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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 25/09/2026

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Royal University of Fine Arts, Cambodia ror.org/01w33af17, Centre for Fine Arts, Belgium ror.org/03wts3073, and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston ror.org/00n9dj543

PeintureNature Morte, circa 1920-1921, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Patrick Henry Bruce, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 22/09/2026

Nearly 27,000 funder entities in OpenAlex now have ROR IDs. Are you using ROR IDs to identify funders yet? groups.google.com/g/openalex-u...

Lion male 6y. Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 11/09/2026

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Zürich Zoological Garden ror.org/03pjnvf85, National Zoological Gardens of South Africa ror.org/05q4jz828, and Zoo Negara in Malaysia ror.org/04v3xej07

Zoo Negara entrance with elephant sculpture, Haiqal08, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 04/09/2026

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Notre Dame University in Cotabato City, Phillippines ror.org/04mwhg379, Notre Dame University Bangladesh ror.org/035j0vf10, and Notre Dame University – Louaize in Lebanon ror.org/030br0314

Seal of Notre Dame University Cotabato City, Rteezee, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 28/08/2026

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe ror.org/01wzjne83, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University ror.org/04ycrgr69, and Bois Forte Band of Chippewa ror.org/00h33x176

Ojibwe Syllabary, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 27/08/2026

We'd love your feedback on a demonstration version of a new and improved ROR web search interface with a LOT of new functionality. Advanced search nerds, assemble! demo.ror.org

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 24/08/2026

Have you read @crossref.bsky.social's PID position paper? "True persistence requires active governance, long-term financial commitment, and organisational stewardship." doi.org/10.64000/x0s...

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 21/08/2026

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Scuola di Psicanalisi Freudiana ror.org/01n5r7t14, Recherches en Psychopathologie et Psychanalyse ror.org/04fke6556, and Wiener Psychoanalytische Vereinigung ror.org/00rt03g55

Sigmund Freud on the cover of Time Magazine, 1924, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 07/08/2026

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Miramichi Salmon Association (MSA) in Canada ror.org/05kj5a152, Mutualité Sociale Agricole (MSA) in France ror.org/01hwh5y23, and Manchester School of Architecture (MSA) in the UK ror.org/03xxxrq06

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 31/07/2026

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology ror.org/05rgme147, Yamashina Institute for Ornithology ror.org/02jkw2g13, and the Salim Ali Center for Ornithology and Natural History ror.org/026d1sx92

Common kingfisher in Japan, 谷崎かおる, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 30/07/2026

If you missed the July ROR Community Call featuring a deep dive into the ROR API matching service, take a look at the slides and recording. ror.org/events/2026-...

ROR Community Call July 2026 opening slide.

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 29/07/2026

Can you name the 3 most important things to do *before* you request a new ROR ID for an organization? doi.org/10.71938/k6g...

Suggest an addition or update to ROR button.

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 28/07/2026

Almost all new @orcid.org records include at least one ROR ID to indicate a researcher's affiliation(s). Learn more about ROR and ORCID in our documentation. ror.readme.io/docs/orcid

Affiliation information from ROR in an ORCID record.

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 24/07/2026

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Vlaams Supercomputer Centrum ror.org/05sqppn31, Flemish Institute for Archives ror.org/02sdxcs63, and Ghent University ror.org/00cv9y106

De plechtige installatie van de Universiteit van Gent door de prins van Oranje in de troonzaal van het stadhuis op 9 oktober 1817, Rijksmuseum, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 22/07/2026

Here's an oldie but a goodie from the ROR blog archive: an explainer on how ROR handles name metadata. Legal names? Aliases? Acronyms? Names in multiple languages? Learn all about it. doi.org/10.71938/7ac...

ROR record for University of Lucerne showing multiple names.

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 17/07/2026

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Society for Southeast Asian Herpetology ror.org/0045r5e57, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles ror.org/029ypb052, and Japan Snake Institute ror.org/03mrh9y60

Snake bracelet, Egypt, 1st century AD, Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 16/07/2026

The recording and slides from yesterday's ROR Community Call are now available, featuring a deep dive into the ROR API matching service. ror.org/events/2026-...

