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Welcome to the Crossref members’ area Haven’t joined us yet? You need to be a member of Crossref in order to get a DOI prefix so you can create Crossref DOIs and register content. Membership allows you to connect your content with a global network of online scholarly research, currently over 25,000 other member organisations from 167 countries. It’s so much more than just getting a DOI. Please note: You don’t need to be a member to just use others’ metadata - if that’s all you need, read more about our open metadata retrieval tools . Apply to become a Crossref member If you haven’t joined Crossref yet, you can read more about membership and apply to join here. New member? Register for the webinar ‘Getting started at Crossref’ . Here we’ll cover how to register your content, understand member obligations, and navigate the tools and processes that connect your work to the scholarly community worldwide. Start registering your content Follow our new member setup guide . Get help You can get help from our detailed support docs , request support from our small team, or head to the community forum to ask others (there is a specific category for new members ). Some key documentation that you might be interested in: How to construct your DOIs Helper tools to manually register your metadata records Manage your records in our Content Registration system Verify your registration Understand the reports that we send by email Add references to your metadata Been a member for a while? Take a look at the quality of your metadata on your Crossref Participation Report . Don’t forget to include references in the content you register with us Make sure you are including funding information in your metadata - find identifiers for Funders via our Open Funder Registry (OFR) . Take a look at these extra services that are available to you: Similarity Check Cited by Crossmark And finally, remember that one of your member obligations is to include DOIs in your reference lists - find out more about Reference Linking . Maintaining your membership There are several things you need to do in order to maintain your membership. Pay your invoices - more on our billing FAQs page . Keep the metadata of your existing records up to date - more on maintaining your metadata . Plan any platform migrations carefully - read our platform migration guide . Let us know if any of your contact details change Continue to meet your member obligations - you can find a reminder of these here . Respond to the reports we send you and fix any errors - more on reports . Get more involved Sign up to our bi-monthly newsletter or our Spanish language newsletter . You can read the latest English issue here and the latest Spanish issue here. Vote in our board elections - more about our board and governance Attend a webinar or event - our latest events Join an advisory group or working group - find out more Help and advise other members on our community forum Cancel your membership By committing to our membership terms, you’ve committed to the long-term stewardship of your metadata and content. However, there are sometimes reasons why members need to cancel. It’s important that you tell us if you wish to cancel - otherwise we’ll continue to send you annual membership fee invoices and you’ll continue to be responsible for them. Find out more .