PID strategies are being written around the world right now, and the decisions being made will shape the scholarly record for decades. After 25 years running open scholarly infrastructureânow on behalf of 25,000 members in 167 countriesâCrossref has an informed perspective on what those decisions should ideally rest on. Today we’re setting it out in our’s first position paper: Persistent identifiers in research infrastructure policy: the need for a holistic approach. You can read it online or download the PDF; it’s a 16-minute read.
Research is rarely limited to a single contributor performing a single role. Behind every research output are people contributing in various ways: software development, data analyses, methodology design, and much more. Often, the same person contributes in several of these ways. Until now, Crossref metadata could only capture part of that picture, but this is changing with Schema 5.5.
Through user experience research (UXR) initiatives that take into account our diverse membership and community, we can have a continuous, deeper understanding of the role of metadata in our membersâ workflows, and ensure that our work continues to meet our communityâs needs. Your support is the key to this process, and will positively impact the wider community - and if youâd like to start today, you can take part in our latest initiative: help us improve our Events page by sharing your thoughts on the pageâs feedback form.
Our 2026 Community Update took place on 13 May. Two calls, one for the eastern and one for the western time zone, highlighted how our global community is growing, how weâre refining the metadata that supports trust in the scholarly record, and connecting records more effectively through our latest tools.
To work out which version you’re on, take a look at the website address that you use to access iThenticate. If you go to ithenticate.com then you are using v1. If you use a bespoke URL, https://crossref-[your member ID].turnitin.com/ then you are using iThenticate 2.0.
When your organisation signs up for Similarity Check, a central contact at your organisation will become your Similarity Check account administrator. They will set up all the users on your account.
When your administrator adds you as a user, youâll receive an email from noreply@ithenticate.com with the subject line âAccount Createdâ containing a username and a single-use password. You may only log in once with the single-use password, and you must change it the first time you log in.
Log in to your user account (v1)
Start from the link in the invitation email from noreply@ithenticate.com with the subject line âAccount Createdâ and click Login
Enter your username and single-use password
Click to agree to the terms of the end-user license agreement. These terms govern your personal use of the service. Theyâre separate from the central Similarity Check service agreement that your organisation has agreed to.
To change your email address, remove your current address from the âEmailâ field, enter your new email in the same field, and click âUpdate Profileâ to save.
To change your password, enter a new password in the Change Password field, repeat it in the Confirm Password field, and click âUpdate Profileâ to save.
Find your way around for users (v1)
In the main navigation bar at the top of the screen, you will see several tabs:
Folders: this is the main area of iThenticate, where you upload, manage, and view documents for checking
