Repository
Zenodo
Free general-purpose repository operated by CERN, with DOIs included.
How it connects
What it is
- Zenodo is a kind of Research repository.
Who is behind it
- Zenodo operated by CERN. Operated by CERN since its 2013 launch, which grew out of the OpenAIRE project commissioned by the European Commission, of which CERN is a partner; it still works closely with that network (see the incoming "indexes" relation from OpenAIRE).
- Zenodo operated by OpenAIRE.
Builds on
- Zenodo complies with RO-Crate.
- Zenodo depends on InvenioRDM.
- Zenodo implements DataCite Metadata Schema.
- Zenodo implements OAI-PMH.
Connects to
- OpenAIRE indexes Zenodo. OpenAIRE and Zenodo have worked closely together since Zenodo launched in 2013; OpenAIRE aggregates and links its records.
- OpenAlex indexes Zenodo. OpenAlex harvests and indexes works deposited in Zenodo.
Related to
- Zenodo relates to Open licence. Asks depositors to choose a licence for open access records.
Links
Details
Description
Zenodo is one of the reference repositories in the ecosystem: free, with DOIs included.
Attributes
| url | https://zenodo.org/ |
|---|---|
| identifiers | wikidata: Q22661177 |
| status | active |
| governance | Nonprofit |
| outputLicence | partly-open |
| codebase | open-source |
| prominence | core |
| note | Codebase is open source: Zenodo runs on InvenioRDM, released under the MIT licence; the deployed instance itself has no separate package-level SPDX id. |
| type | Repository |
| repositoryKind | hosted-service |
| persistentIdScheme | doi |
| accessModel | mixed |
| Tags | function: deposit, function: preservation, openness: open content |
Sources
- https://about.zenodo.org/(opens in a new tab) (accessed 2026-11-12): Launched May 2013; OpenAIRE was commissioned by the EC, and CERN, an OpenAIRE partner, provided the capability.
Last reviewed: 2026-11-12
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