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.
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