# DataCite

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/datacite/  
**Website:** https://datacite.org  
**APIs profiled:** 16

DataCite is a leading global non-profit organization that provides DOI (Digital Object Identifier) registration and persistent identifier services for research outputs, enabling researchers to cite, discover, and access scholarly data. DataCite maintains a REST API for minting and managing DOIs, querying metadata records, and accessing the global research data graph. Membership-based access allows institutions to register DOIs through APIs and the Fabrica web interface, while public metadata retrieval is freely available to anyone. DataCite also offers a GraphQL API, a legacy Metadata Store (MDS) API, usage statistics via its Usage Reports API, and scholarly event tracking via the Event Data API.

## Kin Score — 41.5 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 41.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 63.2 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 50.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 16.7 |
| Commercial Clarity | 39.5 |
| Access Clarity | 39.5 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 31.5 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 32.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (16)

- **DataCite GraphQL API** — An alternative query interface for DOI metadata retrieval using the GraphQL query language. Currently supports queries only (no mutations or subscriptions). Publicly accessible ...
- **DataCite Event Data API** — Tracks mentions, citations, and scholarly events related to registered DOIs. Enables discovery of how research outputs are referenced and linked across the scholarly web.
- **DataCite activities API** — Activities
- **DataCite client-prefixes API** — Client Prefixes
- **DataCite clients API** — Clients
- **DataCite dois API** — DOIs
- **DataCite events API** — Events
- **DataCite heartbeat API** — Heartbeat
- **DataCite prefixes API** — Prefixes
- **DataCite provider-prefixes API** — Provider Prefixes
- **DataCite providers API** — Providers
- **DataCite publishers API** — The publishers API from DataCite — 2 operation(s) for publishers.
- **DataCite report_types API** — The report_types API from DataCite — 1 operation(s) for report_types.
- **DataCite reports API** — Reports
- **DataCite repositories API** — The repositories API from DataCite — 2 operation(s) for repositories.
- **DataCite status API** — The status API from DataCite — 1 operation(s) for status.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Datacite Agentic Access** — 42 operations · 14 acting

## Security (2)

- **Datacite Authentication** — http · 2 schemes
- **Datacite Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Datacite Plans Pricing**

## Tags

DOI, Persistent Identifiers, Scholarly Metadata, Research Data, Open Science, Linked Data

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/datacite/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.