{"id":5437,"date":"2016-02-23T13:58:31","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T13:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/comic_strip\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-doi\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T14:44:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T09:14:16","slug":"everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-doi","status":"publish","type":"comic_strip","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-doi","title":{"rendered":"Everything you need to know about the DOI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With more and more research papers getting published everyday, it often seems difficult, almost impossible, to keep track of research that is published or made available online. Moreover, when web pages get updated and links to published articles break, they are no longer available for viewing. DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers) make it easy to keep track of and trace research publications and scientific data. But what are DOIs? 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