# Open Abstracts: Where are we? - Crossref

**URL:** <https://community.crossref.org/t/open-abstracts-where-are-we-crossref/1586>\
**Category:** News and current events\
**Tags:** blog, open-data, abstracts\
**Created:** [23 February 2021 20:08 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/open-abstracts-where-are-we-crossref/1586 "2021-02-23T20:08:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Crossref](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.crossref.org/crossref/32/31_2.png) [@Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/u/Crossref)\
**Post date:** [23 February 2021 20:08 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/open-abstracts-where-are-we-crossref/1586/1 "2021-02-23T20:08:52Z")

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The [Initiative for Open Abstracts (I4OA)](https://i4oa.org) launched this week. The initiative calls on scholarly publishers to make the abstracts of their publications openly available. More specifically, publishers that work with Crossref to register DOIs for their publications are requested to include abstracts in the metadata they deposit in Crossref. These abstracts will then be made openly available by Crossref. 39 publishers have already agreed to join I4OA and to open their abstracts.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://www.crossref.org/blog/open-abstracts-where-are-we/](https://www.crossref.org/blog/open-abstracts-where-are-we/)

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**Author:** ![Ginny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.crossref.org/ginny/32/1694_2.png) [@Ginny](https://community.crossref.org/u/Ginny)\
**Post date:** [16 July 2021 14:40 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/open-abstracts-where-are-we-crossref/1586/2 "2021-07-16T14:40:52Z")

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Listed on 16 July 2021 14:40 UTC