Wikipedia:DOI
The Wikipedia software recognizes inline Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs).[1]
The software automatically creates a search link to a specific work in the same way that it does for International Standard Book Numbers (ISBNs) for books.[2] No template is required to enable this feature.
When a DOI number is known, it may be helpful to use it in the same way as it is good practice to use ISBN references for book source.[3]
It is important when making a link to have a colon after "DOI" followed by the numbers and letters.
- Example
- Correct: [[doi:10.1016/j.iheduc.2008.03.001]]
- Incorrect: [[doi 10.1016/j.iheduc.2008.03.001]]
- The formatted citation is displayed as a blue link: