HowtoGetdoiNumberforJournal
ObtainingaDOI(DigitalObjectIdentifier)forajournaltypicallyinvolvesamultistepprocessthatincludesthefollowing:
PublishYourJournalArticle:Firstandforemost,youneedtohaveajournalarticle orcontentthatyouwanttoassignaDOIto.Thiscontentshouldbepublishedor acceptedforpublicationinareputablejournal.DOIregistrationagenciesdonot assignDOIstounpublishedornon-peer-reviewedcontent.
IdentifyaDOIRegistrationAgency:DeterminewhichDOIregistrationagencyis appropriateforyourjournalarticle.Differentagenciesspecializeindifferenttypes ofcontent.Foracademicjournalarticles,doieandCrossRefisoneofthemost widelyusedDOIregistrationagencies.
1. BecomeaMemberorUseaDOIRegistrationService: ToregisteraDOI withdoie.org,forexample,yougenerallyneedtobecomeamemberorusea serviceprovidedbyadoiemember(oftenthejournalpublisher).Ifyouare notthepublisher,workwiththepublisheroryourinstitution'slibrarianto initiatetheDOIregistrationprocess.Ifyouarethepublisher,youmayneed toapplyfordoiemembershipthroughsimplysignupprocess
2. ProvideMetadata:Youwillneedtoprovidemetadata(informationabout yourjournalarticle)totheDOIregistrationagency.Thismetadatatypically includesdetailssuchasthetitle,authors,publicationdate,journalname, volume,issue,pagenumbers,and,mostimportantly,aURLwherethe articlecanbeaccessedonline.Theagencyusesthisinformationtocreatethe DOIlink.
3. PayRequiredFees:ThesefeescoverthecostofmaintainingtheDOI infrastructureandservices.Checkwiththeagencyfortheirspecificfee structure.
4. UsetheDOI:AfterreceivingtheDOI,youcanuseitinyourjournal article'smetadata,citations,andreferences.ADOIistypicallypresentedin theformofaURL,like"https://doie.org/10.xxxx/xxxxxx,"anditservesasa permanentandclickablelinktoyourarticle.
EnsureDOILinkResolution:It'sessentialtomakesurethattheDOIlinkresolves tothecorrectarticle.Testthelinktoconfirmthatitleadstothefull-textversionof yourjournalarticle.
Rememberthatthespecificstepsandrequirementsmayvarydependingonthe DOIregistrationagencyyouchooseandanyagreementsorpartnershipsyour journalhas.Alwaysrefertotheguidelinesandproceduresprovidedbytherelevant agencyandyourpublisher,ifapplicable,forthemostaccurateandup-to-date informationonDOIregistrationforyourjournalarticles.