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Preserving the integrity of the scholarly record is an important component of the overall endeavour to protect research integrity. Open scholarly infrastructure enables persistent recording of research objects and associated metadata, which provides an evidence trail for these objects for all in the research community. Crossref and DataCite – as providers of essential infrastructure for preservation of the scholarly record – we share our joint expertise in the new guide on “Why metadata matters for research integrity and how to contribute”.

Research integrity depends on accurate, complete, and connected metadata. This joint guide from Crossref and DataCite sets out the metadata elements most critical for assessing research integrity—and how all stakeholders can contribute to and benefit from a richer, more trustworthy scholarly record.

A joint guide from Crossref, DataCite, and ORCID introducing the role of persistent identifiers and open metadata in FAIR research and end-to-end research tracking—with concrete recommendations for the policies, workflows, and resourcing funders can put in place.