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Who uses DOI names and why?
The four primary types of DOI name users are publishers, affiliates (including
agents and journal hosting platforms), libraries, and individual researchers.
Using DOI names offers significant benefits to each of these groups.
Click a link to see the advantages that using DOI names offers each type
of user:
- Publisher
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persistence –
Unlike URLs, DOI links continue to function even if content moves or changes
ownership.
- Content
visibility and accessibility –
CrossRef helps drive traffic to content by making it discoverable for
linking and easier to link to.
- Centralized
linking agreement –
A single agreement with CrossRef serves as a linking agreement with all
participating publishers.
- OpenURL
integration –
CrossRef member publications are automatically OpenURL-enabled via the
DOI name.
- Added
value –
Linking enriches the end-user experience, the scholarly research process,
and the utility of published resources.
- Internal
as well as external linking –
Once a publisher registers all of its content with CrossRef, it can use
DOI names for internal linking as well.
- Cost-effectiveness
– One
annual fee covers all types of content.
- Affiliate
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Benefits
- Increased
usefulness –
Linking directly to full-text enhances the utility
of indexes.
- Additional
services –
Offer CrossRef/DOI implementation as part of hosting services.
- Transparency
– Provide
seamless integration of secondary, abstracted, or aggregated materials
with primary literature
- Centralized
linking agreement –
A single agreement with CrossRef serves as a linking agreement with all
participating publishers.
- Cost-effectiveness
– Expanded
publication coverage without increased cost.
- Library
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Benefits
- Usage and accessibility –
Navigation at the item and citation level leads to increased usage of
electronic resources.
- Availability –
DOI links can extend access to content not owned in the current collection.
- Reliability
and longevity –
DOI links are persistent; they do not change even when the content item's
location does.
- Localized
linking –
Libraries can set up and use
a local link resolver to point to items already in their own collection
or to which they have a subscription.
- Cost-effectiveness
– Libraries
can retrieve DOI names and metadata at no charge.
- Researcher
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Benefits
- Ease
of use – It only takes a click or two to get to the full text,
through open-access, through pay-per-view services, or as an authenticated
subscriber.
- Availability
and accessibility – DOI names provide access to over 19 million content
items available from over 1,500 publishers and societies.
- Cost-effectiveness
– Individual researchers pay no fees to access content using DOI names.
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