ROR ID¶
Last updated: 2025-05-08
ROR ID (Research Organization Registry ID) is a persistent identifier for organisations relating to research. These may be research-performing organisations such as universities or research institutes, research funders, research infrastructures, government agencies and other types of organisational entities that relate to the research process.
Where to get started as a Swedish organisation?¶
| Use case | Contact | URL |
|---|---|---|
| Suggest adding a new organisation or metadata changes to an existing one | ROR Request Form | https://curation-request.ror.org/ |
| Suggest a large number of additions or changes | ROR Bulk Processing Spreadsheet | https://ror.org/registry/#bulk-requests |
PID Parameters¶
| Parameter | Value | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Research Organization Registry ID | |
| Abbreviated name | ROR ID, ROR | |
| Intended use | Research organisations | Universities, research institutes, research funders, research infrastructures, etc. |
| Based on other PID system(s) | No | |
| Example | 03zttf063 | |
| Example with resolver | https://ror.org/03zttf063 | |
| Case sensitive | Yes | |
| General resolver | https://ror.org/ | |
| May use custom resolver | Only with data dump cached locally | |
| Accompanying metadata kernel | Yes | As described in currently supported versions of the ROR Schema |
| Inception | 2019 | |
| Standard | No | |
| Supersedes | GRID ID | |
| Documentation | ROR Documentation | https://ror.readme.io |
| Kernel metadata schema | ROR Schema | https://ror.readme.io/docs/data-structure |
| Wikipedia article | Research Organization Registry | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_Organization_Registry |
| Wikidata Q-ID | Q63565260 | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63565260 |
| Wikidata P-ID | P6782 | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6782 |
PID Ecosystem¶
| Component | Name | URL |
|---|---|---|
| PID Scheme | ROR ID pattern | https://ror.readme.io/docs/identifier |
| PID Authority | ROR Operations Team | https://ror.org/about/#governance |
| PID Standards Body | ROR Operations Team | https://ror.org/about/#governance |
| PID Provider | Research Organization Registry | https://ror.org |
| PID Manager | (Collaborative effort on Github) | https://github.com/ror-community |