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DataCite @datacite.org · 17/09/2026

Software is a fundamental research output, and it is vital to ensure its visibility, reuse, and recognition. Our latest Member Story by Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf highlights how DataCite DOIs, rich metadata, and trusted infrastructure support the publication of research software, enable …

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DataCite @datacite.org · 07/09/2026

Boosting Somali research visibility, together. Join DataCite's Mohamad Mostafa and SomaliREN tomorrow for a webinar on the new SomaliREN–DataCite Consortium and cost-effective membership pathways for universities. Register: events.somaliren.org.so/event/154/

Promotional graphic for the online webinar “Enabling Open Science and Increasing Somali Research Visibility through the SomaliREN–DataCite Consortium,” taking place on 8 September 2026 at 08:00 UTC. The graphic features the SomaliREN and DataCite logos on a light blue background.

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DataCite @datacite.org · 02/09/2026

Meet DataCite in person at the International Research Software Conference, Sept 7–8 in Sheffield, UK. Community Specialist Maria Levchenko will discuss DOIs for research software, the DataCite Metadata Schema, and real-world member use cases. Details: datacite.org/event/intern...

Graphic announcing DataCite’s participation in the International Research Software Conference (IRSC) 2026, held online and in person in Sheffield, United Kingdom, on 7–8 September 2026. The IRSC and DataCite logos are shown.

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DataCite @datacite.org · 01/09/2026

Did you know that research organizations can use DataCite Commons to create customizable dashboards with citation, view, and download metrics for institutional reporting and analysis? Explore works by affiliated researchers, publishers, and funding organizations and programs.

DataCite Commons page for the British Library, showing works, citations, views, and downloads metrics, plus organization relation type filters (All Related, By Affiliated Researchers, Created By, Funded By).

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DataCite @datacite.org · 28/08/2026

This month's top community question: Can I register DataCite DOIs for grants and other awards? Yes! Awards are an official DataCite resource type and our member organizations that fund research are registering award DOIs and connecting these funding records to recipients, institutions, projects…

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DataCite @datacite.org · 28/08/2026

DataCite DOIs meet Africa's open science movement. Next Friday, 4 September at 9:00 UTC, DataCite's Mohamad Mostafa joins UbuntuNet Alliance's OPAR series to unpack African use cases & discuss how open metadata boosts research visibility. Save your spot: datacite.org/event/enabli...

Promotional graphic for the webinar “Enabling Open Science in Africa with DataCite: Insights and Use Cases,” taking place online on 4 September 2026 at 09:00 UTC. DataCite Community Specialist Mohamad Mostafa will present, with Martha Chikuni of the UbuntuNet Alliance moderating. The graphic includes DataCite and Open Pan-African Repository branding and headshots of both speakers.

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DataCite @datacite.org · 27/08/2026

How can DataCite make theses and dissertations more visible, discoverable & reusable? Universidade do Porto is assigning DOIs to more than 60,000 dissertations, connecting them to the global scholarly record and improving the impact of their research. Read their member story: doi.org/10.5438/kk5j...

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DataCite @datacite.org · 20/08/2026

Harvesting or reusing DataCite metadata? Join the next DataCite Harvesters Interest Group meeting on 2 September at 15:00 UTC. We’ll share updates, explore enriched metadata for harvesters, and exchange ideas with the community. Register: datacite.org/event/dataci...

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DataCite @datacite.org · 20/08/2026

La Fondation canadienne pour l’innovation (FCI) a publié les données de financement de plus de 14 000 subventions via le service d'enregistrement DOI de DataCite, devenant ainsi l’un des plus grands émetteurs de DOI pour les subventions au monde et contribuant à l’ajout d’informations clés sur les …

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DataCite @datacite.org · 18/08/2026

What if funding information could travel with research instead of staying locked in separate systems? The Canada Foundation for Innovation/Fondation canadienne pour l'innovation uses DataCite Award DOIs to connect funding with researchers, institutions, outputs, and services like ORCID…

DataCite Blog banner: “Canadian Funder CFI Advances Open Research Infrastructure: 14,000 Award Records Now Available in DataCite,” with portraits of authors Kris Gunterman, Maria Gould, Guy Harding, and John Aspler.

