ROR includes IDs and metadata for more than 115,000 organizations. Registry data is CC0 and openly available in a web search interface, a REST API, and a downloadable dataset. The registry is curated through a community process, and updates are released at least monthly. Anyone can suggest a change to a ROR record or request a new ROR record.
Use the ROR registryROR is community-supported open infrastructure driven by organizations and individuals from around the world. Join the ROR community to get the latest news, participate in events, find out who's using ROR, learn to integrate ROR in your systems, talk ROR with others, become a ROR advocate, and give feedback on future priorities and initiatives.
Join the ROR communityAfter extensive conversations and collaborative work to develop an open registry of research organization identifiers, California Digital Library, Crossref, and DataCite launched ROR in 2019. ROR is now the only organization identifier that is completely open, community-governed, and widely preferred in essential scholarly infrastructure.
Learn more about RORVersion 2 of the ROR API will become the query default in July 2025, and version 1 of the ROR API and dataset will be deprecated entirely in December 2025.
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Peyton Tvrdy of the US National Transportation Library tells us why and how her team did such exemplary work in producing metadata for Rosa P, a national digital repository for open transportation research.
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In this dual case study, we learn why the Howard Hughes Medical Institute relies on OA.Report and why OA.Report relies on ROR to help HHMI track compliance with its open access policy.
By Amanda French
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