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]
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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.


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