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DataCite @datacite.org · 30/07/2026

Research software should be identifiable, connected & reusable. At IRSC 2026, Maria Levchenko will show how DataCite DOIs and metadata support long-term preservation and reproducibility & connect software with related research outputs. datacite.org/event/intern... #ResearchSoftware #PIDs #IRSC2026

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DataCite @datacite.org · 22/07/2026

How can open PID infrastructure support more connected research across the Asia-Pacific region? At APAN62, taking place online and in Auckland from 10–14 August 2026, Mohamad Mostafa will introduce DataCite’s open infrastructure, new membership model, and work to strengthen equitable regional …

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DataCite @datacite.org · 20/07/2026

What makes the DataCite community powerful? Diversity, partnerships, and shared practices that strengthen open research infrastructure. Explore what it means to be part of the DataCite community: doi.org/10.14454/6jg...

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DataCite @datacite.org · 07/07/2026

Welcome PCG Academia, to DataCite's Registered Service Provider Program! Learn about how this new DSpace-based provider supports the implementation of DataCite services for research organizations, including the University of Zurich's ZORA repository: doi.org/10.5438/w50r...

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DataCite @datacite.org · 06/07/2026

A warm welcome to all of the research organizations that joined the DataCite member community in the last quarter. Let’s advance open science together by connecting research outputs, resources, and metadata. Visit datacite.org/members to learn about membership and see current members.

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DataCite @datacite.org · 03/07/2026

This month's top question: Is it possible to see DataCite DOIs associated with researchers from a specific country? You can do this with the REST API! Use the affiliation-country filter with ISO country codes. Search one country, such as Tunisia (TN), or several, such as Chile and …

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DataCite @datacite.org · 30/06/2026

Research funders: help shape future support for open funding metadata. Share your organisation’s practices, readiness, and challenges in this questionnaire by 31 July 2026: opnform.com/forms/wg3-fu...

Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information graphic with a yellow horizontal band and the title “Open funding metadata – funder questionnaire.”

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DataCite @datacite.org · 26/06/2026

Is your organization based in the Middle East or North Africa & interested in improving the visibility of your research outputs & resources? DataCite services & infrastructure can help. Learn how at an upcoming webinar with the Arab States Research and Education Network datacite.org/event/asren-...

Promotional poster for the “ASREN DataCite Consortium” online webinar on 29 June 2026, from 16:00 to 17:30 GMT+3. The event explores how the consortium can increase research visibility, track impact, and enable open science in the Arab region. Speakers are Yousef Torman, Managing Director of ASREN, and Mohamad Mostafa, Community Specialist at DataCite. Webinar themes include ASREN’s regional facilitator role, DataCite’s global community and services, and a new membership model designed to support more equitable participation.

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DataCite @datacite.org · 26/06/2026

هل يقع مقر مؤسستك في منطقة الشرق الأوسط أو شمال أفريقيا، وهل ترغب في تعزيز ظهور نتائجك البحثية ومواردك؟ اكتشف كيفية القيام بذلك باستخدام خدمات DataCite وبنيتها التحتية في الندوة عبر الإنترنت التي ستستضيفها ASREN قريبًا: datacite.org/event/asren-...

ندوة إلكترونية بعنوان «تحالف أسرن–داتا سايت» تُعقد يوم الاثنين 29 يونيو 2026 من الساعة 16:00 إلى 17:30 بتوقيت GMT+3. تتناول تعزيز إتاحة وتأثير البحث العلمي ودعم العلم المفتوح في المنطقة العربية. المتحدثان هما يوسف الطرمان، المدير العام لأسرن، ومحمد مصطفى، اختصاصي المجتمع لدى داتا سايت.

