Why I Request ROR IDs for New Crossref Members
Collin Knopp-Schwyn of Crossref shares how they began contributing to the ROR dataset and discusses the value of ROR users providing curation requests to the registry.
May 28, 2026
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The Research Organization Registry (ROR) includes IDs and metadata for more than 120,000 organizations and counting. Registry data is CC0 and openly available via a search interface, REST API, and data dump. Registry updates are curated through a community process and released at least once a month.
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ROR is community-supported open infrastructure driven by organizations and individuals from around the world. Join the community to get involved in advisory groups, give feedback on future directions, and integrate ROR in your systems.
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After extensive collaborative planning with the scholarly infrastructure community, California Digital Library, Crossref, and DataCite launched ROR in 2019. ROR is the only organization identifier that is completely open, operated as a community initiative, and widely supported in core research systems.
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