McMaster University

McMaster University Library Crossref Membership

McMaster University Library's Crossref membership, under which it mints DOIs on its own prefix 10.15173 for library-published scholarship. A publication record in the McMaster Experts API bearing this prefix was minted under McMaster's own membership rather than a commercial publisher's. Recorded as a registry membership; the Crossref API is Crossref's contract.

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: mcmaster:crossref
name: McMaster University Library Crossref Membership
x-operator: registry
x-operator-evidence: Crossref member 5872, primary name "McMaster University Library", DOI prefix 10.15173,
  3,018 DOIs registered as of 2026-09-01. McMaster Undergraduate Research Journal is a separate member,
  5874.
description: McMaster University Library's Crossref membership, under which it mints DOIs on its own prefix
  10.15173 for library-published scholarship. A publication record in the McMaster Experts API bearing
  this prefix was minted under McMaster's own membership rather than a commercial publisher's. Recorded
  as a registry membership; the Crossref API is Crossref's contract.
humanURL: https://www.crossref.org/
tags:
- Crossref
- DOI
- Persistent Identifiers
- Registry Membership
- Scholarly Communication
properties:
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/mcmaster-conformance.yml