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ROR API (Research Organization Registry)

ROR API (Research Organization Registry) MCP Connector for Claude

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Access the global registry of research organizations to search, identify, and retrieve detailed metadata for academic and research institutions.

3 tools Official Updated Oct 1, 2026 Official Vinkius Partner
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Connect to the Research Organization Registry (ROR), the community-led registry of open identifiers for research organizations worldwide. This MCP server allows your AI agent to interact with over 100,000 organization records to ensure data accuracy in scholarly communications.

What you can do

  • Search Organizations — Use keyword searches, advanced Elasticsearch syntax, or affiliation strings to find specific research entities via list_organizations.
  • Detailed Metadata — Fetch complete records including ROR IDs, website domains, location data, and external identifiers (GRID, ISNI, Crossref) using get_organization.
  • Affiliation Matching — Resolve unstructured affiliation strings from research papers to official ROR identifiers for better data cleaning.
  • System Health — Monitor the operational status of the ROR API via get_heartbeat checks.

How it works

  1. Subscribe to this server
  2. (Optional) Enter your ROR Client ID for identified traffic
  3. Start querying research institutions directly from your AI assistant

Who is this for?

  • Data Scientists & Librarians — Automate the cleaning of institutional affiliation data and map internal IDs to global standards.
  • Academic Developers — Integrate institutional metadata into research management systems or repositories.
  • Policy Analysts — Aggregate research output data by accurately identifying parent and child organizations.
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3 tools expose this connector's capabilities to your AI agent.

get_heartbeat

Check if the ROR API is operational

get_organization

Accepts full URL, domain+ID, or ID only. Retrieve a single ROR organization record

list_organizations

Use query, query_advanced, or affiliation for searching. Retrieve a list of ROR organizations or search via query

See how to talk to your AI agent using ROR API (Research Organization Registry).

Search for research organizations in Brazil with the type 'education'.

I'll search the ROR registry for you. Using `list_organizations` with the filter `types:education,locations.geonames_details.country_code:BR`, I found several institutions including 'Universidade de São Paulo' (ROR: 0369vth32).

Get the full record for ROR ID 015w2mp89.

Fetching details for `015w2mp89`... This record corresponds to 'University of Cambridge'. It is an active education institution located in the United Kingdom, with external IDs including GRID: grid.5335.0.

Check if the ROR API is currently online.

I'll check the system status using `get_heartbeat`. The ROR API responded with 'OK', so the service is fully operational.

Use the `list_organizations` tool with the `query` parameter. For example, searching for 'University of Cambridge' will return the matching record and its unique ROR ID.

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