Research Resource Identifier (RRID)

ID rrid

DatatypeNot PIIidentifierDraft

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Persistent identifier for a research resource such as an antibody, cell line, model organism, plasmid or software tool, cited in scientific papers as RRID:<prefix>_<id> or RRID:<prefix><id>. The prefix names the source database, for example AB for antibodies, CVCL for Cellosaurus cell lines and SCR for software and databases. RRIDs are registered through SciCrunch.

Categories: Scientific
Countries: Global (not tied to a country)
Languages: Common to most languages
Bioregistry: rrid
Wikidata: P9712
Quality: 85/100 · missing: translation, detector coverage
Metacrafter rules: no detection rule yet
Supported by tools: no tool record lists this type yet

Regular expression

^RRID:[A-Za-z]+[A-Za-z0-9_:-]*$

Python re syntax.

Examples

Value	Description
RRID:AB_2298772	Antibody
RRID:CVCL_1H60	Cell line GM03745
RRID:SCR_007358	Software: CellProfiler
RRID:IMSR_JAX:000664	Mouse strain C57BL/6
AB_2298772 invalid	Without the RRID: prefix the value is not recognized

Sources

wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SciCrunch
wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9712
doc: https://www.rrids.org/

Use this record

Page URL: http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/rrid
JSON: API v1 · legacy shape (used by metacrafter) · Markdown (for LLMs)
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