Substack & Science

[aaronolson]

I think it has more to do with the google scholar metadata on the page

[aaronolson]

Biggest thing substack would need to do is offer a pdf version and include some google scholar metadata related to the page. The pdf is considered the citable record, but the metadata contains the info google scholar needs

[Theodore]

@dayne

Hello Crossref community!

My name’s Dayne, I’m a product researcher at Substack, a writing platform.

Substack hosts some of the top academics and public intellectuals in the world, but articles published on Substack don’t conform to academic standards, and are therefore not citable. This is something we hope to change, and I’m eager to understand what we need to do to make this happen.

I’m not an academic myself, and I’m trying to wrap my head around how the system of citations works, and what exactly Substack would need to do/change/build in order for articles to be citable, and for citations to contribute to the author’s citation count on Google Scholar.

Any advice or insights would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

Dayne

One of the key elements for citability is the assignment of Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) to each article. DOIs provide a unique and permanent link to the content, making it easily citable and searchable. Consider partnering with a DOI registration agency or working towards integrating DOIs for each Substack article.