---
id: "rorid"
kind: "datatype"
status: "stable"
is_pii: false
categories: ["science"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 80
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/rorid"
---

# ROR Identifier (ROR ID) (`rorid`)

Research Organization Registry (ROR) is a community-led database that aims to provide a persistent identifier for every research institution in the world.[1] It complements other commonly used identifiers such as ORCID for researchers and DOI for research output.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Scientific (science)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
[a-z0-9]{9}
```

## Examples

- `00v4dac24` — Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- `03rjyp183` — National Library of Wales

## Mappings

- bioregistry: `ror`
- orgid: `XI-ROR`
- wikidata: `P6782`

## Metacrafter rules

2 rules: 1 match the field name, 1 match values.

- `roridbyfieldname` (field, `common/science.yaml`)
- `roridbyvalue` (data, `common/science.yaml`)

## Supported by tools

- `metacrafter`

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_Organization_Registry>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6782>

## Quality

Score 80/100. Missing: anchored regexp, negative example, translation.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/rorid.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/science/rorid.yaml>