CrossRef to add journals from low-income countries

CrossRef has announced that it has reached agreement with three new partners to include journals from developing countries in its linking network. The three organizations are INASP (the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications, who will initially register its Nepal, Bangladesh and Vietnam Journals Online content with CrossRef; NISC (the National Inquiry Services Center, a South African publisher of eight current journals as well as several bibliographic databases and books; and AJOL (African Journals Online, a not-for-profit aggregation of over 250 varied African journals