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 10/07/2026

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Instituto Nacional de Energia Elétrica in Brazil ror.org/058yyz752, Socièté Nationale de l'Electricité et du Gaz in Algeria ror.org/01jwndr62, and the DOE Office of Electricity in the US ror.org/02y6dp041

Anchor pylons of high-voltage overhead power lines, Novoklimov, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 06/07/2026

Members of the ROR team will be at #PIDfest in Leiden October 27-29! Registration is now open for everyone who cares about keeping knowledge connected. #metadata pidfest.org

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 01/07/2026

The ROR #metadata schema includes 11 top-level elements, and you can read all about how these fields are defined in the ROR documentation. ror.readme.io/docs/ror-dat...

ROR Data Structure page in ROR Technical Documentation.

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 29/06/2026

More than 1 million @Crossref.bsky.social records now include at least one ROR ID! ror.org/about/impact...

Line chart of Crossref records ith ROR IDs.

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 25/06/2026

New blog post ✏️ and video 📺️ give guidance on 3 important steps to take before you request a new ROR ID for a research organization. Check them out! doi.org/10.71938/k6g...

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 12/06/2026

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Universitas Gadjah Mada ror.org/03ke6d638, Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi ror.org/031w4pe69, and Akademi Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia ror.org/0452w1e25

Province Flag Map Indonesia, by Adit5776, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 04/06/2026

This week, ROR representatives are at the #FORCE2026 conference in Singapore discussing how ROR can help ensure research integrity. Find us at the 9am Friday session! force11.org/force2026/

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 22/05/2026

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Sand Team (Czechia) ror.org/00kswsq18, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ror.org/037zfpn66, and Institute of Sand Control, Shaanxi Academy of Forestry ror.org/011g48w32

Great Sand Dunes National Park, 2008, cogdogblog, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 21/05/2026

It's Global Accessibility Awareness Day! #gaad ROR's Accessibility Statement explains our commitment to #a11y and documents our recent work to ensure that our website, search application, and documentation comply with accessibility standards. ror.org/accessibility

ROR website with WAVE accessibility analysis.

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 15/05/2026

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Finnish Artificial Intelligence Society (FAIS) ror.org/02fvcqy63, Laboratório de Inteligência Artificial Aplicada (2AI) in Portugal ror.org/013x8r926, and Center for Artificial Intelligence Research Nepal ror.org/01r47w237

Electronic Art's Intel-ligence-Art-ificielle, oeuvre d'Arnaud 25 (représentation allégorique artistique de l'Intelligence artificielle) (libre de droit), CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 08/05/2026

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Sociedad Entomológica Argentina ror.org/01b25hg46, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory ror.org/02x2kaq51, and Vietnam's National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology ror.org/052q3cn21

Hoverfly, May 2008-08. Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 02/04/2026

The whole point of persistent identifiers is that they *persist,* which is one reason ROR has always been committed to the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI). Read our latest POSI self-assessment to learn about our renewed commitment to these key principles. doi.org/10.71938/2xy...

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 27/03/2026

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Critical Software (Portugal) ror.org/03er2hr05, Critical Technologies (United States) ror.org/03e2b0r58, and Critical Systems Labs in Canada ror.org/04h4j7e88

Orange exclamation mark in a circle. From Wikimedia Commons.

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 13/03/2026

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: European Center for Geodynamics and Seismology ror.org/01mwm5w71, National Institute for Seismology, Vulcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology, Guatemala ror.org/058123a75 and International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior ror.org/02zxe8216

Kinemetrics seismograph used by United States Department of the Interior. By Yamaguchi先生 from Wikimedia Commons.

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 23/01/2026

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: American Liver Foundation ror.org/02dfyb978, Canadian Liver Foundation ror.org/05bz3w661, and German Liver Foundation ror.org/035wmq455

Diagrammatic Plan of the Inferior Surface of a Multi-lobed Liver of a Mammal, AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 16/01/2026

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Albuquerque Cat Clinic ror.org/020v2kg51, Charing Cross Cat Clinic ror.org/04mrnx789, and Clínica dos Gatos (Portugal) ror.org/01bma3e06

Sissy the cat in Blacksburg in 2015, born 2012 died 2025. Rest in power. Photo by Amanda French provided under a CC0 public domain dedication.

