The shortDOI Service is a public service, open to anyone, that creates shortcuts to DOI^® names, which are often very long strings. The service creates short handles of the form 10/abcde and enables short HTTP URIs of the form http://doi.org/abcde that are ideal for use in email, blogs, mobile messaging and more.

he shortDOI Service Proxy Server at http://doi.org only resolves the shortcuts, identically to the way the DOI System Proxy Server at http://dx.doi.org only resolves full DOI names. (Error pages for both proxies will offer links to the other proxy when appropriate.) The service will either create a new shortcut, or return the existing shortcut if one has already been created.

Enter a DOI name in the form below:

For automated purposes, the shortDOI Service can also be used by simply appending the original DOI name to the URL for the service, for example http://shortdoi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19980815/30)17:15/16%3C1661::AID-SIM968%3E3.0.CO%3B2-2. A format parameter can be used to specify that information be returned as XML or JSON, by appending ?format=xml or ?format=json. An HTTP Accept: header can also be used to specify the desired return format. The returned field IsNew describes whether the shortcut already existed, or was created by this request.