README.md

metadata

language:
  - en
license: cc0-1.0
tags:
  - datacite
  - ror
  - dois
pretty_name: ROR Identifier DOI Distribution

ROR Identifier DOI Distribution

Summary

ror_identifier_doi_distribution.json provides an inventory of every ROR (or ROR-formatted) identifier in the August 2025 DataCite data file. Each entry describes how many affiliation rows inlcude the identifier, the list of unique DOIs, and which providers/clients asserted it.

Structure

{
  "identifier": "https://ror.org/01abc1234",
  "occurrences": 512,
  "dois": ["10.1234/abc", "10.1234/xyz"],
  "providers": {"unique_total": 6, "counts": {"tib.example": 300, "cdr.sample": 212}},
  "clients": {"unique_total": 5, "counts": {"example.client": 512}}
}

Fields

• identifier (string): normalized ROR URL.
• occurrences (int): count of affiliation rows that used the identifier.
• dois (array): sorted, unique DOIs referencing the identifier.
• providers / clients (object): per-entity assertion counts plus unique_total.