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DataCite @datacite.org · 23/06/2026

Open funding metadata is essential for the discovery, assessment, and impact of research. Read our summary of last week's DataCite Open Hours, in which DataCite members demonstrated how we assist organizations in creating and sharing funding metadata: doi.org/10.5438/6qc3...

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DataCite @datacite.org · 18/06/2026

Missed yesterday’s DataCite Open Hours—or want to revisit it? Hear how The Michael J. Fox Foundation and Dryad are improving funding metadata and connecting research data across the research ecosystem. We also explore award DOIs, ROR and ORCID connections, DataCite Commons, the REST API, and …

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DataCite @datacite.org · 18/06/2026

DataCite Connect came to Asia for the first time! In Singapore, together with our community, we explored how open, connected metadata supports research discovery across outputs, institutions, and communities. Read highlights from NTU, KAUST, ReSA, and key takeaways: doi.org/10.5438/s5c3...

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DataCite @datacite.org · 18/06/2026

DataCite has a vibrant community across the Middle East and North Africa, and we're excited to welcome Naseej as our first Registered Service Provider in the region. Join us on 24 June to learn how your organization can work with DataCite and Naseej to boost the visibility … 👇️

Promotional graphic for a DataCite and Naseej Academy Arabic-language webinar on open science infrastructure and the impact of Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs). The image shows both logos, a speaker portrait, Arabic event details, and icons indicating an online Zoom seminar with attendance certificates. The event is dated 24 June 2026 and scheduled for 7:30–9:30 p.m. Mecca time.

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DataCite @datacite.org · 18/06/2026

تعرف على كيفية تعزيز مؤسستك لتأثير أبحاثها من خلال الاستفادة من خدمات DataCite ومجتمعها العالمي. ستركز الندوة عبر الإنترنت على منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا، وستسلط الضوء على "نسيج" باعتبارها أول مزود خدمات مسجل لدى DataCite في المنطقة: datacite.org/event/maximi...

النص البديل: رسم ترويجي لندوة إلكترونية باللغة العربية مقدمة من DataCite وأكاديمية نسيج حول البنية التحتية للعلم المفتوح وتأثير معرّفات الكائنات الرقمية DOI. تظهر في التصميم شعارات الجهتين، وصورة المتحدث، وتفاصيل الفعالية بالعربية، مع أيقونات تشير إلى أنها ندوة عبر زووم مع شهادات حضور. تُعقد الفعالية في 24 يونيو 2026 من الساعة 7:30 إلى 9:30 مساءً بتوقيت مكة المكرمة.

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DataCite @datacite.org · 02/06/2026

How can community-informed metadata guidance become practical repository improvements? In this guest post, @lmu.de shares how better DOI metadata workflows can be achieved through the DataCite Metadata Generator - a reusable tool for metadata creation and validation: doi.org/10.5438/acdm...

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DataCite @datacite.org · 02/06/2026

Explore DataCite’s improved member directory and discover our global community of research organizations across 70+ countries. Search by name or ROR ID, filter by country, member type, or consortium, and sort results more easily. Try it and share your feedback: datacite.org/members/

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DataCite @datacite.org · 28/05/2026

Open funding metadata is the backbone of transparent research. In our response to the Barcelona Declaration Call to Action, we show how DataCite is advancing award DOIs, funder PIDs & metadata enrichment to connect funding with research impact: doi.org/10.5438/9dw2... @barcelonadori.bsky.social

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DataCite @datacite.org · 26/05/2026

Naseej has joined the DataCite Registered Service Provider Program, the first provider from the Middle East. Through Medad, Naseej supports DOI registration workflows that help institutions improve metadata quality, interoperability & discoverability. Learn more on our blog: doi.org/10.5438/cp4k...

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DataCite @datacite.org · 21/05/2026

The "Implementing FAIR Workflows project" has contributed a dedicated persistent identifiers chapter to "The Turing Way", a community-driven handbook for reproducible, ethical & collaborative research, raising awareness of how PIDs & metadata & open infrastructure connect: doi.org/10.5438/aah4...

