The traditional hegemony of the closed-access journal undergoes a radical Epistemic Transmutation through the MetaROR framework, which effectively severs the act of dissemination from the process of validation. By treating preprints not as static precursors but as Constituent Nodes within a fluid evaluative ecosystem, this methodology establishes a new cartography of scientific credit. The integration requires a precise synchronization between the Crossref XML deposit—the legalistic backbone of the record—and the Schema.org ScholarlyArticle markup, which acts as the semantic interface for global discovery engines. The code is the new peer review; the metadata is the new canon. Tactical Execution of the Recursive Model. To integrate successfully, the practitioner must execute a four-stage Socioplastic Deployment that begins with the registration of independent DOIs for every evaluative artifact, including reviewer reports and authorial rebuttals. This granular approach necessitates a strict adherence to Relational Interoperability, utilizing the isBasedOn and hasReview properties to bind disparate digital objects into a coherent intellectual genealogy. It is not merely a technical upload but a deliberate architectural intervention that forces indexing algorithms to recognize the "reviewed preprint" as a first-class research object, bypassing the gatekeeping of legacy publishers.
Visibility is no longer a privilege of the institution, but a byproduct of structural transparency. Semantic Sovereignty and Search Architectures. The final layer of this transmutation involves the deployment of JSON-LD structures that mirror the Crossref registry, ensuring that Algorithmic Legibility is maintained across the Research Nexus. By embedding ORCID identifiers and version-specific timestamps directly into the site's head, the platform achieves a state of Recursive Authenticity where the provenance of every claim is traceable and immutable. This method does not require permission from the old guard; it utilizes the existing open standards of the web to render the traditional "stamp of approval" redundant through sheer metadata density and connectivity. Waltman, L. and Brasil, A. (2026). Innovation in scientific publishing and its implications for Crossref DOI registration practices - MetaROR’s approach. [online] Crossref Blog. Available at:
