Digital Object Identifiers (DOI)

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Digital Object Identifiers (DOI)

We can provide University of Aberdeen researchers with Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) for outputs such as working papers, policy briefs, reports and thesis. DOIs for datasets can be registered through Pure. 

A DOI is a string of numbers, letters and symbols used to permanently identify and link to a research output online. Assigning a DOI to your output will make sure readers can easily locate and link to your reference.

Request a DOI for a Research Output

Outputs including working papers, policy briefs and reports will be registered for a DOI with Crossref.

The output will be uploaded to Pure and a copy of the PDF made publicly available through AURA.

The DOI will resolve to the Research Portal , where there will be a link to the item in AURA and where available, a link to the published output.

To request a DOI please email the Open Research Team with the below:

  • A PDF copy of the output to be uploaded to Pure and made publicly available in AURA
  • Where the item is already available online, the URL
  • Author names
  • Authors' ORCiD
  • Publisher
  • References cited in the output which have a DOI must include a hyperlink to the DOI in the format of https://doi.org/10.xxxxxxx

We recommend that you share your work under a Creative Commons licence that sets out the terms of reuse.

Request a DOI for a Thesis

If you would like a DOI for your thesis please contact the Cataloguing Team.

Register a DOI for a Dataset

Datasets should be submitted to an appropriate data repository and the information recorded in Pure. Small datasets can be uploaded to Pure if no suitable alternative is available. A DOI will be assigned to datasets added to Pure where required.

Useful Links

Read more about Why You Need a DOI on the Library Blog.