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DataCite @datacite.org · 19/05/2026

DataCite’s open infrastructure powers discoverability – is your metadata helping you make the most of it? Now you can use the DataCite Metadata Dashboard to visualize and monitor your metadata in real time to identify key gaps and areas for improvement. Check. Analyze. Improve. metadata.datacite.org

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DataCite @datacite.org · 11/05/2026

Since 2024, DataCite's Global Access Fund has supported 20 projects expanding equitable access to DataCite infrastructure. See how training, outreach&infrastructure development in regions where PID adoption is still emerging are helping to build a more open, global community doi.org/10.5438/29r5...

Banner for a DataCite blog post titled “Building Local Capacity to Advance Open Research: Insights from Two Years of the DataCite Global Access Fund,” by Mohamad Mostafa.

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DataCite @datacite.org · 07/05/2026

DataCite welcomes 4 newly elected Board members: Bessem Aamira, Véronique Stoll, José Benito González López, and Merilen Ivask-Oprelianska. We also thank outgoing Board members for their years of service to DataCite’s mission & community. Learn more about them on our blog: doi.org/10.5438/57p9...

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DataCite @datacite.org · 23/04/2026

Metadata is more than description; it is part of an evidence trail. In a new joint guide, @crossref.bsky.social & DataCite show how open metadata can support research integrity & help the community strengthen the scholarly record. Read more on our blog: doi.org/10.5438/w5de...

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DataCite @datacite.org · 02/04/2026

DataCite was founded as collective open research infrastructure, a community for all organizations & all outputs. We’re evolving our membership model to realign with our guiding values & vision and broaden access for more organizations to participate: doi.org/10.5438/gc07...

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DataCite @datacite.org · 31/03/2026

Join us in welcoming the new research organizations that joined the DataCite member community in the last quarter. Together, we are advancing the visibility, openness &impact of research through open metadata & connected infrastructure. Visit datacite.org/members to learn about membership & members

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DataCite @datacite.org · 27/03/2026

It was great to catch up with our US community at the RDA-US Community Gathering last week. We discussed a number of research data management activities, including the US national #PID strategy & resilient data infrastructure. Read an event recap on our blog: doi.org/10.5438/vn1n... #OpenScience

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DataCite @datacite.org · 17/03/2026

New metadata dashboards are here! 🎉 Explore metadata quality and completeness across key properties and spot opportunities to boost discoverability and impact. Search for an organization or repository at metadata.datacite.org and read the announcement for more details: doi.org/10.5438/p7h4...

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DataCite @datacite.org · 12/03/2026

Missed the Love Data Week deep dive with DataCite and ORCID? Learn how both organizations help auto-update your record, connect your research outputs, and boost visibility. Watch the recording and explore the slides: doi.org/10.5438/z5vn... #LoveDataWeek

An informative graphic titled "DataCite Blog" featuring the text "ORCID and DataCite Supercharge Your Research Visibility." It includes the author's name, Paloma Marín-Arraiza, and displays a circular photo of her.

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DataCite @datacite.org · 11/03/2026

Join us in Washington, DC on 17 March for DataCite Connect DC 2026 at the RDA-US Community Gathering. Free to attend and open to all. Spend the day connecting, learning, and networking with the community. Register: datacite.org/event/rda-us... @researchdataall.bsky.social #openscience #openresearch

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DataCite @datacite.org · 10/03/2026

Thanks to the DataCite Global Access Fund, AFLI & ASREN were able to run a project enhancing the adoption of Open Science in the Middle East and North Africa by organizing webinars and training. Read how this enabled librarians and research administrators to spread the word: doi.org/10.5438/mnet...

Image features a blog post titled "Advancing Research Through DataCite’s Global Access Fund: Arab Federation for Libraries and Information (AFLI)." It includes names of contributors: Heba Ismail, Nabhan Alhararsi, Amany Mohamed Elsayed, and Mohamad Mostafa.

