Indexed with Crossref Requirement
To get indexed with Crossref (i.e., to register DOIs and make your journal metadata discoverable), a Bangladeshi Medical Journal must meet several technical, editorial, and policy-related requirements. Below is a clear breakdown:
✅ 1. Journal Eligibility Requirements
Your medical journal must:
- Be a legitimate scholarly publication
- Publish peer-reviewed research
- Have a regular publication schedule (quarterly, biannual, annual, etc.)
- Have a stable journal website
- Display editorial board and peer-review policy
- Follow publication ethics (COPE recommended)
Crossref does NOT evaluate research quality like PubMed or Scopus — it focuses on metadata quality and publishing standards.
✅ 2. Mandatory Technical Requirements
Your journal must have:
🔹 ISSN (Required)
- Print ISSN and/or Online ISSN from Bangladesh National ISSN Centre
- ISSN must be active and verifiable
🔹 DOI Membership Application
You must apply for Crossref membership:
Required information:
- Publisher name (Journal authority or institution)
- Official email
- Journal website URL
- ISSN
- Publication type (Journal)
- Country: Bangladesh
There is no membership fee or DOI registration fee for Bangladeshi Journal
(Waivers sometimes available for developing countries)
✅ 3. Required Journal Website Elements
Your journal website must clearly show:
Editorial Information
✔ Editor-in-Chief name
✔ Editorial board
✔ Institutional affiliation
Policies Pages
✔ Peer-review policy
✔ Publication ethics
✔ Plagiarism policy
✔ Retraction policy
✔ Open access policy
Article Pages Must Include:
✔ Title
✔ Authors
✔ Abstract
✔ Keywords
✔ References
✔ Publication date
✅ 4. Metadata Requirements (Critical)
Each article metadata must contain:
- Article title
- Author names
- ORCID (recommended)
- Abstract
- References (important)
- DOI landing page URL
- License information (Creative Commons recommended)
Crossref requires structured XML metadata deposit or plugin-based submission.
✅ 5. Reference Linking Requirement
Your journal must:
- Deposit reference lists
- Enable citation linking
- Use correct reference formatting
This improves:
✔ Google Scholar indexing
✔ Citation tracking
✔ Impact measurement
✅ 6. Publishing Ethics Compliance
Medical journals especially must follow:
- ICMJE authorship criteria
- COPE ethical guidelines
- Patient consent statements
- Clinical trial registration (if applicable)
✅ 7. Recommended (But Not Mandatory)
To improve acceptance and credibility:
✔ OJS platform (Open Journal Systems)
✔ Crossmark metadata
✔ Funding metadata
✔ ORCID integration
✔ CC-BY license
⚠ Important Note for Bangladeshi Journals
Many Bangladeshi journals get rejected due to:
❌ No ISSN display
❌ Fake editorial boards
❌ No peer-review page
❌ Broken article links
❌ Low-quality website
❌ Incomplete metadata
✅ After Crossref Approval
You will be able to:
- Assign DOI to every article
- Appear in global DOI databases
- Enable citation tracking
- Improve Google Scholar visibility
- Integrate with PubMed Central (if eligible)
If you want, tell me:
- Your journal name
- Website link
- Current ISSN status
👉 I can check whether your Bangladeshi Medical Journal is Crossref-ready and what exactly needs fixing.
Dr. Sadequel Islam Talukder
Experience Editor of Medical Journal
sadequel@yahoo.com







