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Crossref Joins Asian Council of Science Editors

By  Editor's Brew Nov 11, 2025 12080 0

The Asian Council of Science Editors (ACSE) is proud to announce that Crossref, a leading global organization supporting open and reliable scholarly infrastructure, has officially joined ACSE as a corporate member.

It’s a recognition of strategic opportunities for our organisations to work together towards advancing accessibility, visibility, and trust in research across the global scholarly communication ecosystem.

“We are delighted to welcome Crossref to the ACSE community. Their work in building open infrastructure aligns strongly with our mission to strengthen editorial practices, improve research integrity, and enhance access to knowledge globally,” said  Maryam Sayab, Executive Director at ACSE.

“We are excited to join ACSE as a member. We look forward to connecting with the editorial community in Asia and supporting them in adopting good metadata practices,” said Madhura Amdekar, Community Engagement Manager at Crossref.

Through this membership, ACSE and Crossref aim to foster:

  • Stronger regional engagement between publishers, editors, and research communities in Asia and beyond.
  • Greater visibility of scholarly outputs through persistent identifiers and metadata infrastructure.
  • Collaboration on educational and capacity-building initiatives, helping journals adopt best practices in research integrity and discoverability.

As ACSE continues to expand its collaborations     with global infrastructure leaders, Crossref’s membership      will support its vision of connecting global solutions with local publishing communities, promoting more open, equitable, and transparent research practices.

For ACSE members: If you are interested in learning more about how Crossref tools and services can support your journal or organization, or wish to explore collaboration opportunities, please contact us at [email protected].

About Crossref
Crossref is a not-for-profit membership organization that makes research outputs easy to find, cite, link, assess, and reuse. It provides open infrastructure for scholarly communication, including registration of Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs), metadata services, and community-driven initiatives to ensure the trustworthiness of research.

Website: https://www.crossref.org

About ACSE
Asian Council of Science Editors (ACSE) is a membership-based organization dedicated to promoting best practices in scholarly publishing across Asia and beyond. ACSE connects editors, publishers, and researchers through training, resources, and global collaborations to advance research integrity and editorial excellence.

Website: https://theacse.com

Keywords

Crossref ACSE Scholarly Publishing open infrastructure metadata research integrity editorial community global collaboration

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