DRI — the permanent digital identifier of a scholarly work
A DRI (Digital Research Identifier) is assigned to a scholarly publication once and identifies it unambiguously for its whole life. The link does not change, the metadata is checked, and the record is kept openly in the national registry.
Four core values
Unique identification
Even works with the same title or by the same authors are told apart unambiguously.
Bibliographic passport
The publication’s authors, source, year and other details are shown in full on an open page.
Persistent link
The DRI link keeps working when the source’s address changes: the redirect is updated, while the link itself stays the same.
Verifiable metadata
The institution confirms the data, and the system checks it against the rules.
How is a DRI built?
An identifier has two parts: a prefix assigned to the institution and a suffix that belongs to the publication. Together they form a number that is never repeated anywhere in the system.
20.1042/talim/2026/v12_i3/48213907Assigned to a registered institution; it never changes.
Points to the specific publication; generated by the system.
The number above is an example, given to explain the structure.
What a DRI is not
It is not an assessment of a work’s scientific quality, nor a ranking.
It is not a publishing or peer-review service.
It is not a full-text library: a DRI takes the reader to the original source or to the passport page.
It is not an open registration service for individuals — a DRI is issued through an institution.
What it gives, and to whom
For researchers
Gives the work a stable link, attributes authorship precisely and makes citing easier.
For institutions
Brings order to the record of publications, keeps the data to one standard and makes it openly visible.
For libraries and analysts
Receives records in machine-readable form and detects duplicates.
Next step
See step by step how a DRI is formed, or browse the records in the registry.