Required, recommended, and optional metadata
Each record type we support has a unique set of requirements and recommended metadata. Contributor metadata is consistent across record types and, while not always required, has consistent recommendations if present.
Required metadata must be included or your submission will be rejected. Recommended metadata should be included to create a complete metadata record. Optional metadata should be included if relevant, but will not be relevant for most records.
Find required, recommended and optional metadata for:
| Recommended |
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| given_name, suffix, affiliation, ORCID |
Journal and article metadata
| Required | |
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| Journal (journal_metadata) | full_title, ISSN or title-level DOI and URL |
| Issue (issue_metadata) | issue, publication_date (year) |
| Article (article_metadata) | titles, publication_date (year), doi_data |
Issue elements are only required if a DOI is being deposited at the issue level. Article elements are likewise only required for article DOI deposits.
| Recommended | |
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| Journal (journal_metadata) | abbrev_title, doi_data, coden, journal_issue, archive-locations (with one archive name), title-level DOI and URL |
| Issue (issue_metadata) | publication_date (month, day), journal_volume, contributors, issue, doi_data |
| Article (article_metadata) | contributors, ORCID, publication_date (day, month), pages (first_page, last_page), citation_list, funding, license, Crossmark metadata and JATS-formatted abstracts |
| Optional |
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| publisher_item, special_numbering, component_list |
| Required | |
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| Series | titles, ISSN, volume, publication_date (year), publisher (publisher_name) |
| Set | titles, volume |
| Book | titles, publication_date (year), publisher |
| Chapter | doi_data |
| Recommended | |
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| Series | doi_data,edition_number, ISBN, contributors, coden, series_number, citation_list |
| Set | contributors, ISBN, edition_number, citation_list, doi_data |
| Book | contributors, ISBN, edition_number, doi_data, citation_list, funding, license, and Crossmark metadata |
| Chapter | contributors, titles, pages, publication_date, citation_list, funding, license, and Crossmark metadata |
| Optional |
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| publisher_item, part_number, component_number,component_list |
| Required | |
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| Series | titles, ISSN |
| Proceeding level | proceedings_title, publisher, publication_date (year) |
| Conference paper | contributors, titles, doi_data |
| Recommended | |
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| Series level | doi_data, contributors, series_number, ISBN |
| Conference level | volume, contributors, ISBN, event_metadata (conference_date, conference_location, conference_acronym, conference_theme, conference_sponsor, conference_number), proceedings_subject |
| Conference paper | publication_date, pages, citation_list, funding, license, and Crossmark metadata |
| Optional |
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| publisher_item, coden, component_list |
| Required | |
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| Database level | titles |
| Dataset level | doi_data |
| Recommended | |
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| Database level | contributors, description, database_date, publisher, institution, doi_data |
| Dataset level | contributors, titles, database_date, description, format, citation_list, component_list, funding, license, and Crossmark metadata |
| Optional |
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| publisher_item, component_list |
| Required |
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| titles, approval_date, institution, doi_data |
| Optional |
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| citation_list, component_list |
Posted content metadata
| Required |
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| titles, posted_date, doi_data |
| Recommended |
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| group_title, contributors, acceptance_date, institution, item_number, abstracts, doi_data, citation_list, funding, license, Crossmark metadata and JATS-formatted abstracts |
| Required | |
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| Series level | titles, ISSN |
| Report level | title, publication_date (year) |
| Recommended | |
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| Series level | contributors, coden, series_number, volume, doi_data, edition_number, approval_date, publisher, institution, doi_data, citation_list |
| Report level | contributors, ORCIDs, edition_number, approval_date, ISBN, publisher, institution, citation_list, funding, license, and Crossmark metadata |
| Optional |
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| publisher_item, contract_number |
| Required | |
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| Standard level | title, designator, approval_date, standard_body_name, standard_body_acronym |
| Item level | contributors, titles, component_number, publication_date (year), pages, publisher_item, doi_data |
| Optional |
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| publisher_item, content_item, component_list |
| Required |
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| title, review_date (year), relation (isReviewOf) |
| Recommended |
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| contributors, institution, competing_interest_statement, running_number, license metadata |
