On behalf of the Nominating Committee, I’m pleased to share the slate of candidates for the 2026 board election. Every active member organisation is invited to submit a ballot to elect the incoming board class.
Each year we do an open call for board interest. This year, the Nominating Committee received 55 submissions from members worldwide to fill seven open board seats.
We have one large member seat and six small member seats open for election in 2026. We maintain a balanced board of eight large member seats and eight small member seats. Size is determined based on the organisation’s membership tier (small members fall in the $0-$550 tiers and large members in the $600-$50,000 tiers).
We were pleased to see the diversity in candidates, with applicants from 29 countries. The committee was keen to prepare a diverse slate of organization types, individual skills and perspectives, and global representation.
If your organization is a voting member in good standing as of September 5th, 2026, you are eligible to vote.
The voting contact for your organization will receive a ballot from eBallot, a third-party election platform. You should receive it on Monday, 21st September, and you will have until 12:00 UTC on 22nd October to submit your ballot.
The election results will be announced at the Crossref2026 online meeting on 22nd October, 2026.
Special thanks to the committee: Nick Lindsay of MIT Press, Oscar Donde of Pan Africa Science Journal, Shaharima Parvin of East West University, Nicolas Mejia Torres of Universidad de la Sabana, and Amanda Ward of Taylor & Francis for the time they dedicated to reviewing the expressions of interest and participating in committee meetings.
If you have any questions about our election process, please contact me.
2026 September 21
July 2026 board meeting summary
2026 September 17
Improving how funding connects to research outputs
2026 September 15
Strengthening Scholarly Publishing in Africa
2026 September 14
