Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁

Panel with @DataCite.org, @Crossref.org, and ROR about the Princples of Open Science Infrastructure (POSI) at #PIDfest. Read ROR's self-assessment from 2026. doi.org/10.71938/2xy...

Day 1 of #PIDfest! @crossref.org

"Our ingestion process now recognizes funding blocks so we can identify a funder by name, a legacy Crossref Funder ID or a ROR ID," writes Tara Packer of @CHORUSaccess.bsky.social. Read more on the CHORUS blog. www.chorusaccess.org/chorus-suppo...

Tomorrow’s the day! #PIDfest kicks off tomorrow morning in Leiden – and online! – and we’re feeling persistently excited (sorry, we couldn’t resist). In-person attendees, a few tips before you pack: Bring comfy shoes. We’ll walk between Naturalis and LUMC (10–15 minutes, with friendly guides …

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 v2.15. github.com/ror-communit...

Have you tried our new interface enabling powerful advanced searching of ROR right from your web browser? Read all about what it can do and see sample searches in our documentation. ror.readme.io/docs/web-sea...

Next week is #PIDfest 2026! Register now for free virtual sessions if you won't be in Leiden. www.pidfest.org

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) ror.org/0328dqn15, National Confectioners Association (NCA) in the US ror.org/05p0hyh61, and Nadace České Architektury (NCA) in Czechia ror.org/006t3b628

"Structured metadata, machine-readable content, and interoperable data become foundational assets in an AI-mediated research landscape," asserts @ariessystems.bsky.social in their September whitepaper. Download the paper and read more on the Aries website. www.ariessys.com/blog/why-sta...

Publishers can now leverage @ror.org iDs for both funders and institutional affiliations in EM/PM! bit.ly/3TSHui1

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Goethe University Frankfurt ror.org/04cvxnb49, Otto Brenner Stiftung ror.org/0465tf937, and Beilstein-Institut ror.org/05jdrrw50 #f2f26 #Frankfurt

Hope everyone's having a great #Frankfurt Book Fair! Did you see the recent news that Aries Editorial Manager and Produxion Manager now support ROR IDs? #f2f26 doi.org/10.71938/kah...

"Publishers should consider making ROR IDs mandatory for better discoverability and indexability," says production vendor TNQTech. Learn how TNQTech matches ROR IDs to the affiliation strings it receives from publishers to enhance production XML. #fbf26 #frankfurtbookfair doi.org/10.71938/k42...

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 v2.14. github.com/ror-communit...

[auto] New on the ROR blog: "How TNQTech Matches Affiliation Strings to ROR IDs and Gives Back to ROR"

EIFL & partner consortia celebrate 542 new #ResearchOrganizationRegistry (ROR) records created & 407 ROR records updated in @EIFL partner countries as part of EIFL campaign. See EIFL’s guide to updating ROR records zurl.co/PKt8X - #EIFLGA2026 #OpenAccess @ror.org

The slides and recording from last week's ROR Community Call are now available -- take a look to learn more about ROR in the DataCite Metadata Generator and in DSpace. ror.org/events/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

📣 Editorial Manager now supports @ror.org for both funders AND institutional affiliations! ROR iDs can be linked in EM/PM during author submission, user registration, or user profile updates - supporting cleaner, more accurate metadata end-to-end: bit.ly/3TSHui1

Still time to register for tomorrow's ROR Community Call, which focuses on ROR and repositories! ror.org/events/#ror-...

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 v2.13. github.com/ror-communit...

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...

In case you missed it, last week @crossref.bsky.social began adding ROR IDs to records that include a funder name but no funder identifier. Read more on the ROR blog. doi.org/10.71938/vwj...

[auto] New on the ROR blog: "How ABES Became the Second-Largest Provider of ROR IDs in Crossref Metadata"

Have you seen our guide to the transition from the @Crossref Open Funder Registry to ROR? Now's a great time to switch from Funder IDs to ROR IDs, and here's guidance on how to do it. ror.readme.io/update/docs/...

Starting today, new/updated records containing funding information will go through our new funder matching process, adding @ror.org IDs if a match is found 👉https://doi.org/10.64000/rg83r-2ft15 📚Publishers, the funder name is the starting point. #FundingMetadata #MetadataEnrichment

[auto] New on the ROR blog: "Improving How Funding Connects to Research Outputs" doi.org/10.71938/vwj...

Register now for next week's ROR Community Call, where we'll hear all about ROR in DSpace and about a new DataCite Metadata Generator! ror.org/events/#ror-...

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

From ariessystems.bsky.social: "Editorial Manager® (EM) and ProduXion Manager® (PM), the leading peer review and production tracking systems, now support the Research Organization Registry (ROR) as a funder identifier!" doi.org/10.71938/kah...

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

We're thrilled that Editorial Manager will now support ROR as funder identifiers! Great news from @ariessystems.bsky.social.

"Our data sits alongside open sources such as Crossref and DataCite and persistent identifiers like ORCID and ROR, key parts of the open responsible research assessment infrastructure." @digital-science.com www.digital-science.com/blog/respons...

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

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

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 v2.12. github.com/ror-communit...

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...

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

Are you headed to #PIDfest in Leiden at the end of October? We are! pidfest.org

Thanks to @tu-dortmund.de, DSpace now has better support for ROR IDs. Read more on the @datacite.org blog. doi.org/10.5438/2ek0...

Are you a #metadata maven who's great at GitHub? Apply for this short-term contract role at @Crossref.bsky.social providing curation support for ROR. crossref.org/jobs/2026-08...

A demonstration version of a new and improved ROR web search is now available, and we'd love your feedback. Kick the tires and take it for a test drive! 🏎️ 🚙 🚚 doi.org/10.71938/5q2...

Nice blog post in French from Abes on registering thousands of theses and dissertations with @Crossref.bsky.social -- all of them include "identifiant ROR (pour l’établissement de soutenance, si existant)" punktokomo.abes.fr/2026/07/30/d...

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

The @Crossref.bsky.social API has two new ROR filters! The filter `has-affiliation-ror-id` limits results to records with ROR IDs for author affiliations, and the filter `has-funder-ror-id` limits results to records with ROR IDs for funders. community.crossref.org/t/ror-filter...

[auto] New on the ROR blog: "A Demo of Our New ROR Search App Is Here! Try It and Share Your Feedback"

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 v2.11. github.com/ror-communit...

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

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-...