DataCite Membership in 2025: An Update on Our Global Community and Spotlight on Use Cases in Croatia, Qatar, and the United States
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Members are the heart of the DataCite community. Comprising 1600+ research organizations from 60+ countries, members join DataCite to use our infrastructure and services, participate in our governance, and contribute to shared communities of practice. In this post, we wanted to welcome the new organizations that have joined DataCite in the first half of 2025, and highlight a few of their stories. These new members span a range of sectors, including government agencies, research institutions, and universities, and represent countries across the globe. Whether joining as Direct Members, Consortium Leads and their Consortium Organizations, or Supporting Members, each one is committed to advancing open research and supporting persistent identifiers in their work.
101 New Consortium Organizations
Arab States Research and Education Network (ASREN)
- Ministry of Education & Higher Education
Australian Research Data Commons
- Australian Academy of Science
- Australian Government Department of Education
- Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety Limited
- Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate
Belnet
- Flemish Institute for Technological Research
- Flemish Organization for Immovable Heritage
- Instituut voor Landbouw en Visserijonderzoek
- Stichting OpenAccess
British Library
- Birmingham City University
- University of London
- University of Wales Trinity St David
Conference of Italian University Rectors (CRUI2011)
- IUAV
- Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale
- Università della Calabria
- Università di Ferrara
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
- Universidade Federal do ABC
Data Observatory Foundation
- Universidad de Los Andes, Chile
DataCite Canada Consortium
- Acadia University
- Bishop's University
- École de Technologie Supérieure
- International Union of Food Science and Technology
- Toronto Metropolitan University
- Université de Sherbrooke
- University of Windsor
- Western University
Eko-Konnect Research and Education Initiative
- National Commission for Museums and Monuments
eScire
- BUCLE - Bibliotecas Universitarias de Castilla y León
- Fundación Universitaria San Pablo CEU
ETH Zurich
- SUPSI - Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana
Ethiopian DOI Consortium
- Mekelle University
Figshare consortium
- Bayer AG
- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
- KEIO
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
- Singapore University of Social Sciences
- Vaal University of Technology
FORS - Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences
- Swiss National Data and Service Center for the Humanities
French National Centre for Scientific Research
- Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et StatistiqueS - UNIVERSITE PARIS CITE
- Centre scientifique et technique du bâtiment
- CONSERVATOIRE BOTANIQUE NATIONAL DU MASSIF CENTRAL
- Ecole Normale Supérieure du Burundi
- Laboratoire d'études et de recherche sur le monde anglophone
- Natural Built Social Environment Health
- Office pour les insectes et leur environnement
- Ortho Edition
- Psychologies, Genre et Société
Hochschulbibliothekszentrum NRW
- Hochschule Niederrhein
- Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences
- Westfälische Hochschule
Inter-University Computation Center (IUCC)
- Bar-Ilan University
Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
- Deutsche Bundesbank
- Human Sciences Research Council SA
- Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies
- Slovenian Social Science Data Archives at UL-FDV (ADP)
Lyrasis
- Colorado State University
- Louisiana State University
Maynooth University
- Higher Education Authority
- Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
MTA Könyvtára
- SZTE Klebelsberg Könyvtár és Levéltár
National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography
- National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography (NIGGG)
National Library of Technology
- Ministry of Interior, Directorate General of Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic
- Museum of Prague
- Národní Pedagogické Muzeum a Knihovna J. A. Komenského
National Research Council of Thailand Consortium
- Kasetsart University
- National Assembly Library of Thailand
- National Institute of Development Administration
- National Research Council of Thailand
- Prince of Songkla University
National University Center for Scientific and Technical Documentation
- Institution de la Recherche et de l'Enseignement Supérieur Agricoles
- Manouba University
- Scholar Societies
- Tunis University
- University National Center of Scientific and Technical Documentation
- University of Carthage
- University of Sfax
NLA – National Library and Archives
- American University of Sharjah
- Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
Oxford International Collaboration Centre (OICC Press)
- INNOVAMAT EDUCATION, S.L.
Sages sp. z o. o.
- University of Gdańsk
- University of Opole
The Global Dataverse Community Consortium (GDCC)
- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
- Universidad de Antioquia
- Universidad de los Andes - Colombia
- University of the Basque Country Spain
TIB DOI Konsortium
- Bibliotheks- und Informationssystem der Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde e.V.
- Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule
- Hochschule Biberach
- Leibniz-Institut für Agrartechnik und Bioökonomie e.V.
- Universität Koblenz
- Universitätsbibliothek Mainz
TU Delft Library
- Kennisinstituut voor Mobiliteitsbeleid (KiM)
- Open Universiteit
- TNO
University of Vienna
- Fachhochschule Kärnten
Vancouver World Dermatology Legacy Society
- Ministère des Ressources naturelles et des Forêts
- Public Safety Canada
In this post, we're highlighting three new members whose use of our services illustrates the growing diversity of applications for DataCite DOIs—from environmental data and national infrastructure to scholarly publishing in regional contexts.
Institute for Environment and Nature, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition (Croatia) – registering DOIs for records and assessments of Croatian wild species.
DataCite plays a key role in facilitating responsible data sharing on important topics such as biodiversity and species protection. By enabling the assignment of DataCite DOIs to threat assessments and datasets within Croatia's Nature Protection Information System and BioAtlas, DataCite ensures traceability, citation, and long-term accessibility of critical environmental data. This approach strengthens the visibility and credibility of the Red List of Croatian Wild Species, supporting both conservation efforts and evidence-based policymaking.
"The Institute for Environment and Nature is an expert analytical body of the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Croatia. The institute is, among other assignments, in charge of implementing and developing the Nature Protection Information System.
The Institute maintains the Red List of Croatian Wild Species. Within the Red List, threat assessments are made for selected wild species. Each threat assessment is the work of eminent experts, which is validated by educated reviewers at the Institute for Environment and Nature. Concerned threat assessments are the professional references of the experts who created them. Currently, the Institute is implementing the DOI in the system, following the example of the web portal of the IUCN. After the implementation, each assessment will be provided with a DOI, which will be a part of the assessment citation.
Also, the institute is maintaining BioAtlas – Croatian Living Atlas, in the scope of which every imported dataset will be assigned with a DOI, as well as each user-downloaded dataset. DOIs will be a part of the dataset citation and will be cited in the scientific and expert papers in which the dataset will be used.
This will facilitate visibility, accessibility, and use of the data, but also enable reproducibility of the analyses of the used datasets. Furthermore, increased visibility and accessibility will facilitate future data mobilisation and assessments done by the experts."
Luka Katušić, Head of the Service for Inventory and Assessment
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition
Ohio Supercomputer Center (United States) – registering DOIs for instruments like supercomputing devices and infrastructure.
The Ohio Supercomputer Center joined DataCite to register DOIs for the tools and computing devices they support, using "Instrument" resource type in the DataCite Metadata Schema.
"At the Ohio Supercomputer Center, our mission is to empower Ohio higher educational institutions, both public and private, as well as private industry, by providing capable, accessible, reliable, and secure computational services enhanced by training, consulting, and research partnerships. We've become a member of DataCite because it gives us the ability to generate persistent identifiers and track their use both by ourselves and our clients, in order to better capture the impact we have on our client community."
Alan Chalker, Director of Strategic Programs
Ohio Supercomputer Center
Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (Qatar) – registering DOIs for articles and entries in the newly launched Encyclopedia Arabica.
DataCite's metadata schema supports registering DOIs for scholarly articles, enabling persistent access and reliable citation. It also allows the inclusion of metadata in multiple languages, boosting the visibility and discoverability of regional and non-English research. This multilingual capability is especially valuable for initiatives like the Encyclopedia Arabica, helping position Arabic scholarship within global knowledge systems.
"At the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, our Encyclopedia Arabica project is committed to producing peer-reviewed, accessible, and authoritative knowledge in Arabic. By registering DOIs for each encyclopedic entry, we ensure long-term digital preservation, global scholarly visibility, and rigorous citation practices—placing Arab scholarship at the heart of international knowledge systems. DataCite's infrastructure empowers us to embed trust, transparency, and traceability into the future of Arabic digital knowledge."
Dr. Mohammad Almasri, Executive Director
Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
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Members are the heart of the DataCite community. Comprising 1600+ research organizations from 60+ countries, members join DataCite to use our infrastructure and services, participate in our governance, and contribute to shared communities of practice. In this post, we wanted to welcome the new organizations that have joined DataCite in the first half of 2025, and highlight a few of their stories.
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