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Research Data Management: DOIs and Persistent Identifiers

Requesting a DOI for your dataset in Pure

Did you know that when you create your dataset in Pure, we can register a DOI for the dataset via DataCite?

By assigning a DOI to the dataset, this gives it a persistent link and can make it easier to cite.

It will meet funder requirements regarding data sharing. It also will meet publisher requirements also.

We only issue DOIs to datasets that meet our eligibility criteria as outlined below:

  1. The dataset embraces FAIR principles
  2. There is high quality metadata in the dataset record
  3. The file formats are open
  4. The documentation for the dataset is of a sufficient quality too. This will include a readme file as a basic minimum standard.

Datacite

Types of identifiers

Persistent Identifiers or PIDs are increasingly important for researchers, research outputs (publications and data) and research institutions. These are sometimes referred to as sustainable identifiers. Even the word persistent indicates something about their longevity – they are going to last a long time or be difficult to get rid of.

A Persistent Identifier (PID) is a unique identification code, a unique ID. It’s unique, it’s original. And it is going to last a long time.

PIDs can be assigned to individuals, such as ORCiD. It is recommended that all researchers have an ORCiD iD.

PIDs can be assigned to research articles and data. These are usually called DOIs. For published output e.g. articles, the DOI is usually assigned by a publisher. It is also issued by a data repository for your dataset. Further information about how to get a DOI for your research dataset at Queen's can be found here.

PIDs can be assigned to research projects, such as RAID.

PIDs can be assigned to institutions, such as ROR for identifying research organisations.

Please contact Dr. Michael O'Connor if you have any queries about PIDs (ORCiD, DOI, RAID).