What this source helps you find
Distinguish research organisations through persistent identifiers, names and documented relationships.
Public sources / INT
Research Organization Registry · ROR
Distinguish research organisations through persistent identifiers, names and documented relationships.
Limit to retain in your conclusion
An organisation record helps disambiguate affiliations; it does not establish a person’s employment on a particular date.
Useful search anchors
- ROR identifier
- Exact name
- Country / jurisdiction
Fields to record when citing a result
- ROR identifier
- Exact name
- Observed status
- Access date and time zone
Evidence record to retain
ROR, chosen name, aliases, country, status and record relationships.
Check before drawing a conclusion
Separate parent and linked organisation; the same acronym is not enough to merge records.
Official reference page
Consultation date :
Reference content consulted.
This record concerns the cited page on this date, not permanent service availability or every feature. Data, files and APIs may have different access conditions.
Cross-check this source in a research route
Distinguish researchers with the same name
Compare ORCID identifiers, attributed works and affiliations; use ROR to identify organisations.
Similar names or topics are insufficient; check affiliation at the publication date.
Compare sourcesUseful methods
- Verify a research reference and its version
- Trace the evidence behind a claim
- Qualify an open source before using it