Timeline for Why does arxiv.org not assign DOIs?
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| Jan 29, 2018 at 14:29 | comment | added | pglpm | I would like to emphasize what D.Salo wrote: DOIs are more about intellectual property than about journal vs preprint distinction. For example, the preprint system of Open Science Framework automatically assigns a DOI to new preprints and new projects, and depositing these preprints is not subject to any review, and (luckily) not even to screening or filtering, as it is for arXiv instead. | |
| Feb 23, 2016 at 17:31 | comment | added | Joe | The mystical thing is something Crossref is trying to counter, e.g. blog.crossref.org/2013/09/… . DOIs also provide another function: a cross-publisher metadata store in which you can look up information about publications regardless of who published it or where. | |
| Feb 4, 2016 at 13:54 | comment | added | Kimball | @NajibIdrissi Form and function are not entirely separate. But if links are included, one can also click on the arXiv id to go directly to the paper. | |
| Feb 4, 2016 at 13:23 | comment | added | user9646 | @Kimball Are references there to look pretty or to enable to find the cited work as easily and quickly as possible? As a reader, being able to simply click on the DOI number and instantly get the article is very useful... | |
| Jan 30, 2016 at 3:41 | comment | added | Kimball | In my field (where arXiv is widely used) I don't think DOI's are generally perceived as granting any reputability factor (and arXiv only a minimal amount). In fact I often prefer not to include DOI's in my references because I think it makes my references more cluttered and ugly. | |
| Jan 30, 2016 at 0:46 | history | answered | D.Salo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |