How to get a DOI for your blog posts

Getting a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for blog posts can be beneficial for scholars and researchers looking to cite your work. A DOI is a unique and persistent code used to refer to a specific article. If you stop using your domain or re-order your website, the DOI can be redirected to the article's new location, making future reference easier.

Academic institutions often subscribe to a service that assigns DOIs to their authors' articles. However, if you're not affiliated with an institution, you can upload your paper to services like arXiv, which will mint a DOI for you.

For non-traditional academics or those wanting to keep their content on their own website, there are paid services available. Rogue Scholar is an open access archive and registry for science blogs that preserves blog posts, makes them citable via DOI, and ensures long-term discoverability alongside formal scholarly literature.

To get a DOI for your blog posts through Rogue Scholar, you need a full-text feed of your posts and to license your content as Creative Commons Attribution. After submitting an application, you'll receive a DOI for each new post, which can be accessed via the Rogue Scholar API or by visiting a specific URL.