Digital Object Identifiers: Stability for citations and referencing, but not proxies for quality
Horton, Laurence
(2015)
Digital Object Identifiers: Stability for citations and referencing, but not proxies for quality
[Online resource]
What exactly is a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) and how does it help in the management and long-term preservation of research? Laurence Horton explains the basic structure and purpose of a DOI and also points to some limitations. DOIs are not the only way of providing fixed, persisting references to objects, but they have emerged as the leading system.
| Item Type | Online resource |
|---|---|
| Departments | LSE |
| DOI | 10.21953/lse.u3kkwiq7g9xa |
| Date Deposited | 24 Mar 2017 11:18 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/70603 |
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