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ROR in Crossref DOIs

As of v5.3.0 (released in July 2021), the Crossref metadata schema supports ROR IDs for all types of content that have an affiliation or institution element, such as journal articles, reports, book chapters, preprints, datasets, dissertations, and many more.

  • institution element is repeatable, to support multiple affiliations for a given contributor
  • Affiliations in Crossref schema align with JATS v1.1+

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Which Crossref tools/services support ROR?

Currently, ROR is supported only in direct XML deposits using v5.3.x. ROR is not yet supported in Crossref's Web Deposit Form.

Example: Contributor affiliation (journal article)

Below is an example showing just the contributors section for a journal article deposit using Crossref schema v5.3.0. For the full XML, see the v5.3.0 journal article best practice example

For more details about Crossref schema v5.3.0, see the release notes in Gitlab

<contributors>
  <person_name sequence="first" contributor_role="author">
    <given_name>Minerva</given_name>
    <surname>Housecat</surname>
    <!--affiliations information (change from 4.x versions)-->
    <affiliations>
      <!-- This example includes all supported institution metadata for an individual affiliation, but if an identifier (ROR, ISNI, or Wikidata) is supplied, the name, place, and acronym metadata is not recommended.-->
      <institution>
        <!-- either institution_name or institution_id are required -->
        <institution_name>United States Department of Energy</institution_name>
        <!-- multiple institution_id values may be provided, IDs must be provided as a https URL -->
        <institution_id type="ror">https://ror.org/01bj3aw27</institution_id>
        <institution_id type="isni">https://www.isni.org/0000000123423717</institution_id>
        <!-- acronym is optional, not recommended if an identifier is supplied -->
        <institution_acronym>USDOE(EM)</institution_acronym>
        <!-- place metadata is not recommended if an institution_id is supplied -->
        <institution_place>Washington, DC</institution_place>
        <!-- Department may be supplied when relevant -->
        <institution_department>Office of Environmental Management</institution_department>
      </institution>
      <institution>
        <!-- A ROR, ISNI, or Wikidata ID may be provided on its own as it's all we need to identify an organization-->
        <institution_id type="ror">https://ror.org/05gq02987</institution_id>
      </institution>
    </affiliations>
    <ORCID authenticated="true">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4011-3590</ORCID>
  </person_name>
  <person_name sequence="additional" contributor_role="author">
    <given_name>Josiah</given_name>
    <surname>Carberry</surname>
    <affiliations>
      <institution>
        <institution_id type="ror">https://ror.org/05gq02987</institution_id>
      </institution>
    </affiliations>
    <ORCID authenticated="true">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-0097</ORCID>
  </person_name>
  <anonymous sequence="first" contributor_role="author">
    <!-- affiliations may be provided for an anonymous contributor -->
    <affiliations>
      <institution>
        <institution_id type="ror">https://ror.org/05gq02987</institution_id>
      </institution>
    </affiliations>
  </anonymous>
</contributors>

Example: Investigator affiliation (grant ID)

Below is an example showing just the investigators section for a grant ID registration deposit using Crossref Grant ID schema v0.0.1. For the full XML, see the v0.0.1 grant ID full metadata XML example

For more details about registering Grant IDs with Crossref, see Crossref's introduction to grants and the full Crossref grant ID v0.0.1 XSD

<investigators>
  <person role="lead_investigator" start-date="2018-01-01">
    <givenName>Elvis</givenName>
    <familyName>Yausudder</familyName>
    <alternateName>Elvis Slozzuffer</alternateName>
    <affiliation>
      <institution country="US">Crossref</institution>
      <ROR>https://ror.org/02twcfp32</ROR>
    </affiliation>
    <affiliation>
      <institution>University of Metadata</institution>
    </affiliation>
    <ORCID>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4011-3590</ORCID>
  </person>
  <person role="co-lead_investigator" start-date="2019-01-01" end-date="2019-03-31">
    <givenName>Valerie</givenName>
    <familyName>Torf</familyName>
    <affiliation>
      <institution country="US">Crossref</institution>
      <ROR>https://ror.org/02twcfp32</ROR>
    </affiliation>
  </person>
</investigators>

Updated about 2 months ago