Answered By: Mark Simmonds
Last Updated: 29 Sep, 2022     Views: 126

A DOI (Digital Object Identifier) is a unique alphanumeric string (e.g. 10.1038/nature11241 or https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1585-4) used to identify an electronic document.  DOIs are assigned to journal articles, images, videos etc. by the publisher for the purpose of stability, that is, a permanent proof of identity and permanent online location.

You can use a DOI to search for an article and you include them in your reference list to help your reader locate your sources online.

On most recently published journal articles, the DOI will be printed on the first page near the title/author info, or sometimes in the header or footer. If the DOI isn't on the article, you can look it up on the website CrossRef.org

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