Digital Publishing Central Asia (DPCA) operates as an official Crossref Sponsoring Organization, providing publishers and editorial teams with centralized access to the registration of Digital Object Identifiers (DOI).
The status of an official Crossref Sponsoring Organization enables DPCA to support publishers at all stages of DOI registration, including onboarding to the Crossref system, preparation and validation of metadata, and compliance with international scholarly publishing standards.
Within the Crossref sponsorship model, DPCA provides support to academic journals and publishing platforms in Kazakhstan and the region, ensuring transparent participation conditions, technical assistance, and methodological guidance.
DPCA’s role as an official Crossref Sponsoring Organization is aimed at strengthening sustainable scholarly publishing infrastructure, improving metadata quality, and integrating regional academic journals into the global research ecosystem.
