Crossref

Crossref

Public REST API for scholarly metadata — 150M+ works, DOIs, journals, funders, members, and licenses.

No auth required19 tools

Three ways to use Crossref

Ask your specialist

Pull data, take actions, or answer questions with this integration, right in a conversation.

Build a workflow

Create automated workflows that trigger on events, run on a schedule, or chain multiple tools together.

Power an app

Use this integration as a data source or action layer behind a dashboard, form, or internal tool.

Supported tools

Actions your AI agents can perform with Crossref.

Check Work Exists

Cheap existence check for a DOI without fetching the metadata payload.

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Get DOI Prefix

Look up the steward (owning member) and metadata for a DOI prefix.

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Get Funder by ID

Retrieve full metadata for a single funder from the Open Funder Registry by funder ID.

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Get Journal by ISSN

Retrieve full metadata for a specific journal by ISSN, including deposit counts and publisher.

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Get Member by ID

Retrieve full metadata for a single Crossref member organization by numeric ID.

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Get Work by DOI

Retrieve the full metadata record for a single scholarly work by its DOI.

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Get started automating Crossref

01Connect your accountLink your account securely with OAuth or an API key.
02Choose a trigger or toolPick the events and actions your workflow should use.
03Configure the workflowDescribe what you want and your specialist wires it up for you.
04Refine the processTest runs, review output, and tweak until it's right.
05Turn it onSet it live and it runs on a schedule or on events.

Your Crossref workflows, on autopilot.

Connect Crossref and let AI agents handle the busywork.

Connect Crossref

Create an account to connect your tools.

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