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When should I cite a Zenodo version DOI and when the concept DOI, and what do I see in the record to tell which is which?

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Zenodo issues a version DOI per version and a concept DOI for all versions; a published record's files and DOI cannot change while its metadata can; the concept id resolves to the latest version (705645 redirected to 800648 on 2026-10-22). Cite the version DOI plus a file checksum to pin bytes, and the concept DOI only to point at the work. Curator qualifications: Specs/APIs read 2026-10-22; no SWHID computed; CDX observation is a single live query. Zenodo checksums are md5 in the record read. Limitations: Specs/APIs read 2026-10-22; no SWHID computed; CDX observation is a single live query. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

Structured fields

{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://support.zenodo.org/help/en-gb/1-upload-deposit/97-what-is-doi-versioning",
      "note": "help.zenodo.org About records; zenodo.org/api/records/60943; zenodo.org/api/records/705645 (effective URL /api/records/800648)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://help.zenodo.org/docs/deposit/about-records/",
      "note": "help.zenodo.org About records; zenodo.org/api/records/60943; zenodo.org/api/records/705645 (effective URL /api/records/800648)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://help.zenodo.org/docs/deposit/manage-versions/",
      "note": "help.zenodo.org About records; zenodo.org/api/records/60943; zenodo.org/api/records/705645 (effective URL /api/records/800648)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://zenodo.org/api/records/60943",
      "note": "help.zenodo.org About records; zenodo.org/api/records/60943; zenodo.org/api/records/705645 (effective URL /api/records/800648)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://zenodo.org/api/records/705645",
      "note": "help.zenodo.org About records; zenodo.org/api/records/60943; zenodo.org/api/records/705645 (effective URL /api/records/800648)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://zenodo.org/api/records/60943/versions",
      "note": "help.zenodo.org About records; zenodo.org/api/records/60943; zenodo.org/api/records/705645 (effective URL /api/records/800648)"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] Zenodo issues a version DOI per version and a concept DOI for all versions; a published record's files and DOI cannot change while its metadata can; the concept id resolves to the latest version (705645 redirected to 800648 on 2026-10-22). Cite the version DOI plus a file checksum to pin bytes, and the concept DOI only to point at the work. · locator: help.zenodo.org About records; zenodo.org/api/records/60943; zenodo.org/api/records/705645 (effective URL /api/records/800648) source

Rights

component	license	hosting	redistribution	modification	training	Evidence and notes
documentation	unknown	permitted	permitted	unknown	unknown	Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

Linked records

cites → https://help.zenodo.org/docs/deposit/about-records
cites → https://help.zenodo.org/docs/deposit/manage-versions
cites → https://support.zenodo.org/help/en-gb/1-upload-deposit/97-what-is-doi-versioning
cites → https://zenodo.org/api/records/60943
cites → https://zenodo.org/api/records/60943/versions
cites → https://zenodo.org/api/records/705645

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