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A digital object identifier (DOI) is a unique alphanumeric string assigned by a registration agency (the International DOI Foundation) to identify content and provide a persistent link to a journal article’s location on the Internet. | A digital object identifier (DOI) is a unique alphanumeric string assigned by a registration agency ([http://www.doi.org/index.html the International DOI Foundation]) to identify content and provide a persistent link to a journal article’s location on the Internet. | ||
== DOI in Proteopedia == | == DOI in Proteopedia == | ||
A DOI is uniquely assigned to an frozen version of a Proteopedia page, although not all Proteopedia pages have DOIs assigned to them (list of [[Special:PagesWithDOI|pages with DOI]]). When available, a DOI is the best way to reference your work in Proteopedia. For example, to reference the Proteopedia page [[Introduction to Evolutionary Conservation]] you | A DOI is uniquely assigned to an frozen version of a Proteopedia page, although not all Proteopedia pages have DOIs assigned to them (list of [[Special:PagesWithDOI|pages with DOI]]). When available, a DOI is the best way to reference your work in Proteopedia. For example, to reference the Proteopedia page [[Introduction to Evolutionary Conservation]], you list in your citations list online or in your résumé, CV, etc.: | ||
Martz E, 2012, "Introduction to Evolutionary Conservation", Proteopedia, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14576/514849.1541287 | |||
== Proteopedia: A new publication model == | == Proteopedia: A new publication model == | ||
Pages in Proteopedia are the result of the collaborative work of scientists around the world. During the creation of a Proteopedia page, scientists assume both the role of contributors and peer reviewers, by adding new information and correcting or improving what other scientist inserted before. | Pages in Proteopedia are the result of the collaborative work of scientists around the world. During the creation of a Proteopedia page, scientists assume both the role of contributors and peer reviewers, by adding new information and correcting or improving what other scientist inserted before. | ||
When Proteopedia's Editorial Board | When Proteopedia's Editorial Board rules that a page reaches a mature state, that page is granted a DOI, a unique identifier that will permanently point to that state of the page frozen in time. At this stage, the content of the page is equivalent to a paper publication. | ||
The page remains open for additions and further improvement, as expected in a collaborative wiki dynamic environment. When the new information and accumulated changes represent a significative improvement in the page, it can effectively be considered as a revised version of the previous published | The page remains open for additions and further improvement, as expected in a collaborative wiki dynamic environment. When the new information and accumulated changes represent a significative improvement in the page, it can effectively be considered as a revised version of the previous published paper and will be granted a new DOI. | ||
A Proteopedia DOI points to a Proteopedia publication resulting from a rich world-wide interaction of scientists, with a dynamism not easy to obtain by | A Proteopedia DOI points to a Proteopedia publication resulting from a rich world-wide interaction of scientists, with a dynamism and diversity not easy to obtain by exchanging traditional written documents among a restricted group of contributors. |