ARDC DataCite Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Service

Create uniquely, persistent identifiers for your digital research objects for more citations and better tracking.

Create DOIs Check if DOIs are right for you

Realise Your Research’s Potential with DOIs

Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) are used to uniquely identify research objects and provide a persistent link to the location of the object on the internet. They enable citations and tracking of citation metrics.

The ARDC delivers DOI services as a member of the global DataCite initiative. Our DataCite DOI service is available for publicly funded Australian research organisations or data centres relevant to Australian research, like those run by government agencies and universities. If the object meets the right criteria, you can use the service to create, or ‘mint’, DOIs for it.

Work with diverse research objects

Persistently resolvable

Enable citations and citation tracking

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For Your Different DOI Needs

There are 2 ways to use the ARDC DataCite DOI Service:

Web Interface (DataCite Fabrica)

This service may be preferred by those institutions expecting to mint only a very small number of DOIs, or as an interim arrangement while a machine-to-machine service is established.

It’s a manual minting service and can only mint a single DOI at a time. Bulk DOI minting is currently not supported by the manual minting service.

API

This service exposes an API for machine-to-machine (M2M) DOI minting. The API can be integrated into research software, data archive systems, workflows and tools to automate the minting of DOIs.

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Use theARDC DataCite
DOI ServiceToday.

Create unique, persistent identifiers for your digital research objects for more citations and better tracking.

Create DOIs

Check our identifier decision tree to see if DOIs are right for your needs. If a DOI is not appropriate, please consider using the ARDC Handle Service to create persistent identifiers for other digital objects or resources, such as web services and APIs.

Note that while the ARDC provides the mechanism to allow minting, resolution and updating of DOIs through the DataCite infrastructure, we do not manage the DOIs themselves. Processes and policies need to be put in place by those using the service to ensure appropriate maintenance practices underpin persistence.

The following resources will also help you use our DOI service: