# ROR

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/ror/  
**Website:** https://ror.org/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

ROR (Research Organization Registry) is a global, community-led, curated registry of open persistent identifiers for research organizations. It provides unique, stable identifiers (ROR IDs) for over 120,000 universities, companies, government labs, nonprofits, and other organizations involved in scholarly research. The registry is maintained collaboratively by California Digital Library, Crossref, and DataCite, with all data available under the CC0 license. ROR offers a free REST API for querying, searching, and retrieving organization records, and is integrated as the preferred organization identifier across Crossref, DataCite, and ORCID platforms.

## Kin Score — 32.5 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 32.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 68.5 |
| Contract Quality | 43.7 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 50.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 7.1 |
| Commercial Clarity | 39.5 |
| Access Clarity | 39.5 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 20.4 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 18.4 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Free · Open access — onboarding: open, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (1)

- **ROR REST API** — The ROR REST API provides programmatic access to the Research Organization Registry, enabling users to retrieve, search, filter, and match organization records by name, identifi...

## Security (1)

- **Ror Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Ror Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Research, Organization, Identifiers, Registry, Scholarly, Open Data, Persistent Identifiers

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/ror/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.