CROSS BRAND POLICY PAGE

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56294/dmcrossmark

The Sapiens Sciences International Journal (SASCSIJ) is committed to ensuring high-quality standards in all of its publications.

Crossmark is a multi-publisher initiative from Crossref designed to provide a standard way for readers to locate the current version of content. SASCSIJ is dedicated to maintaining the content it publishes and notifying readers of any changes that may occur.

Research doesn’t stop: even after publication, articles can be updated with supplementary data or corrections. It is important to know if the content being cited has been updated, corrected, or retracted, and that is the assurance that publishers can offer readers through the use of Crossmark. It is a standardized button, consistent across all platforms, that reveals the status of a content item and can display any additional metadata chosen by the member. Importantly, the Crossmark button is embedded in PDFs, meaning members have a way to alert readers about changes months or even years after it has been downloaded.

With a single click, you can see whether the content has been updated, corrected, or retracted, and access valuable additional metadata provided by the member, such as key publication dates (submission, review, acceptance), the authors' ORCID identifiers, content type, plagiarism detection status, and information about funding, licensing, peer review, and research data location.

For Crossmark purposes, there are two categories of updates: minor and major changes.

Minor changes include formatting and spelling corrections. There are no substantial changes to alert the reader about, so the Crossmark status remains current. If the changes do not affect the accreditation or interpretation of the work, the Crossmark status remains unchanged. This also applies to article version control: if changes between versions of a work do not reflect significant changes in the content of the article, the Crossmark status should remain current.

Major changes affect the Crossmark status of the work, as Crossmark is intended to inform readers about significant changes in published literature. Substantial changes, such as the retraction of an article due to an error, or the addition or removal of an author, should be reflected in the Crossmark status of a work. It is good practice to publish a correction or retraction notice (with its own DOI) and not place it behind access control. This allows readers to follow the link in the Crossmark button and find more details about the update.