Research Organizations Registry

Identifiers for research organizations, maintained by the Research Organization Registry.

ROR is a registry of “research organizations.” We define “research organization” as any organization that conducts, produces, manages, or touches research.

Data overview 

Entities:
Total861
Searchable680
Entity types:
Organizations680
Countries:
68 countries · Show overview...
Publisher:Research Organization Registry (ROR) · Global

ROR is a community-led project to develop an open, sustainable, usable, and unique identifier for every research organization in the world.

Collections:in OpenSanctions Default
Information:ror.org
Tags:sector.academic
Coverage:added · frequency: weekly
Last processed:
2026-10-30 14:51:41 · v. 20261030145141-wux · change statistics...
Last change:

Using the API 

You can query the data in this dataset via these API endpoints:

For entity matching, use the /match endpoint:
For full-text search, use the /search endpoint:
Use the Reconciliation API in OpenRefine:
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