Research Information Management team researchdatamanagementglasgowacuk What are Digital Object Identifiers Digital Object Identifiers DOIs are unique alphanumeric strings that identify an output and provide a persistent link to a ID: 934929
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Digital Object Identifiers
Research Information Management team
research-datamanagement@glasgow.ac.uk
Slide2What are Digital Object Identifiers?
Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) are unique alphanumeric strings that identify an output and provide a persistent link to a
landing page
that either contains the output or explains how it can be accessed.
All DOI numbers begin with a
10
and contain a prefix and a suffix separated by a slash. For example:
Enlighten:
Dataset:
10.5525/gla.researchdata.191
Theses: 10.5525/gla.thesis.75126
Publication: 10.36399/gla.pubs.202746
A paper in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute:
10.1093/jnci/djv204
DOIs are maintained by the organisation that holds the content, under a licence from the International DOI Foundation.
Slide3What are DOIs for?
DOIs are
persistent
. URLs change all the time:
Restructured websites
Server changes
Abandoned websites
Slide4What is a landing page?
A landing page contains information about the object.
It contains a full bibliographic citation of the item, so users can confirm they have located the correct item.
It includes the DOI displayed as a URL.
It provides a way to access the item.*
The DOI is appropriately tagged in the code for the page.
Example landing pages include: records in a repository, article pages in a journal.
*The item does not have to be open access to receive a DOI. A DOI for a restricted digital item or a paper document in an archive may include information on how to request access.
Slide5What items can have a DOI?
Any item can have a DOI as long as it has a landing page maintained by an organization that produces the DOI. The most common use cases for DOIs are
journal articles, reports, books and book chapters and datasets.
All DOIs must resolve to a landing page. Once a DOI is created, it should always resolve to a landing page, even if the page is moved or the content is withdrawn.
Journals and external repositories will produce their own DOIs for content they hold.
We should only assign DOIs to items published or otherwise made available only by the University of Glasgow – this is open to interpretation!
Author’s accepted manuscripts, for example, may not be appropriate for DOIs because the journal would be expected to assign a DOI to the published version.
Slide6How can I get a DOI?
Journal articles
will normally be given a DOI by the publisher.
Datasets in external repositories
will be given a DOI by the repository.
DOIs for datasets, theses and systematic reviews held by Enlighten: Research Data:
Contact the Research Data Management team at
research-datamanagement@glasgow.ac.uk
.
DOIs for items published by
UofG
,
eg.
reports, theses etc. :
Contact the Open Access team at
research-openaccess@glasgow.ac.uk
.
Slide7DataCite DOIs
We use
DataCite
DOIs for datasets and systematic reviews held in Enlighten: Research Data and for theses held in Enlighten: Theses.
Prefix:
10.5525
-
(also UBDC 10.20394)
- annual contract with British Library
- started in 2014 for datasets, 2019 for theses
- version 2.2 now v4.0 which includes funder info as well as licence details
- 1245 DOIs for datasets and theses (563 Datasets, 682 Theses)
- Can back-fill, batch-update
- Benefits: Reporting on awards to funding bodies, Research Excellence Framework (REF), easily search outputs in other APIs (Crossref / Unpaywall / Metrics)
Slide8CrossRef DOIs
We use
CrossRef
DOIs for items with records in Enlighten: Publications.
Prefix:
10.36399
- annual contract with
CrossRef
- started in 2019
- ~10 items with
CrossRef
DOIs so far
- can add DOIs individually (web form) or batch (XML)
- reports from
CrossRef
: 30-50 resolutions per month.
Slide9UofG DOI Item Types
Item type
Description
Dataset
A dataset deposited in Enlighten: Research Data or otherwise held in appropriate
UofG
storage.
Systematic Review Methodology
A systematic review methodology deposited in Enlighten: Research Data
Thesis
A thesis submitted by a PGR at the University of Glasgow
Journal
A journal published by the University of Glasgow
Journal Article
An article in a journal published by the University of Glasgow
Book
A book published by the University of Glasgow
Book Chapter
A chapter in a book published by the University of Glasgow
Conference Proceedings
Proceedings of a conference published by the University of Glasgow
Report
A report deposited in Enlighten and published by the University of Glasgow
Working Paper
A working paper deposited in Enlighten and published by the University of Glasgow
Slide10Thanks for listening!
Any questions/comments?
Research-openaccess@glasgow.ac.uk
Research-datamanagement@glasgow.ac.uk
CRediTs
Matt Mahon and Mick Eadie – Writing: Original Draft
Valerie McCutcheon – Writing: Review and Editing
https://casrai.org/credit