ETH Zurich DOI Desk
The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is used to identify electronic documents such as research reports, doctoral theses and digital images. The ETH Library runs the ETH Zurich DOI Desk. The DOI Desk is an official DOI registration agency for Swiss higher education and research institutions, for libraries, archives and similar institutions.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
Research reports and results published online are easy to cite with a DOI such as 10.3929/ethz-a-000565688 (“Eine neue Bestimmung der Moleküldimensionen” by Albert Einstein). DOIs are unique and more permanent than URLs. You can resolve a DOI directly in your browser (external page https://doi.org plus the DOI, for example external page https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-000565688).
DOI registration
ETH Zurich’s DOI Desk registers DOIs for primary data (research data) and for secondary data such as working papers, articles or doctoral theses. This service is available to all organisational units from Swiss higher education and research institutions as well as libraries, archives and similar institutions, as long as they are not for-profit organisations. The service is not available to individuals. The basis for registration is an agreement with the DOI Desk that documents all technical and organisational matters.
Fees
DOI registration is free for all ETH Zurich organisational units. Other academic institutions and non-profit organisations must pay the fees defined by DataCite.
DOIs for individual publications
Members of ETH Zurich can publish their documents or datasets in the Research Collection and receive or reserve a DOI there. We recommend that other authors publish their work in external page Zenodo.
DataCite
The DOI Desk is run by the ETH Library and external page DataCite. ETH Zurich’s IT Services provide technical support. DataCite is an association and official DOI registration agency within the external page International DOI Foundation (IDF). The association wants to simplify online access to research data and improve the visibility of this data. The ETH Library is a member of DataCite.
DOI Desk newsletter
We publish an English-language newsletter once or twice a year with updates on recent developments in DOI registration. The newsletter also keeps readers informed about the latest from DataCite and the IDF.
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