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Crossref vs PubMed.gov

A side-by-side look at Crossref and PubMed.gov. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Crossref

Crossref

Online Services

Crossref is a not-for-profit membership organization for scholarly publishing that enables researchers to easily find, cite, link, and assess academic publications across platforms and publishers. It provides reference linking services and persistent identifiers like Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs).

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PubMed.gov

PubMed.gov

Education & Reference

PubMed is a free search engine accessing primarily the MEDLINE database of references and abstracts on life sciences and biomedical topics. PubMed is developed and maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

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