DataCite's unique content

DataCite supports researchers by helping them to find, identify, and cite research datasets.  It assigns persistent identifiers to citable datasets. All DataCite DOIs resolve to a public landing page that contains information about the associated dataset and a direct link to the dataset itself.  A wide range of organizations contribute records to the DataCite Metadata Store. 

CDI uses DataCite metadata to improve record discoverability. However, customers have reported cases in which DataCite metadata merged into CDI records and added inaccuracies to the records.

DataCite records with inaccurate metadata can cause failing links or can present end users with incorrect information, such as an inaccurate material type.

To address these issues, we have limited DataCite content in CDI to records with a high level of uniqueness, meaning content that is not indexed in CDI from other sources. In addition, DataCite records are no longer merged with existing CDI records, preventing erroneous metadata from appearing in records already indexed.

As a result, records that are covered in CDI from other sources will no longer be merged with DataCite records, reducing OpenURL failures and preventing false indications derived from DataCite metadata. At the same time, unique DataCite content that does not match other records in the index, such as DataCite dataset records, will remain discoverable in CDI and will continue to provide direct linking to the resource.

Please note that all of the DataCite removed content exists in CDI from other sources, so there won't be any effect on the search experience or the results.

We are also aware that DataCite's content is inconsistent, and some results could be considered spam . We are tracking DataCite records and removing inappropriate records from the index constantly.

Open-Access and A&I content

DataCite content includes both open-access and full-text content, and also A&I content, which does not include full-text but abstracts, citations, and bibliographic information. The DataCite records use direct linking, which means all links will redirect the end-user to the DataCite platform, and from there, another link will be offered to the target resource.

 
While DataCite content in CDI is limited to highly unique records to minimize merging, edge cases may still occur. In these cases, direct links from DataCite A&I records may take precedence, obscuring full-text access available from other sources. To avoid this behavior, we recommend enabling only the DataCite open-access collection in Alma and disabling the general DataCite collection.

Please activate the following collection:

And deactivate the following collection: