All You Need to Know About ROR IDs
What is an ROR ID?
- A Research Organization Registry Identifier (ROR ID) is a unique and persistent identifier assigned to research organizations (e.g., universities, research centers, and government institutions).
- Its format is a string starting with "https://ror.org/" followed by unique letters and numbers (e.g., https://ror.org/03ygqq617).
Why is it important?
- Clear identification: It allows for unambiguous identification of research organizations, even with similar names. This is crucial for tracking affiliations, research publications, and funding.
- Interoperability: Designed to interact and integrate with other persistent identifiers such as ORCID (for researcher identifiers) and DOI (for digital object identifiers such as scientific articles).
- Open source: ROR is managed as a community project under an open license (CC0), ensuring free access and unrestricted use.
How to find an organization's ROR ID
- ROR Registry website: Search directly on https://ror.org/search
- API: Use ROR's API to retrieve ROR data.
- Crosswalks: Look for crosswalks in other databases that provide mappings to ROR IDs for their organizations (e.g., Wikidata).
How to use ROR IDs
- In research publications: Include the organization's ROR ID in affiliation information when submitting research.
- In grant databases: Include ROR IDs of funding organizations to track research funding.
- In reference management systems: Use ROR IDs to improve data accuracy and disambiguate organization names.
Example
ROR ID of Queen Arwa University in Yemen: https://ror.org/03ygqq617
For more information
Visit the ROR website directly: https://ror.org/
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