Maximum DOI Research Papers by an Individual in a Year: A Proposal for an Open-Science Record

This research paper proposes a global open-science record category titled "Maximum DOI Research Papers by an Individual in a Year."The paper presents an independently conceived framework that defines the proposed category and introduces a verification protocol for recognizing individual research contributions through DOI-registered scholarly outputs.As the founding case, the paper documents the author's achievement of 158 DOI-registered research papers during the 2025 calendar year. This specific achievement was recognized by the India Book of Records under the title "Maximum DOI research papers published in one year by an individual" and by the Asia Book of Records with the title "Grand Master."The proposed global record category is an entirely independent initiative conceived, formulated, and presented solely by the author, Kallol Chakrabarti. Neither the India Book of Records nor the Asia Book of Records suggested, initiated, sponsored, participated in, contributed to, endorsed, approved, or officially adopted this proposed global category. Their recognition is mentioned exclusively in connection with the author's 2025 achievement and does not indicate any organizational association with the proposed category.The paper explores the role of independent researchers in open science, ORCID-linked authorship, persistent digital identifiers, decentralized research infrastructure, research evaluation, novelty assessment, and scholarly recognition beyond conventional institutional structures.It further examines the challenges faced by unaffiliated researchers, including limited access to institutional funding, intellectual property protection, research resources, and formal recognition. It discusses the potential of decentralized publishing infrastructure to establish publicly accessible and verifiable research records.The paper also presents a founding case supported by reported research metrics, including DOI registrations, novelty assessment results, scholarly readership, citations, peer-review participation, and independent digital research infrastructure.A central contribution of this work is its proposed verification framework, which can be examined, tested, and potentially adopted by independent researchers, open-science platforms, and record-keeping organizations worldwide.The paper clarifies that DOI registration provides a persistent identifier and evidence of dated public disclosure, but does not independently establish copyright ownership, patent rights, or legal protection of an idea.Through this proposal, the author seeks to encourage transparent global recognition of individual research contributions and expand opportunities for independent researchers to participate in open scholarship.