DOIs Being Minted Screensaver
The DOIs Being Minted screensaver shows dOIs registered through DataCite as they are minted, key-less. It's free, runs in your browser, and ESC exits.
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How the DOIs Being Minted screensaver works
The saver reads the source described above and draws it on a canvas — no account, no tracking.
DOIs registered through DataCite as they are minted, key-less. Crossref registers journal articles; DataCite registers everything else research produces — datasets, software, theses, samples, preprints — so this is the wider paper trail forming in real time.
It refreshes on a schedule, so what you see stays current.
Colours and any options can be changed in settings; nothing is stored beyond your own browser.
What DataCite registers
DataCite is a non-profit membership organisation that provides DOIs for research outputs. Its members include data repositories, libraries, universities and government agencies, and each registers its own records under a prefix. Well-known repositories such as Zenodo and Figshare issue their DOIs through DataCite, which is why datasets, software releases, posters and theses can all show up here.
A DataCite record is metadata: a title, creators, a publisher, a publication year and a resource type, usually with a link to the landing page. The resource type is the most revealing field in the stream, because it tells you whether a given DOI points to a dataset, a piece of software, an image or a text. DataCite records have one of three states, draft, registered or findable, and only findable records have public metadata indexed in its APIs.
A DOI is a durable name for something, not a mark of quality. The registration can describe a carefully curated dataset or an upload by a single student, and volume is skewed by a few very large repositories that mint DOIs in bulk, so the busiest names reflect their workflow more than the world’s research.
A worked example
DOIs registered through DataCite as they are minted, key-less. Crossref registers journal articles; DataCite registers everything else research produces — datasets, software, theses, samples, preprints — so this is the wider paper trail forming in real time.
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- Every value on screen comes from the live source — nothing is simulated.
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Frequently asked questions
- Is this real data?
- Yes — it comes from the source named on this page and is refreshed on a schedule.
- Is a key needed?
- No. This source is fully key-less.
- Is it free?
- Yes — free, no download, in your browser.
- Why do some titles look like file names?
- Repositories often create DOIs automatically for individual uploads, and the title is whatever the depositor or repository supplied in the metadata. DataCite records it as given.
- What does the resource type tell me?
- It is a category recorded in the metadata, such as dataset, software, text or image. It shows what kind of object the DOI identifies.
- Is every DOI here a research paper?
- No. Journal articles are largely registered through Crossref. DataCite DOIs identify data, code and other outputs, although some preprints and theses also use it.