Subject Guides: Open Access: DOIs for Unpublished Outputs

Digital Object Identifiers (DOI)

Assigning a persistent identifier to each item of data, software or research resource is essential to the future of research. Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC)

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CItation and Identifiers, ARDC

DataCite DOI service

The University Library provides a DataCite DOI service for research datasets and eligible unpublished research outputs deposited for open access in the Open Access Repository (OAR), Research Data Portal (RDP) or IMAS Data Portal.

DataCite DOI minting criteria for unpublished research outputs

Eligibility for a DataCite DOI is based on meeting the following DataCite minting criteria.

Intellectual property (IP) is owned by University of Tasmania or an affiliated researcher

Output (publication or data) is Open, Mediated, or Embargoed (with specified end-date)
Where appropriate a Creative Commons licence has been applied by the copyright owner

Metadata with DataCite Metadata Scheme v4.0
- Eligible unpublished research output metadata and digital file is deposited in Elements for discovery and access in the Open Access Repository (OAR)
- Research data metadata and file/s are deposited in Research Data Portal or IMAS Data Portal.

Unpublished research output metadata and digital file/s are managed and stored for the long-term, in a University system (such as OAR, RDP or IMAS Portal)

Unpublished research output is the final version of record and will remain unchanged

Unique research output
Unpublished research output has not been assigned a DOI previously
No copyright will be infringed

Contributes to the scholarly record and, in the case of datasets, is analogous to a journal article

UTAS research outputs automatically assigned a DataCite DOI

Open or mediated datasets and associated material deposited in the University Research Data Portal (RDP) or IMAS Data Portal
Accessible ERA eligible Non-Traditional Research Outputs (NTROs) deposited in Elements and made open access in the University Open Access Repository (OAR)
HDR theses deposited in iGrad and made openly accessible in the OAR

How to assign a DataCite DOI to an unpublished report in Elements

1. Before you deposit your report

Read the DataCite DOI minting criteria - only reports that meet all criteria can be assigned a DataCite DOI

2. If the report meets all DataCite DOI minting criteria

Login to Elements
- Follow the manually claim the research output Elements guide to add the report
- Manually add the 'Essential information' metadata
- Select 'Assign DOI' box (last 'Essential information' metadata field)
- Follow the Deposit research output digital file to upload the report PDF
- Assign either a Creative Commons Licence or In Copyright statement (note: if there are multiple authors/ copyright owners you need to get everyone's agreement to assign the Creative Commons licence and make the output open access in OAR)
- Deposit

Once deposited to OAR, the Library will copyright assess and check that the report is eligible for a DataCite DOI.

Note, Library staff are unable to make changes to the output file. A cover sheet, which includes citation information will automatically be added on download from the OAR.

Out of scope research outputs

You cannot request a DataCite DOI for

Ephemera, teaching and learning materials and book chapters
Digital objects that are not relevant to research
Unpublished research outputs already assigned a DOI
Published peer reviewed journal articles (if the published article does not already have a DOI request one from the journal publisher)