Vocabularies
Affiliations

Affiliations

Source

Our source of information for affiliations is the ROR database (opens in a new tab).

How is the information accessed?

We're accessing ROR from within the MBDB by making calls to their REST API (opens in a new tab).

I can't find my affiliation, what do I do?

The registration of an affiliations can be initiated here (opens in a new tab). Although the registration is fast, it can take 2-4 weeks before the affiliation becomes available.

Note that affiliations aren't mandatory, so you will still be able to deposit the record even if you are unable to give an affiliation. It is also possible request opening a record after it has been deposited.

Fields available

id

The id prefix is ror:.

Description: ROR ID associated with the institution (e.g. ror:03ad39j10)
Required: yes
Type: string (keyword)

title

Description: Name of the institution
Required: yes
Type: object (Title)
Contains: see Vocabulary title

city

Description: City the institution is located in (e.g. Pisa)
Required: yes
Type: string (fulltext)

state

Description: State the institution is located in (e.g. Toscana)'
Required: no
Type: string (fulltext)

country

Description: Country the institution is located in (e.g. Italy)'
Required: yes
Type: string (fulltext)