DOI celebrated in new scholarly community video
The Rosenblum Award for Scholarly Publishing Impact has released a new video celebrating its inaugural honouree: the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for Scholarly Publishing.
Established collaboratively by five leading scholarly publishing organisations in memory of Bruce Rosenblum, a pioneer in publishing standards and workflow innovation, The Rosenblum Award for Scholarly Publishing celebrates transformative infrastructure and initiatives that underpin global scholarly communication.
The governance committee, consisting of the leadership of ALPSP, AUPresses, NISO, SSP, and STM, unanimously selected the DOI for Scholarly Publishing as the inaugural recipient, recognising its “profound, sustained impact on how research is shared and connected across borders and generations”.
The short documentary film “The Rosenblum Award for Scholarly Publishing 2025: The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for Scholarly Publishing: Community Perspectives” brings together leading voices from the global research and publishing ecosystem to reflect on the DOI’s enduring legacy.
Contributors to the video include influential figures in the digital landscape and scholarly infrastructure, publishing, and technology, including:
- Robert Kahn, President & CEO, Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI);
- Larry Lannom, Director of Information Management Technology, CNRI;
- Carol Risher, Operations Director, Rushing McCarl LLP; formerly VP Copyright & Technology, Association of American Publishers;
- Eefke Smit, Managing Director, IPRO;
- Paul Mostert, Director, Product Management, Content, Elsevier (retired);
- Howard Ratner, Executive Director, CHORUS;
- Ed Pentz, Executive Director, Crossref;
- Alice Meadows, Co-founder, MoreBrains Cooperative;
- Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO;
- Jan Brase, Head of R&D, SUB Göttingen;
- Hylke Koers, CIO, STM Solutions;
- Jonathan Clark, Managing Agent, The DOI Foundation;
- Matt Buys, Executive Director, DataCite;
- Charles Watkinson, Director, University of Michigan Press; and
- Jennifer Kemp, Director, Consulting Services, Strategies for Open Science (Stratos).
The video traces the DOI for Scholarly Publishing’s journey from a technical solution to a universal language of research connection. It shows how the DOI for Scholarly Publishing:
- Supports all worldwide in discovering research more efficiently and effectively;
- Links millions of research outputs across disciplines, publishers, and nations;
- Supports open, transparent communication, helping research remain discoverable and citable for the long term;
- Builds trust and accountability through persistent identification and shared metadata;
- Fosters collaboration among publishers, societies, libraries, funders, and technology partners to ensure research remains accessible and interoperable; and
- Uses and applications continue and will grow across the community in the years to come.
The Rosenblum Award for Scholarly Publishing “reflects a broad, community-led commitment to shared, non-proprietary infrastructure that benefits all those involved in the creation, dissemination, and use of scholarship”.
Watch the video on the Rosenblum Award website or on YouTube.