DataCite Canada Consortium
DataCite Canada Consortium
CRKN supports Canadian institutions in registering DOIs through DataCite.
DataCite is a global non-profit organization dedicated to making data and scholarly content more accessible and citable. DataCite’s core activity is providing digital object identifier (DOI) and associated metadata registration. DOIs are persistent identifiers (PIDs) for digital objects which are widely used for identifying published content, datasets, and other scholarly research outputs. There are over 700,000 DOIs registered in Canada with DataCite.
The DataCite Canada Consortium, co-managed by CRKN and the Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance), is a collective of organizations and institutions registering DOIs in Canada through DataCite. CRKN provides administration, licensing, and financial services, including all invoicing to DataCite Canada Consortium members. The Alliance provides best practices guidance and technical support. CRKN and the Alliance work together to engage the community (e.g., via community calls).
Benefits of DataCite Canada
The DataCite Canada Consortium ensures that Canadian institutions who have integrated DataCite as part of their infrastructure are sustainably supported. Additionally, consortium members benefit from:
- The ability to mint DOIs either via the web-based Fabrica system or through the API using existing systems
- Preferential pricing compared with direct membership
- A dedicated support team for all administrative, financial, and technical needs
- A committed Canadian community of practice
- A consortium governance structure that delivers on the strategic integration of DOIs and other persistent identifiers in the Canadian scholarly communications infrastructure
- A global data-sharing community and the opportunity to collaborate with a leading-edge network of data research experts
For more information about the DataCite Canada Consortium please email datacite@crkn.ca.
Universities & Colleges (42)
- Acadia University
- Algoma University
- Bishop's University
- Brandon University
- Capilano University
- Carleton University
- Concordia University
- Conestoga College
- Dalhousie University
- École de technologie supérieure
- École nationale d'administration publique
- Emily Carr University of Art and Design
- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
- McGill University
- McMaster University
- Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Mount Royal University
- Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) University
- OCAD University
- Queen's University
- Simon Fraser University
- Toronto Metropolitan University
- Université de Montréal
- Université de Sherbrooke
- Université du Québec à Montréal
- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
- Université Laval
- University of Alberta
- University of British Columbia
- University of Calgary
- University of Manitoba
- University of New Brunswick
- University of Ottawa
- University of Prince Edward Island
- University of Regina
- University of Saskatchewan
- University of Toronto
- University of Victoria
- University of Windsor
- University of Winnipeg
- Vancouver Island University
- Western University
Government Organizations (15)
- Agence spatiale canadienne / Canadian Space Agency
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- Bank of Canada
- Canada Energy Regulator
- Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
- Federal Science Library Network (FSLN)
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
- Ministère des ressources naturelles et des forêts
- National Research Council
- Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Newfoundland and Labrador Geological Survey
- Public Safety Canada
- Federal Open Science Repository of Canada
- Statistics Canada
- Yukon Geological Survey
Sector Organizations (40)
- Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
- Arctic Research Foundation
- BC Electronic Library Network
- Birds Canada
- Borealis
- Canada Human-Computer Communications Society
- Canadian Integrated Ocean Observing System (CIOOS)
- CIOOS Atlantic
- Canadian Research Knowledge Network
- Centre d'études nordiques
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics
- Computational Geometry Lab, Carleton University
- Council of Canadian Academies
- CybelePress
- DataStream Initiative
- Digital Research Alliance of Canada
- Electronic Textual Cultures Lab (ETCL)
- Future Skills Centre (FSC)
- Hakai Institute (Tula Foundation)
- ICSOBA
- Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC)
- Institute Centre for the Advancement of Health Regional Innovation and Science (ICAHRIS)
- Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP)
- International League of Dermatological Societies (ILDS)
- International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUoFST)
- Living Lakes Canada
- Matrix: A Journal for Matricultural Studies
- North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES)
- Observatoire global du St-Laurent
- Ocean Networks Canada
- Ocean Tracking Network
- Ontario Brain Institute
- Pacific Salmon Foundation
- Polar Data Catalogue
- Revue francophone de recherche sur le transfert et l'utilisation des connaissances (Revue TUC)
- T-CAIREM
- The Metabolomics Innovation Centre (TMIC)
- Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centre
- University of Alberta Museums
Funders (1)
- Canada Foundation for Innovation
The following dashboard, created by the Digital Research Alliance of Canada, provides a snapshot of DOI registration activity across DataCite Canada Consortium Organizations. It offers a continuously updated view of the total number of DOIs registered by consortium members, contextualized through the visualization of registration over time. The dashboard also highlights trends in DOI adoption and showcases the five member organizations with the largest increases in DOI registrations in the chosen time period. By providing timely and transparent data, it enables members to visualize their individual usage and better understand the growth and impact of persistent identifier adoption across the Canadian research community.
