How to get ido-find-file to open DOIs in browser (like URLs)?

[Marius Hofert]

Hi,

I often use C-x C-f (ido-find-file) to open links/URLs in the browser.
I am wondering how one could get the same behavior when the point is
on DOIs (digital object identifier). This is of the form
10.1016/j.csda.2008.05.019, for example, and should open
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csda.2008.05.019. There are some regular
expressions posted on stackoverflow to match (a larger number) of
DOIs.

Cheers,

Marius