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 09/01/2026

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: South Texas Accelerated Research Therapeutics (START) ror.org/01scs7915, Start International ror.org/03w481t07, and START Clinic ror.org/03m412394

Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 29/12/2025

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: National Observatory of Athens ror.org/03dtebk39, National Technical University of Athens ror.org/03cx6bg69, and The Archaeological Society at Athens ror.org/016tt0b65

From the Temple of Olympian Zeus to the Lycabettus hill, as seen from the roof terrace of the "Royal Olympic" hotel, Athens, Greece, 2015. From Wikimedia Commons.

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 05/12/2025

In case you missed it: read all about the launch of the affiliation matching strategy in the ROR API that helps you match complex text affiliation strings to ROR IDs. doi.org/10.71938/zz9...

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 03/12/2025

If you're preparing now for next week's sunset of version 1 of the ROR API and schema, take a look at this detailed breakdown of the differences between version 1 and version 2: ror.readme.io/docs/schema-...

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 24/11/2025

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Canadian Poultry Research Council ror.org/042mrbn39, Syndicat des Sélectionneurs Avicoles et Aquacoles Français ror.org/009jmsj64, and PoultryHub Australia ror.org/045p3tc45

Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 17/11/2025

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: University National Center of Scientific and Technical Documentation (CNUDST) in Tunisia ror.org/03hc27x54, University of Sfax ror.org/04d4sd432, and Institut Pasteur de Tunis ror.org/04pwyer06

IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 10/11/2025

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Fishing Boat and System Engineering Association of Japan ror.org/00834m943, Inland Fisheries Ireland ror.org/022rydv31, and Fishing Has No Boundaries ror.org/0333kge30

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 03/11/2025

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: National Research and Innovation Agency, Jakarta, Indonesia ror.org/02hmjzt55, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia ror.org/03ke6d638, and Institut Seni Indonesia Surakarta, Surakarta, Indonesia ror.org/036gv0184

Adit5776, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 28/10/2025

A new version of the ROR registry has been released! 🎉 As always, new and modified records are immediately available in the ROR API, and the latest data can be downloaded from Zenodo at doi.org/10.5281/zeno.... Read what's new in release v1.73. github.com/ror-communit...

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 08/09/2025

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Basque Center for Applied Mathematics ror.org/03b21sh32; Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures ror.org/005hdgp31; and Basque Culinary Center ror.org/03ftn5w97

Edificio Basque Culinary Center en Donosti. Mondragon Unibertsitatea, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 01/09/2025

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: The Shakespeare Association of Korea ror.org/02j0x3x48, The Folger Shakepeare Library ror.org/0242qw425, and Shakespeare Behind Bars ror.org/014vs5452

Shakespeare, by William Blake, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 26/08/2025

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 25/08/2025

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: National Library of Latvia ror.org/00mxv8r67, National Library of Vietnam ror.org/055bgss27, and National Library of Colombia ror.org/00s1xev78

Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. JuanGris (Lucía Estévez), CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 18/08/2025

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Advanced Rotorcraft Technology (ART), Sunnyvale, US ror.org/04jp8cn27, Aston Reinvestment Trust (ART), Birmingham, UK ror.org/01nt99q97, and American Repertory Theater (ART), Cambridge, US ror.org/03ya6rh87

John Phelan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 11/08/2025

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Danish Society of Nephrology ror.org/00yy5aq18, Japanese Society of Nephrology ror.org/014c6rd81, and International Society of Nephrology ror.org/01r09qt02

PhTrousson, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 04/08/2025

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem, PA, US ror.org/01t69y763, St. Luke's Hospital, Bradford, UK ror.org/02ajrkx50, and St. Luke's Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece ror.org/014936814

St. Luke’s University Hospital – Bethlehem. From Wikimedia Commons.

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 28/07/2025

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Colorado Department of Natural Resources ror.org/03b38v557, Colorado Geological Survey ror.org/03chr2715, and History Colorado Center ror.org/04swndt45

Original: Andrew Carlyle Carson Vector: Fleminra, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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