News on COMET

Unlocking Author-Affiliation Metadata for All of arXiv

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 10:36:27 +0000

The COMET team is pleased to share results from an exciting line of work we have recently completed, focused on unlocking author-affiliation metadata from preprints. With this approach, we have for the first time produced open author-affiliation metadata for the full arXiv corpus as of December 2025, enabling community use and allowing for direct improvements to persistent identifier metadata. Please read on to learn more!

Crossref's Perspective on Open Metadata Enrichment

Fri, 07 Nov 2025 12:10:37 +0000

As one of the largest open scholarly infrastructures and metadata registries, Crossref offers a unique perspective on collaborative metadata enrichment and how initiatives like COMET align with its development roadmap, driven by the goals of its diverse community—by Ginny Hendricks, Chief Program Officer at Crossref.

Driving open research information forward: Why metadata enrichment matters for us at CWTS

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 14:07:12 +0000

The Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University recently joined the COMET Organizer group. In this post, CWTS researcher Nees Jan van Eck explains why CWTS is passionate about enriching metadata and participating in COMET.

Why Metadata Enrichment Matters for the Public Knowledge Project

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 19:30:58 +0000

Through COMET, PKP wants to help put in place processes, systems, and governance that can bring together a community—of scholars, librarians, infrastructure developers, university administrators, funders, and others—to develop a shared accountability for the integrity of scholarly communication.

California Digital Library’s COMET Organizational Perspective

Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:13:20 +0000

Why CDL Is Investing in COMET: A Community-Centered Path to Richer Metadata