The EIFL guide, ‘How to check whether your organization has a ROR ID and get one if it doesn’t’, explains how to find out if an organization has a ROR ID, how to obtain one if it doesn’t, and how to update a ROR record if needed, in four simple steps. 

A ROR ID is a digital, open, unique and persistent identifier for research organizations provided by the Research Organization Registry (ROR), a global, community-led registry of open persistent identifiers for research organizations.

Some research organizations have names in more than one language, others change their names, merge, split, shut down and re-emerge, and this makes it difficult to connect them to research outputs, researchers and projects.  The ROR IDs ensure continuous and accurate identification of research organizations and improve their visibility in discovery and information sharing systems and publishing platforms, help track research output and improve date consistency and minimize errors.