---
id: "rrid"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["science"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 85
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/rrid"
---

# Research Resource Identifier (RRID) (`rrid`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

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.

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

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

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

## Examples

- `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 example) — Without the RRID: prefix the value is not recognized

## Mappings

- bioregistry: `rrid`
- wikidata: `P9712`

## Sources

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

## Quality

Score 85/100. Missing: translation, detector coverage.

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