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DataCite @datacite.org · 05/03/2026

Do you want to cite your last poster or presentation? With two new resource types in the DataCite Metadata Schema 4.7, you can do so & maximize the discoverability & impact of your research. Read how our schema has increased relation type flexibility & support of other PIDs: doi.org/10.5438/s00r...

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DataCite @datacite.org · 04/03/2026

Building & maintaining open infrastructure is an active & ongoing process. We align this work with the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure to support sustainability, community governance & responsible stewardship. We’re proud to share our updated POSI self-assessment: doi.org/10.5438/fdqk...

Image features a banner for the DataCite Blog titled "Renewing DataCite’s Commitment to the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure." It includes photos of two authors, Matthew Buys and Maria Gould, with their names indicated.

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DataCite @datacite.org · 20/02/2026

DataCite Board Election applications close on 28 Feb 2026! We especially welcome candidates from the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe, but all are welcome to apply. Step forward or nominate an eligible colleague for 1 of the 4 open seats: doi.org/10.5438/y2mb...

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DataCite @datacite.org · 19/02/2026

Malawi is strengthening the global visibility of its research. Read on our blog how the DataCite Global Access Fund–supported pilot, MAREN, is building a national research repository to make Malawian scholarship more findable, accessible, and citable worldwide: doi.org/10.5438/8q4z... #OpenScience

Image features a blog header for DataCite titled "Advancing Research Through DataCite’s Global Access Fund: Malawi Research and Education Network (MAREN)". It shows headshots of four authors: Solomon Dindi, Ulema Maseko, Wiseman Kapondo, and Mohamad Mostafa.

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DataCite @datacite.org · 30/01/2026

Join the DataCite Board and help shape the future of open infrastructure! Nominations are now open for 4 seats, with a strong focus on regional representation and global diversity. Nominate yourself or an eligible colleague by 28 February: doi.org/10.5438/y2mb...

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DataCite @datacite.org · 22/01/2026

New year, new public data file! 🥳 The latest annual data filecontains DOI metadata for more than 100 million research outputs and activities. This year, we are also excited to start rolling out a new monthly data file service. Learn more on our blog: doi.org/10.5438/0mzx...

Image promoting a blog post from DataCite, titled "Expanding Access to DataCite Metadata: New Public and Monthly Data Files Now Available." It features three contributors: Kelly Stathis, Cody Ross, and Mike Bennett, each identified with a photograph.

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DataCite @datacite.org · 19/01/2026

How can you link and track research outputs & activities to save time and elevate impact? ORCID iDs and DataCite DOIs work together to make this possible! Find out how on 10 February at our webinar in honor of Love Data Week. datacite.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @orcid.org #LoveData26

Promotional graphic for International Love Data Week featuring the event title "Elevating your Research’s Impact and Visibility with ORCID and DataCite." The event is scheduled for February 10, 2026, with time zones listed. Includes a QR code and the logos of ORCID, SPARC, and DataCite.

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DataCite @datacite.org · 15/01/2026

Through the DataCite Global Access Fund, the African Library & Information Associations & Institutions (AfLIA) are promoting open research in Africa. Read how AfLIA organized several virtual & in-person events to raise awareness of open research practices & services: doi.org/10.5438/y45m...

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DataCite @datacite.org · 09/01/2026

Happy New Year from DataCite!🥳 Executive Director Matthew Buys is turning to 2026 and looking back on 2025. Read about how, together with our community, we are working to improve the global metadata ecosystem through services, tools, and collaboration: doi.org/10.5438/q808...

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DataCite @datacite.org · 19/12/2025

We're delighted to welcome the new research organizations that have joined DataCite in the last quarter. By working together, we are increasing the visibility, openness & impact of research through open metadata & connected infrastructure. Thank you for joining our growing community!

Image featuring a welcome message for new members of DataCite, displaying various logos of organizations such as BCO-DMO, OpenAlex, IUCN, and more. The design has a light background with blue text.

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