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Match an affiliation string

Turn a free-text affiliation (as printed on a paper) into the matching organisation, with ROR's confidence flag and candidates.

Match an affiliation string Free

Turn a free-text affiliation (as printed on a paper) into the matching organisation, with ROR's confidence flag and candidates.

cost
Free then $0.001 / call
MCP tool
ror__affiliation
method
GET

Free up to 100 calls a day over MCP (500 with a free key), then $0.001 per call by card credit or USDC. Free key · Pay by card

GET https://fourzerotwo.si/v1/ror/affiliation

ParamTypeDescription
affiliation string Affiliation text
# free: send a free key from https://fourzerotwo.si/free
curl -H "X-API-Key: fzt_…" "https://fourzerotwo.si/v1/ror/affiliation?affiliation=Dept.%20of%20Physics%2C%20University%20of%20Oxford%2C%20Oxford%20OX1%203PU%2C%20UK"

# no key: returns 402 with the price, for x402 agents
curl -i "https://fourzerotwo.si/v1/ror/affiliation?affiliation=Dept.%20of%20Physics%2C%20University%20of%20Oxford%2C%20Oxford%20OX1%203PU%2C%20UK"

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Use it from an AI agent (MCP)

Add the server once, then ask for this data in plain English. The agent finds the endpoint with search_apis and runs it with call_api.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fourzerotwo": { "type": "http", "url": "https://fourzerotwo.si/mcp" }
  }
}
# the call the agent makes
call_api {"tool": "ror__affiliation", "arguments": {"affiliation":"Dept. of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PU, UK"}}

More from Research Organisations (ROR)

  • Search organisations — Find research organisations by name, acronym or keyword, optionally filtered by country and type.
  • Organisation by ROR id — Full record: names and aliases, types, status, founding year, location, website, domains, external ids.
  • Lookup by external id — Find the organisation for a GRID id, ISNI, Wikidata QID or Crossref Funder ID.
  • Parents & children — Parent, child and related organisations of a ROR record.

Research Organization Registry (ROR), https://ror.org, CC0 1.0.