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Identity & Registry

Research Organization Registry (ROR)

Global research organization registry with parent-child hierarchies, successor/predecessor relationships, and country-level geographic data. Authoritative for sponsor normalization.

135K+ organizations Annual Updated 2026-07-01

Overview

Global research organization registry with parent-child hierarchies, successor/predecessor relationships, and country-level geographic data. Authoritative for sponsor normalization.

Use authoritative registries as the stable join layer across drugs, genes, organizations, providers, and chemicals.

Resolve synonyms, deprecated codes, alternate names, and source-specific identifiers into canonical entities.

Improve match rates for every downstream product by applying deterministic and reviewed mapping rules.

Maintain identity lineage, version history, and confidence scores for audit-ready joins.

Source authority

Research Organization Registry

Freshness

Last refreshed 2026-07-01

Annual

Coverage

135K+ organizations

2 delivery tables