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Last Updated: Jan 08, 2024     Views: 47

DOI stands for a digital object identifier. A DOI permanently links a document to the web.

The DOI is included in citations, as in this example: https://doi:org/10:1086/685998. When there is a doi available, use it instead of the url in the citation for that source.  

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