What is DOI – A DOI that is a digital object identifier, is a unique alphanumeric string assigned to an online document like an eBook or a journal article. Well, you can use DOI in the same way just as a URL, besides this, it is more permanent and dependable.
The main reason that academic citation recommends using the digital object identifier instead of the URLs as the DOI never changes to locate the sources even when possible.
In simple words, a DOI was invented to provide each digital to an electronic, item, or unique, persistent identifier and any digital object can allocate the DOI number such as media, authorities, research reports, data sets, books, conference proceedings, code and also academic journal articles.
Besides this, the creation process of DOI is governed as well as managed by the International DOI Foundation.
The registration agencies offer the registration of the DOI numbers under the international DOI foundation.
The digital object identifier can be designed in several ways such as
- doi :10.1080/02626667.2018.15604489
- https//doi.org/10. 1080/ 02626667.2018.15604489
- https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2018.15604489
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How do I find the DOI of an article?
To find the DOI of an article, you have to follow some steps that are the DOI will usually be open when you open a journal article on the database.
The digital object identifier is the string of the numbers, symbols as well as letters that used to permanently identify an electronic article or eBook and link to it on the website.
The DOI never changes and it is very helpful to the readers to locate a document even if the physical location of the documents changes.
Near the copyright notice, you can check the page of the document. It is important to keep attention that the entire electronic document does not have DOI. As the DOI system is a fairly recent concept so the books and public shed before the year 2000 are less likely to have the digital object identifier.
Including this, if a publisher used the DOIs then they generally print the DOI somewhere on the first page of their article.
For the person who has DOIs but does not know how to get to the article to which it is connected so must keep the following steps.
- Go to resolve a DOI
- Place the DOI in the search form that looks like 10.1016/j.aaen.2007.05.002
What is DOI example?
A DOI is a kind of handle system handle that takes the form of the character string that divided into the two parts. One is to prefix and the other is a suffix and they are separated by a slash. For instance, in the name of DOI 10.1000/183, in this, the prefix is 10.1000 and the suffix is 183.
What is the DOI of a book?
Well, publishers are assigning DOIs to the electronic copies of the particular articles in the journals that they publish.
As the DOI makes sure the findability for the electronic journal articles, citations style are starting to request the use of the DOI for the electronic journal.
The DOI never changes and it is very helpful to the readers to locate a document even if the physical location of the documents changes. Moreover, DOI is displayed in the bibliographic information for the publication.
The IDF designed the DOI system to offer a form of persistent identification in which the DOI name permanently and unambiguously identifies the object that is associated with it.
What is a DOI in APA?
An URL or DOI is the final component of the reference list entry as so many scholarships are available and retrieved online, in this way, most of the reference list entry ends with either URL or DOI.
The digital object identifier is the string of the numbers, symbols as well as letters that used to permanently identify an electronic article or eBook and link to it on the website.
On the other hand, the URL is the specific location of the digital information on the internet as well as it can be found in the address bar of the internet browser. Moreover, URLs in the reference can link directly to the cited work whenever possible.
The other alphanumeric identifiers like the international standard book number that is ISBN and the other standard serial number that is ISSN are not included in the APA style reference. The DOI and the URLs begin with “https.” or “http.”
What is a DOI MLA?
A DOI that is a digital object identifier is a distinctive alphanumeric string designate to an online document like an electronic-Book and many more.
The academic citation always recommended using the DOI rather than the URLS as there is the reason behind this.
A Well, there is the difference between the URL and DOI that is DOI does not change but the URL can be changed.
The DOI is located on the first page of the electronic article just near the copyright notice.
Some of the articles do not have the DOIs; in that case, there is the permalink. A permalink is a persistent URL, which returns the user to the same article every time.
The permalink can be located at different positions in the different databases.
How do I cite a journal article with a DOI
Citations are extremely important in research papers, medical articles, and student papers, among other things. People turn to a wide range of tools these days to help with citations, such as the APA 7 citation generator. or openabstract.org If you want to learn more about how to cite a journal article with a DOI, you will find valuable information and tips below:
Journal article citation using APA format
- Author: Xinrong Li
- Date of publication: 29-Jul-2020
- Title of article: Identification of Potential Prognostic Biomarkers for Breast Cancer Based on lncRNA-TF-Associated ceRNA Network and Functional Module
- Title of Journal: BioMed Research International
- Volume number: 20
- Issue: 2
- Page: 1-13
- DOI: doi.org/10.1155/2020/5257896
- Article received URL: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2020/5257896/
APA Citation format
Author last name, first name.(date). Article title. Journal title, volume(issue),first page–last page. DOI
APA Citation Example with DOI
Xinrong Li. (29-Jul-2020). Identification of Potential Prognostic Biomarkers for Breast Cancer Based on lncRNA-TF-Associated ceRNA Network and Functional Module. BioMed Research International, 20(2), 1-13. doi.org/10.1155/2020/5257896
APA Citation Example with URL
Xinrong Li. (29-Jul-2020). Identification of Potential Prognostic Biomarkers for Breast Cancer Based on lncRNA-TF-Associated ceRNA Network and Functional Module. BioMed Research International, 20. Retrieved from https://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2020/525789
Journal article citation using MLA format
- Author: Xinrong Li
- Date of publication: 29-Jul-2020
- Title of article: Identification of Potential Prognostic Biomarkers for Breast Cancer Based on lncRNA-TF-Associated ceRNA Network and Functional Module
- Title of Journal: BioMed Research International
- Volume number: 20
- Issue: 2
- Page: 1-13
- DOI: doi.org/10.1155/2020/5257896
- Article received URL: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2020/5257896/
MLA Citation format
Author name, “Article title.” Journal title, vol. volume number, no. issue, year, pp. first page – last-page, DOI
MLA Citation Example with DOI
Li, Xinrong. “Identification of Potential Prognostic Biomarkers for Breast Cancer Based on LncRNA-TF-Associated CeRNA Network and Functional Module.” BioMed Research International, vol. 20, no. 2, 2020, pp. 1–13, doi:10.1155/2020/5257896.
MLA Citation Example with URL
Li, Xinrong. “Identification of Potential Prognostic Biomarkers for Breast Cancer Based on LncRNA-TF-Associated CeRNA Network and Functional Module.” BioMed Research International, vol. 20, no. 2, 2020, pp. 1–13, www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2020/5257896.
Book citation examples using APA & MLA
Book citation using APA format
Author last name, first name. (year). book title (Edition, Vol). Publisher name
Book citation using APA example
Tripathi, K. D. (2018). Essentials of Medical Pharmacology (8th ed., Vol. 1). Jaypee Brothers Medical Pub.
Book citation using MLA example
Tripathi, K. Essentials of Medical Pharmacology. 8th ed., vol. 1, Jaypee Brothers Medical Pub, 2018.
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