The Infoscience platform guarantees the citability of deposited publications and works through a permanent identifier service.
PIDs (persistent identifiers) ensure the unique and lasting identification of deposited resources. They facilitate the citation and sharing of publications and works.
A handle is a number that serves as a unique identifier for a resource (document, video, object, etc.).
On Infoscience, each record has a handle=> unique and permanent identifier that you can use to locate a publication, a researcher’s profile, or a laboratory.
You will find the handle on the detailed record (1) (see page related to Consult a record).
The DOI (Digital Object Identifier) is a permanent or persistent link assigned to a digital resource, pointing permanently to its location on the Internet.
When you publish an article, the publisher assigns it a DOI to make it permanently accessible online.
The EPFL Library automatically and systematically assigns a DOI to each EPFL doctoral thesis.
This is not the case for other documents which often already receive a DOI from their publishers.
It is possible to request a DOI assignment from Infoscience support, provided the following conditions are met:
- The publication must not already have a DOI. Furthermore, if the publication is disseminated by a publisher or conference organizer, it is their responsibility to assign the DOI.
- The scientific work must have been done at EPFL and at least one of the authors must be affiliated with it. In the case of conference proceedings organized at EPFL, at least one of its editors must be affiliated with it.
- The full text of the publication must be uploaded to Infoscience and must be available in Open Access under a free license. It is possible to assign the DOI before uploading in order to integrate the identifier into the document.
If you wish to obtain a DOI for your publications and/or learn more about the above conditions, please contact Infoscience support: [email protected].
ISBN stands for International Standard Book Number. It is a unique identification number assigned to each edition of a book. This numeric code allows for the precise and unique identification of each published book and is automatically assigned by the publisher.
Within the framework of Infoscience, an ISBN can be assigned to your book by the EPFL Library under the following conditions:
- The content is neither published nor accepted for publication elsewhere;
- At least one of the authors is affiliated with EPFL;
- The content must be published in Open Access.
If you wish to obtain an ISBN for your publications and/or learn more about the above conditions, please contact Infoscience support: [email protected].
Once the ISBN is generated, it will be active within 24 hours.