The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory (JCRT) is pleased to announce that, beginning with our next issue, every article we publish will be assigned a Digital Object Identifier (DOI). We are also undertaking a retroactive project to assign DOIs to our back catalog, so that the full body of JCRT scholarship becomes persistently citable and discoverable.
What’s changing
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All future publications will receive a DOI at the time of publication, registered through Crossref.
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We will retroactively assign DOIs to previously published articles, working back through our archive issue by issue.
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DOI assignment will roll out in phases; we will share updates as batches of legacy articles are completed.
Why this matters
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Persistent, stable links: DOIs resolve to an article regardless of URL or platform changes, ensuring long-term access.
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Improved discoverability: DOIs make JCRT scholarship easier to find, index, and cross-reference in databases, search engines, and citation managers (Zotero, EndNote, etc.).
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Better citation tracking: DOIs allow citation counts and metrics to be tracked accurately across platforms like Google Scholar and Crossref.
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Interoperability: DOIs integrate JCRT articles into the broader scholarly infrastructure, supporting indexing in services that require persistent identifiers.
What authors and readers can expect
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Authors of upcoming articles will receive their DOI as part of the standard publication and notification process; no additional action is required.
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Authors of previously published work will be notified once a DOI has been assigned to their article, and asked to update citations or CVs accordingly.
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Readers can expect to see DOIs listed alongside article metadata on our site and in citation exports.
Timeline
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New articles: DOIs active starting with [insert issue/date].
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Legacy articles: rollout beginning [insert date], proceeding by volume/issue, with completion targeted for [insert date].