If you missed the July ROR Community Call featuring a deep dive into the ROR API matching service, take a look at the slides and recording. ror.org/events/2026-...

Can you name the 3 most important things to do *before* you request a new ROR ID for an organization? doi.org/10.71938/k6g...

Almost all new @orcid.org records include at least one ROR ID to indicate a researcher's affiliation(s). Learn more about ROR and ORCID in our documentation. ror.readme.io/docs/orcid

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Vlaams Supercomputer Centrum ror.org/05sqppn31, Flemish Institute for Archives ror.org/02sdxcs63, and Ghent University ror.org/00cv9y106

Here's an oldie but a goodie from the ROR blog archive: an explainer on how ROR handles name metadata. Legal names? Aliases? Acronyms? Names in multiple languages? Learn all about it. doi.org/10.71938/7ac...

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Society for Southeast Asian Herpetology ror.org/0045r5e57, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles ror.org/029ypb052, and Japan Snake Institute ror.org/03mrh9y60

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Instituto Nacional de Energia Elétrica in Brazil ror.org/058yyz752, Socièté Nationale de l'Electricité et du Gaz in Algeria ror.org/01jwndr62, and the DOE Office of Electricity in the US ror.org/02y6dp041

Members of the ROR team will be at #PIDfest in Leiden October 27-29! Registration is now open for everyone who cares about keeping knowledge connected. #metadata pidfest.org

The ROR #metadata schema includes 11 top-level elements, and you can read all about how these fields are defined in the ROR documentation. ror.readme.io/docs/ror-dat...

More than 1 million @Crossref.bsky.social records now include at least one ROR ID! ror.org/about/impact...

New blog post ✏️ and video 📺️ give guidance on 3 important steps to take before you request a new ROR ID for a research organization. Check them out! doi.org/10.71938/k6g...

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Universitas Gadjah Mada ror.org/03ke6d638, Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi ror.org/031w4pe69, and Akademi Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia ror.org/0452w1e25

This week, ROR representatives are at the #FORCE2026 conference in Singapore discussing how ROR can help ensure research integrity. Find us at the 9am Friday session! force11.org/force2026/

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Sand Team (Czechia) ror.org/00kswsq18, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ror.org/037zfpn66, and Institute of Sand Control, Shaanxi Academy of Forestry ror.org/011g48w32

It's Global Accessibility Awareness Day! #gaad ROR's Accessibility Statement explains our commitment to #a11y and documents our recent work to ensure that our website, search application, and documentation comply with accessibility standards. ror.org/accessibility

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Finnish Artificial Intelligence Society (FAIS) ror.org/02fvcqy63, Laboratório de Inteligência Artificial Aplicada (2AI) in Portugal ror.org/013x8r926, and Center for Artificial Intelligence Research Nepal ror.org/01r47w237

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Sociedad Entomológica Argentina ror.org/01b25hg46, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory ror.org/02x2kaq51, and Vietnam's National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology ror.org/052q3cn21

The whole point of persistent identifiers is that they *persist,* which is one reason ROR has always been committed to the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI). Read our latest POSI self-assessment to learn about our renewed commitment to these key principles. doi.org/10.71938/2xy...

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Critical Software (Portugal) ror.org/03er2hr05, Critical Technologies (United States) ror.org/03e2b0r58, and Critical Systems Labs in Canada ror.org/04h4j7e88

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: European Center for Geodynamics and Seismology ror.org/01mwm5w71, National Institute for Seismology, Vulcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology, Guatemala ror.org/058123a75 and International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior ror.org/02zxe8216

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: American Liver Foundation ror.org/02dfyb978, Canadian Liver Foundation ror.org/05bz3w661, and German Liver Foundation ror.org/035wmq455

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Albuquerque Cat Clinic ror.org/020v2kg51, Charing Cross Cat Clinic ror.org/04mrnx789, and Clínica dos Gatos (Portugal) ror.org/01bma3e06

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: South Texas Accelerated Research Therapeutics (START) ror.org/01scs7915, Start International ror.org/03w481t07, and START Clinic ror.org/03m412394

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: National Observatory of Athens ror.org/03dtebk39, National Technical University of Athens ror.org/03cx6bg69, and The Archaeological Society at Athens ror.org/016tt0b65

In case you missed it: read all about the launch of the affiliation matching strategy in the ROR API that helps you match complex text affiliation strings to ROR IDs. doi.org/10.71938/zz9...

If you're preparing now for next week's sunset of version 1 of the ROR API and schema, take a look at this detailed breakdown of the differences between version 1 and version 2: ror.readme.io/docs/schema-...

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Canadian Poultry Research Council ror.org/042mrbn39, Syndicat des Sélectionneurs Avicoles et Aquacoles Français ror.org/009jmsj64, and PoultryHub Australia ror.org/045p3tc45

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: University National Center of Scientific and Technical Documentation (CNUDST) in Tunisia ror.org/03hc27x54, University of Sfax ror.org/04d4sd432, and Institut Pasteur de Tunis ror.org/04pwyer06

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: Fishing Boat and System Engineering Association of Japan ror.org/00834m943, Inland Fisheries Ireland ror.org/022rydv31, and Fishing Has No Boundaries ror.org/0333kge30

Favorite ROR IDs of the week: National Research and Innovation Agency, Jakarta, Indonesia ror.org/02hmjzt55, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia ror.org/03ke6d638, and Institut Seni Indonesia Surakarta, Surakarta, Indonesia ror.org/036gv0184