Technical News
Timeline for the Sunset of Version 1 of the ROR API and Schema
Version 2 of the ROR API will become the query default in July 2025, and version 1 of the ROR API and dataset will be deprecated entirely in December 2025.
Case Studies
ROR in the US Department of Transportation's Research Repository
Peyton Tvrdy of the US National Transportation Library tells us why and how her team did such exemplary work in producing metadata for Rosa P, a national digital repository for open transportation research.
Case Studies
Case Study: How ROR in OA.Report Helps HHMI Monitor Open Access Policy Compliance
In this dual case study, we learn why the Howard Hughes Medical Institute relies on OA.Report and why OA.Report relies on ROR to help HHMI track compliance with its open access policy.
Adoption News
Using ROR IDs in Place of Funder IDs
Crossref members can now use ROR IDs to identify funders in any place where they currently use Funder IDs in their metadata.
Event Recaps
Highlights from the 2025 ROR Annual Community Meeting
Highlights of the 2025 ROR annual meeting sessions, including the Community Update, the panel on National PID Policies and Practices, and the session on Successes and Opportunities for ROR in the Asia-Pacific Region.
Adoption News
Faster Affiliation Matching at Scale
OpenAlex has added a new metadata matching strategy co-developed by ROR and Crossref to its affiliation matching processes: ROR is also investigating the prospect of incorporating this new matching strategy into the ROR API in 2025.
Explainers
Metadata Matching: Beyond Correctness
The fifth and final blog post about metadata matching by ROR’s Adam Buttrick and Crossref’s Dominika Tkaczyk outlines a set of pragmatic criteria for making decisions about metadata matching.
Adoption News
Clarivate Integrates ROR
Web of Science Core Collection™ from Clarivate™ now includes Research Organization Registry (ROR) identifiers for the benefit of the global research community.
Year in Review
ROR in 2024: Year in Review
In 2024, ROR processed over 8000 curation requests, handled 14 million monthly requests to the ROR API, saw the number of downloads of the ROR dataset triple, and was a finalist for the ALPSP Innovation in Publishing Award: read on for more highlights from a banner year.
Explainers
Understanding RRID and ROR for Facilities
This blog post explores the difference between 'core facilities' in RRID and 'facilities' in ROR and provides guidance for those who run facilities on how to effectively use these identifiers.
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