diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-doiboost/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/doiboost/crossref/ExtractCrossrefRecords.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-doiboost/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/doiboost/crossref/ExtractCrossrefRecords.java
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+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-doiboost/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/doiboost/crossref/ExtractCrossrefRecords.java
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+
+package eu.dnetlib.doiboost.crossref;
+
+import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream;
+
+import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.tar.TarArchiveEntry;
+import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.tar.TarArchiveInputStream;
+import org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.gzip.GzipCompressorInputStream;
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataInputStream;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataOutputStream;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
+import org.mortbay.log.Log;
+
+import eu.dnetlib.dhp.application.ArgumentApplicationParser;
+
+public class ExtractCrossrefRecords {
+	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+		String hdfsServerUri;
+		String workingPath;
+		String crossrefFileNameTarGz;
+		final ArgumentApplicationParser parser = new ArgumentApplicationParser(
+			IOUtils
+				.toString(
+					ExtractCrossrefRecords.class
+						.getResourceAsStream(
+							"/eu/dnetlib/dhp/doiboost/crossref_dump_reader.json")));
+		parser.parseArgument(args);
+		hdfsServerUri = parser.get("hdfsServerUri");
+		workingPath = parser.get("workingPath");
+		crossrefFileNameTarGz = parser.get("crossrefFileNameTarGz");
+
+		Path hdfsreadpath = new Path(hdfsServerUri.concat(workingPath).concat(crossrefFileNameTarGz));
+		Configuration conf = new Configuration();
+		conf.set("fs.defaultFS", hdfsServerUri.concat(workingPath));
+		conf.set("fs.hdfs.impl", org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem.class.getName());
+		conf.set("fs.file.impl", org.apache.hadoop.fs.LocalFileSystem.class.getName());
+		FileSystem fs = FileSystem.get(URI.create(hdfsServerUri.concat(workingPath)), conf);
+		FSDataInputStream crossrefFileStream = fs.open(hdfsreadpath);
+		try (TarArchiveInputStream tais = new TarArchiveInputStream(
+			new GzipCompressorInputStream(crossrefFileStream))) {
+			TarArchiveEntry entry = null;
+			while ((entry = tais.getNextTarEntry()) != null) {
+				if (entry.isDirectory()) {
+				} else {
+					try (
+						FSDataOutputStream out = fs
+							.create(new Path(workingPath.concat("filess/").concat(entry.getName()).concat(".gz")));
+						GZIPOutputStream gzipOs = new GZIPOutputStream(new BufferedOutputStream(out))) {
+
+						IOUtils.copy(tais, gzipOs);
+
+					}
+
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		Log.info("Crossref dump reading completed");
+
+	}
+}
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-doiboost/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/doiboost/crossref/GenerateCrossrefDatasetSpark.scala b/dhp-workflows/dhp-doiboost/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/doiboost/crossref/GenerateCrossrefDatasetSpark.scala
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+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-doiboost/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/doiboost/crossref/GenerateCrossrefDatasetSpark.scala
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+package eu.dnetlib.doiboost.crossref
+
+import eu.dnetlib.dhp.application.ArgumentApplicationParser
+import org.apache.spark.{SparkConf, SparkContext}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.{Encoder, Encoders, SaveMode, SparkSession}
+import org.slf4j.{Logger, LoggerFactory}
+import org.json4s
+import org.json4s.DefaultFormats
+import org.json4s.JsonAST._
+import org.json4s.jackson.JsonMethods._
+
+import scala.io.Source
+
+object GenerateCrossrefDatasetSpark {
+
+
+  val log: Logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(GenerateCrossrefDatasetSpark.getClass)
+
+  implicit val mrEncoder: Encoder[CrossrefDT] = Encoders.kryo[CrossrefDT]
+
+  def extractDump(input:String):List[String] = {
+    implicit lazy val formats: DefaultFormats.type = org.json4s.DefaultFormats
+    lazy val json: json4s.JValue = parse(input)
+
+    val a = (json \ "items").extract[JArray]
+    a.arr.map(s => compact(render(s)))
+  }
+
+  def crossrefElement(meta: String): CrossrefDT = {
+    implicit lazy val formats: DefaultFormats.type = org.json4s.DefaultFormats
+    lazy val json: json4s.JValue = parse(meta)
+    val doi:String = (json \ "DOI").extract[String]
+    val timestamp: Long = (json \ "indexed" \ "timestamp").extract[Long]
+    new CrossrefDT(doi, meta, timestamp)
+
+  }
+
+  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
+    val conf = new SparkConf
+    val parser = new ArgumentApplicationParser(Source.fromInputStream(getClass.getResourceAsStream("/eu/dnetlib/dhp/doiboost/crossref_dump_reader/generate_dataset_params.json")).mkString)
+    parser.parseArgument(args)
+    val master = parser.get("master")
+    val sourcePath = parser.get("sourcePath")
+    val targetPath = parser.get("targetPath")
+
+    val spark: SparkSession = SparkSession.builder().config(conf)
+      .appName(GenerateCrossrefDatasetSpark.getClass.getSimpleName)
+      .master(master)
+      .getOrCreate()
+
+    import spark.implicits._
+    val sc: SparkContext = spark.sparkContext
+
+
+    sc.wholeTextFiles(sourcePath,2000).flatMap(d =>extractDump(d._2))
+      .map(meta => crossrefElement(meta))
+      .toDS()
+      .write.mode(SaveMode.Overwrite).save(targetPath)
+
+  }
+}