# DataCite Membership and DOI Prefixes

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-reading/datacite-membership/  
**Provider:** University of Reading — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-reading/  
**Base URL:** https://api.datacite.org/providers/pclw  
**Documentation:** https://www.reading.ac.uk/library

DataCite Membership and DOI Prefixes is one of 14 APIs that [University of Reading](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-reading/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include DOI, DataCite, Persistent Identifiers, Registry, and Research Data.

The University of Reading is a DataCite member — a fact about the institution, not a contract it operates. api.datacite.org/providers/pclw returns provider "University of Reading", symbol PCLW, organizationType academicInstitution, memberType consortium_organization under consortium blco, country GB, rorId https://ror.org/05v62cm79. Four DOI prefixes are assigned — 10.17864, 10.48683, 10.83281, 10.83004 — and three repository clients, of which bl.reading is registered to researchdata.reading.ac.uk and pclw.bnuteb to the university's Elsevier Pure instance. The registry's own API is DataCite's and is not saved here.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **API** — https://api.datacite.org/providers/pclw
- **x-conformance** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-reading/refs/heads/main/conformance/university-of-reading-conformance.yml

## Other University of Reading APIs (12)

- [CentAUR OAI-PMH Metadata API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-reading/centaur-oai-pmh/)
- [Research Data Archive OAI-PMH Metadata API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-reading/research-data-archive-oai-pmh/)
- [CentAUR Repository REST Listings](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-reading/centaur-eprints-rest/)
- [Research Data Archive REST Listings](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-reading/research-data-archive-eprints-rest/)
- [UK Access Management Federation Identity Provider Entity](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-reading/uk-federation-idp/)
- [Microsoft Entra ID Tenant OpenID Connect Discovery](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-reading/entra-id-tenant/)
- [ROR Organization Registration](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-reading/ror-registration/)
- [Module Catalogue](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-reading/module-catalogue/)
- [Meteorology Department Climate Data Services](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-reading/met-climate-data/)
- [Elsevier Pure Research Information System (tenant)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-reading/elsevier-pure-cris/)
- [Talis Aspire Online Reading Lists (tenant)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-reading/talis-aspire-reading-lists/)
- [SirsiDynix Enterprise Library Catalogue (tenant)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-reading/library-catalogue/)

## Tags

DOI, DataCite, Persistent Identifiers, Registry, Research Data

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