ISBN
As a member of the University, you may wish to apply for an ISBN (International Standard Book Number) if you have written a book or produced a ‘serial monograph’ such as a set of conference proceedings.  ISBNs usually have 13 digits and start with 978-xxxxx-xxxxx.  The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Library can allocate ISBNs for certain items.
To obtain an ISBN, contact the Bibliographic Services Librarians via email library@bath.ac.uk with the following information:
Publication title
Date
Author/editor
Department
Contact
Once allocated, your ISBN can be applied to your book and it will also be added to the Neilson book database to be officially registered.
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If you are starting a journal series, you can apply for an ISSN (International Standard Serial Number)Â from the British Library (the UK representative of the ISSN Centre). Â You need to apply for an ISSN based on the country in which the journal is published.
Application for an ISSN is via a form that collects various pieces of data to show that the journal title is regularly produced and likely to continue. Â There is no charge for an ISSN and it generally takes two weeks to be allocated. Â More information is available from the .
An ISSN usually has eight digits with a hyphen in the middle like this: 1234-5678.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
When you have an article published with a well-known journal, the publisher will generally allocate a DOI (Digital Object Identifier (DOI) at the point of acceptance of your paper.Â
A DOI usually looks like this: 10.1025/klj123456.
If your journal does not allocate DOIs:
There are various repositories that allow you to deposit the full text of your paper and will then allocate a DOI (or similar permanent identifier).
Some repositories will allocate a DOI for other output types such as data as follows:
At the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, we can allocate a DOI for your research data. .
Data repositories such as Dryad and Figshare will also assign DOIs for data sets.
For further information on identifiers
To request an ISBN, contact the Library by email library@bath.ac.uk
Contact your Subject Librarian or the Library Research Services team for advice about ISSNs and DOIs: openaccess@bath.ac.uk