Community

Community values

ROR is community-supported, community-driven, community-funded open infrastructure.

The community-based aspect of ROR sets it apart from similar efforts in this space. With adoption and involvement across the scholarly research community, we ensure the long-term sustainability of open infrastructure for research organization identifiers.

ROR is governed, operated, and financially supported by California Digital Library, Crossref, and DataCite – three trusted organizations that each have deep expertise in developing open, sustainable, community-driven infrastructure for scholarly communications. ROR’s three governing organizations share collective responsibility for operating ROR and commit in-kind support to cover ROR’s core personnel and operating expenses.

The wider ROR community includes users and stakeholders from around the world and across many types of institutions and industries, including publishers, libraries, platform providers, university research offices, data repositories, CRIS systems, government agencies, funders, and more.

Community groups

Steering Group

The ROR Steering Group is a small advisory body composed of the ROR Operations Team plus external members who are key stakeholders in the global scholarly communication ecosystem. The ROR Steering Group was initiated in November 2019 to provide input on ROR priorities and strategy. Steering Group activities are guided by a terms of reference document.

• Matt Buys, DataCite (permanent member)
• John Chodacki, California Digital Library (CDL) (permanent member)
• Lautaro Matas, LA Referencia
• Ritsuko Nakajima, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
• Joy Owango, Training Centre in Communication (TCC Africa)
• Ed Pentz, Crossref (permanent member)
• Judy Ruttenberg, Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
• Kathleen Shearer, Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR)
• Chris Shillum, ORCID
• Natasha Simons, Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC)

Community Advisory Group

The Community Advisory Group is the primary way to get involved in ROR, engage with other stakeholders, and give feedback on ROR’s current projects and future direction. The group of more than 150 people is invited to attend bi-monthly videoconference calls and is open to anyone who is interested in ROR. You can read more about the group on the ROR blog. To join the group, email info@ror.org.

Curation Advisory Board

The ROR Curation Advisory Board reviews suggested updates to the registry and advises on curation practices and standards.

Who’s using ROR

Many scholarly communication systems are already using ROR, and many others are working on integrating ROR. Listed below are the latest known ROR adopters – if your system’s integration of ROR does not appear on the list, please let us know.

Why ROR?

Looking for a short document to help you or others at your organization understand why you should adopt ROR? Read and share one or more of the below PDF documents from the ROR Community Materials collection.

• Why ROR? (1 page)
  • English
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
  • Korean
• ROR Fact Sheet (1 page)
  • English
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
  • Korean
• ROR for Publishers (4 pages)
• ROR for Repositories (13 pages)

Events

ROR-organized events include open bi-monthly Community Calls, Annual Meetings, open hours, webinars, and more that anyone can register for. ROR team members also frequently present at conferences and webinars organized by other groups. All ROR-organized events are always free.

• See our events page to sign up for upcoming events and access materials from past events
• Read recaps of past events on our blog

We are also happy to schedule free custom webinars and tutorials for your team: write community@ror.org with inquiries.

Supporters

ROR receives ongoing financial support from stakeholder organizations. The ROR supporters program strengthens community investment and helps to offset operating costs and fund time-limited projects. Does your organization want to help support ROR financially?

Get involved

Join the ROR Community Advisory Group

Anyone is welcome to join the ROR Community Advisory Group. This group meets on a bimonthly basis to discuss ROR updates and give feedback. Please contact info@ror.org if you’re interested in joining the group.

Discuss ROR

Sign up for one or more of the following open, public forums to ask questions and discuss issues with a wide range of people interested in ROR:

• ROR Community Slack: General questions and discussion with ROR staff, ROR adopters, and ROR supporters.

• ROR Technical Forum: Technical announcements, discussions, and questions for developers implementing ROR in their systems.

Follow ROR

Stay up-to-date on the latest ROR news and opportunities for feedback and involvement:

• Sign up for the ROR email list

• Read the ROR blog

• Follow the ROR Twitter account

• Follow ROR on Mastodon

• Follow ROR on LinkedIn

Suggest changes to ROR

• Anyone can suggest changes or additions to the records in the ROR registry via the ROR request form. Use this form to request a new organization or to request changes to an existing record. Changes are reviewed and if approved will usually appear in the registry within 4-6 weeks.

• To report a bug or request a feature in the ROR API or other tools, create an issue on the ROR roadmap on Github.

• If you spot an error in our documentation, use the “Suggest Edits” button in the top right to let us know.