DOIs give every article a permanent, citable link and register its metadata with a registrar — Zenodo, Crossref, or DataCite — where reference managers, indexers, and other journals discover it. Scholardemia does not sponsor or provision DOIs on your behalf: your journal uses its own registrar account, and Scholardemia handles the deposits automatically once you connect it.
Register with your own provider
Pick the registrar your journal uses and connect its account under Settings → Journal → Providers. On publication, Scholardemia mints and deposits DOIs to that account for you — you keep full ownership of the records and the account.
- Zenodo— free DOIs under Zenodo’s DataCite prefix (10.5281). The quickest route for a new journal; add a Zenodo access token.
- Crossref — the journal-standard registrar (citation linking, funder registry, Crossmark). Needs your own Crossref membership + prefix.
- DataCite — for teams that also mint identifiers for datasets and other outputs, under your own DataCite prefix.
Your own DOI prefix
Established journals, societies, and institutions often prefer their own Crossref membership: DOIs are then registered under a prefix your organisation owns, which keeps full control of the records and makes the journal maximally portable. What it involves:
- Your organisation joins Crossref directly (or through a sponsoring organisation). Crossref charges an annual membership fee plus a small fee per deposited record — paid to Crossref, not to Scholardemia, and never passed on to authors.
- In your workspace, open Settings → Journal and add a provider account with your Crossref credentials, DOI prefix, and depositor and registrant details.
- Scholardemia verifies the account before enabling deposits: the credentials must authenticate against Crossref, and Crossref must list the prefix as yours.
- A per-journal profile then controls how DOI suffixes are formed, so new articles get DOIs in your own pattern automatically on publication.
DataCite and Zenodo provider accounts are supported alongside Crossref for teams that also mint identifiers for datasets and other outputs.
Which to choose
For a brand-new journal, Zenodo is the fastest start — free DOIs, just an access token. Established journals and societies usually prefer Crossref under their own membership. Switching later is safe: DOIs already registered keep resolving forever, and new articles use the new provider once its account is verified.