Beyond the DOI: Leveraging Metadata to Signal Trust in Scholarly Publishing
October 23, 2025 at 11am - 12:30pm ET

In an era of increasing scrutiny of research integrity, metadata has emerged as more than a technical necessity -- it is now a vital trust signal. Rich, structured metadata -- including author affiliations, funding disclosures, contributor roles, corrections and retractions, linked datasets, and more -- provides essential context that can help stakeholders assess the trustworthiness of scholarly outputs.

This webinar will explore how different stakeholders in the scholarly communications ecosystem are using metadata as a tool to assess, enhance, and communicate trust. From research institutions and libraries to publishers and infrastructure providers, the panel will discuss emerging metadata practices, tools, and policies that contribute to greater transparency and accountability in publishing.

Over 90 minutes, attendees will gain a deeper understanding of the following:

• Which metadata elements most effectively signal integrity and transparency

• How metadata is currently being used in workflows to support peer review, curation, and discovery

• Cross-sector challenges and opportunities in improving metadata quality and completeness

• Future directions in metadata infrastructure that could further support research trustworthiness

Target Audience:
Editorial professionals, publishers, librarians, research integrity officers, and anyone involved in research dissemination or metadata curation.

Moderator

Eleonora Colangelo

Eleonora Colangelo is a Public Affairs Officer at Frontiers, where she works at the intersection of science policy, publishing, and stakeholder engagement. She has a background in lobbying, regulatory affairs, and institutional relations, with experience in shaping policy discussions around Open Science, research integrity, and innovation.

Eleonora is a Crossref's ambassador, an active member of the Open Science Monitoring Initiative (OSMI) and contributes to the UNESCO Working Group on Policies and Policy Instruments. Her work focuses on building strategic alliances, engaging with policymakers, and promoting transparent, sustainable publishing models across Europe and globally.

She holds a PhD in Classics and Anthropology from Université Paris Cité and the University of Pisa.

Guntram Bauer

Guntram Bauer is the Chief Scientific Officer of the International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSP) located in Strasbourg, France. He is responsible for the scientific strategy of the Program and leads the global outreach and engagement activities. 

He received his Doctoral degree in 1997 from the University of Bayreuth, Germany. From 1998 until 2002 he was a member of the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. His work took him across Europe and the NE United States. He participated in international expeditions to Siberia (1993, 1996), Southern Argentina (1996) and Zimbabwe (1999, 2001). In 2002, he joined the Max-Planck-Society as scientific coordinator for an International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS). In 2004 he joined the International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) as scientific director.

Sara El-Gebali 

Sara El-Gebali is a Metadata Specialist at DataCite, where she leads initiatives on persistent identifiers, metadata quality, and interoperability across the research ecosystem.

Patricia Feeney

Patricia Feeney is Crossref’s Head of Metadata and coordinates Crossref’s metadata development strategy, helps establish metadata best practices, and works with the wider community to build an open metadata corpus. During her 15 years at Crossref she’s helped thousands of publishers understand how to record and distribute metadata for millions of scholarly items. She’s also worked in various scholarly publishing roles and as a systems librarian and cataloger.

Adya Misra 

Adya Misra is responsible for publishing ethics activity in Sage’s 1300+ journals portfolio. Adya leads the Global Research Integrity Team at Sage responsible for the resolution of all research integrity issues. Adya leads the development of policies and cross-functional processes for the effective resolution of publication ethics issues.

Laura Whitehead

Laura Whitehead is a Research Integrity Manager at Springer Nature, where she has played a pivotal role in upholding the integrity of the scientific record for the past four years. With a background in Biomedical Science and over a decade of experience in scholarly publishing, Laura leads a dedicated team focused on ensuring research adheres to the highest ethical and scientific standards.

In her role, she works closely with journal editors, peer reviewers, and authors, providing expert guidance on complex ethical issues, including authorship disputes, data integrity, and publication misconduct. She also oversees investigations into potential breaches of research ethics, helping to safeguard the credibility of scientific literature.

Laura is passionate about promoting transparency, accountability, and trust in science—values that are especially critical in today’s rapidly evolving research landscape.

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Registration is complimentary to all registrants, courtesy of this webinar's sponsor: Crossref!