SwetsnetNavigator implements CrossRef linking to IEEE and Wiley j ournals Sarah Kellman 08 Oct 2001 21:50 UTC
PRESS RELEASE Lisse, the Netherlands October 8, 2001 SwetsnetNavigator implements CrossRef linking to IEEE and Wiley journals Swets Blackwell announced today the addition of article-level links to over 100 electronic journals published by IEEE and Wiley from SwetsnetNavigator, their electronic journal service. Linking of this nature is possible because of the combined CrossRef and DOI technologies. Swets Blackwell joined CrossRef's Affiliate program in December 2000, and was the first subscription agent to do so. Gaining affiliate status enabled Swets Blackwell to obtain Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) from CrossRef's metadata database for articles published by CrossRef member publishers not included in SwetsnetNavigator. By incorporating these DOIs into SwetsnetNavigator's Tables of Contents and search results, users can seamlessly link to the corresponding article at CrossRef member publishers' sites. Because Swets Blackwell's subscription administration system is completely integrated with SwetsnetNavigator, links to full text articles will only appear if users hold subscriptions to the corresponding journals. IEEE and Wiley are among the first CrossRef publishers for whom Swets Blackwell has implemented these links, and more publishers will be added to SwetsnetNavigator in the future thanks to this technology. The number of IEEE and Wiley journals to which links have been created will also increase over time. Yvonne Campfens, Director of Publisher Relations & Marketing at Swets Blackwell, commented: "Being a CrossRef Affiliate has enabled us to increase the number of links to publishers and titles in SwetsnetNavigator. We are extremely pleased to have such prestigious publishers as IEEE and Wiley to link to via SwetsnetNavigator". Ed Pentz, Executive Director of CrossRef, added: "We are very pleased. This development demonstrates both the value of CrossRef to the broader primary and secondary publishing industry, and the different ways in which CrossRef's linking infrastructure can be put to use." CrossRef is a non-profit collaborative reference linking service formed by scholarly publishers. Membership is open to primary scholarly publishers while other organizations can become CrossRef Affiliates or agents. CrossRef operates behind-the-scenes by maintaining a database of Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) and metadata and offering a DOI look up service to enable the creation of links to full text locations. CrossRef currently has 83 member publishers with more than 3.5 million articles from over 5,100 journals in its database. For more information about CrossRef, visit http://www.crossref.org * * * News Media Contacts: Sarah Kellman Amy Brand Communications Executive Director of Business Development Swets Blackwell CrossRef Tel: +31 (0)252 435 584 Tel: +1 781-359-2450 press@nl.swetsblackwell.com abrand@crossref.org