We have thousands of small members from all over the world. Being small-scale doesn’t limit your ability to connect your content with the global network of online scholarly research. Each Crossref member also gets to cast their vote to create a board that represents all types of organizations.
If you publish one journal or thousands, you’re welcome to join our growing community.
We know that cost and technical capabilities can be barriers to participation. Joining through a Sponsor can help. Members who take this option have the same obligations and benefits as any other member, but they have someone representing them for Crossref services and they don’t pay fees to Crossref directly.
Instead, the sponsor pays one membership fee to Crossref for all the members that they work with, and sponsors also pay the content registration fees for any content registered by their members. Many sponsors then pass on these fees to members and/or charge the members for their services, so it’s important for members to discuss the agreement carefully with a sponsor before starting to work with them.
Sponsors have to fulfill strict criteria to be accepted. Different sponsors offer different services, but most:
- Facilitate content registration with Crossref on behalf of the members they work with
- Provide administrative, technical, and (if applicable) local language support
- Handle Crossref billing (which is in US$) on behalf of these members
- Are able to receive payment for their services in local currency.
Each Sponsor has specific criteria that organizations must meet in order to work with them. For example, some Sponsors only work with organizations that are connected to them in some way - for example, they may be part of the same university consortium or the organization may be using a specific publishing platform. Others focus on a certain geographic region or language.
To learn more about eligibility for a specific sponsor, you may search the list below for your requirements using the filter ‘member criteria’. You can click on a Sponsor’s listing to see their full details.
Each listing contains the country in which they are located, their geographic region, their membership criteria, additional information about their services, website, and contact details.
If you identify a Sponsor that you’d like to explore working with, do contact them directly; we cannot broker that arrangement for you. If you agree to work together, your Sponsor will send you a dedicated link to apply for Crossref membership under their sponsorship. Please don’t use the standard link to apply for membership that you can find on this website.
Upon receipt of your application, we usually provide your Sponsor with your prefix and Crossref account credentials within four working days and they will be in touch with you from there.
The following organizations are currently acting as Crossref Sponsors. Use the following navigation on the form to find your future sponsor:
Base country - the geographical location of the sponsor, where they are based.
Region - the geographical region where the sponsor focuses in supporting organizations. (Additionally, each sponsor has specific criteria that organizations must meet to work with them. To learn more about the eligibility for a specific sponsor, click on the sponsor listing or search for your requirements using the filter ‘member criteria’)
Filter - refine your search for a specific sponsor, member criteria, country, or other information about the sponsors (such as platform or language)
For more information please contact our membership team.
