Modifying the instructions for Crossref credentials

[ifarley]

Hi @RBoelter. My name is Isaac Farley, Crossref technical support manager. Thanks for creating the Scopus/Crossref Plugin for OJS 3.x! Many of our members using OJS 3 make use of this plugin, so we're all grateful for it being available.

I wanted to suggest some improvements to the Crossref section of the instructions.

1. We recently made changes to the Cited-by service. It is now open to all of our members and enabled from the start of their membership, so there's no need for our members to contact us to request that we enable it. We also no longer require that our members register their own references before using the Cited-by service (albeit we do strongly encourage that members register all their references). That last bit wasn't included in your instructions, but just adding it here to be thorough and as an FYI to anyone reading this request.

So, for this first improvement, would you be open to updating the messaging from 'You must contact Crossref to ask for the Cited-by service to be enabled for your prefix(es)' to instead read 'The Cited-by service is enabled by default for all Crossref members/prefixes'?

2. Cited-by is not powered by our API. And, use of our API does not require credentials. Thus, the instructions about using a 'Crossref API' username and password to enable the plugin does cause some confusion for our members. Instead, we refer to those credentials simply as members' 'Crossref username' and 'Crossref password.'

So, for this second improvement, would you be open to updating the instructions to remove the mention of our API? This is more accurate:

In order to use the Cited-by service, you must be a Crossref member. Membership with Crossref may require fees. Please enter your Crossref credentials below.

Enter here your Crossref username
Enter here your Crossref password

Thanks in advance for considering these changes,
Isaac