Getting Started Guide

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    Create permanent, blockchain-backed identifiers for your academic and research works. Free to mint, built for the future of scholarly communication.

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    Quick Start Guide

    Get your first NobleID in under 5 minutes

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    Choose Work Type
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    Select from 14 supported types
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    2
    Add Metadata
    2-3 minutes
    Title, authors, dates, description
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    4
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    14 Supported Work Types

    NobleID supports the broadest range of academic and research outputs

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    Articles

    Journal articles, research papers

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    Datasets

    Research data, collections

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    Software

    Code, applications, tools

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    Grants

    Funding proposals, awards

    Academic publishing

    Books

    Monographs, textbooks

    Granular citing

    Book Chapters

    Individual chapters

    Event collections

    Proceedings

    Conference proceedings

    Peer reviewed

    Conference Papers

    Individual conference papers

    Student research

    Dissertations

    Theses, dissertations

    Fast sharing

    Preprints

    Early research outputs

    Industry insights

    Reports

    Technical reports, white papers

    Reference docs

    Standards

    Technical standards, specifications

    Open science

    Peer Reviews

    Review reports, assessments

    Supporting materials

    Components

    Supplements, appendices

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