Case Studies
Using ROR for Funder Identification
Several widely used scholarly systems are using ROR IDs to identify and disambiguate funders. In this post, we’ll give you a glimpse of how and why these systems use ROR IDs for funder identifiers.
Adoption News
Re-introducing Participation Reports to Encourage Best Practices in Open Metadata
Crossref, with the help of CWTS Leiden, has just released an exciting update to their participation report, adding metrics for both affiliations in general and ROR IDs in particular. Now Crossref members can easily see how well they are doing in providing open affiliation metadata.
Adoption News
American Physical Society Becomes Largest Society Publisher to Adopt ROR
The American Physical Society (APS) has become the largest society publisher to adopt Research Organization Registry Identifiers. Institutional metadata in the Physical Review journals are now easier to find, track, and reference — a move that strengthens open science and research transparency.
Technical News
ID Ideas: Adding New External Identifiers to ROR
We're looking for your feedback on a draft proposal for criteria to include additional external identifiers in ROR records. Comments are open through August 16th. ROR records already include mappings to Crossref Funder IDs, Wikidata, ISNI, and GRID. What additional external IDs do you feel should be added? What criteria do you think other identifiers should meet in order to be added to ROR?
Explainers
The Anatomy of Metadata Matching
The second blog post about metadata matching by ROR's Adam Buttrick and Crossref's Dominika Tkaczyk describes some basic matching-related terminology and the components of a matching process, then poses some typical product questions to consider when developing or integrating matching solutions.
Team Updates
Change, Continuity, and New Positions on the ROR Team
ROR Curation Lead Adam Buttrick is staying at ROR but moving from Crossref to CDL, which means there's a new position to fill at Crossref. Read more about the Metadata Manager position and consider applying yourself!
Explainers
Metadata Matching 101: What Is It and Why Do We Need It?
In this blog, the first one in a series about metadata matching, we will cover the very basics of matching: what it is, how we do it, and why we devote so much effort to this problem.
Technical News
Announcing Version 2 of the ROR Schema and API!
Today, we are delighted to announce the launch of version 2 of the ROR schema and API! This new version of our schema and API will serve as a rock-solid foundation for everything ROR users want to accomplish now and in the future.
Event Recaps
ROR's Fifth Anniversary: Highlights from the 2024 Annual Community Meeting
The ROR Community turned out in force for our 2024 annual community meeting. Here are the highlights from ROR's fifth anniversary celebration, a community showcase of ROR users, and a panel on the importance of funding metadata.
Case Studies
Case Study: The Curtin Open Knowledge Initiative and ROR
Professor Cameron Neylon of Curtin University talks telephones, power outlets, chat services, persistent identifier education, federated versus centralized curation, providing actionable information to universities, and why the COKI Open Access Dashboard relies on ROR.
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