Bridging registries of research organizations

OpenOrgs is a novel tool created to address a longstanding challenge in the research community: the disambiguation of organizations involved in the research process. It achieves this by integrating sophisticated automated algorithms with meticulous human curation, ensuring precise and reliable organization identification for the broader research community.

  • For
    Research Organisations | Research Infrastructure Managers
  • TRL
    9 - actual system proven in operational environment
  • Access Type
    Virtual
  • Access Mode
    Peer Reviewed
  • Owned by
    OpenAIRE
  • Provided by
    OpenAIRE
  • Funded by
    The framework programme for research and innovation (H2020)
  • Terms of use

OpenOrgs is a tool designed to address the challenge of disambiguating organizations involved in the research process. Its primary functionality lies in resolving the ambiguity in information aggregated from various research organization registries, such as ROR and EC, and integrating this information into the OpenAIRE Research Graph. OpenOrgs employs a combination of automated processes and human curation. The automated deduplication algorithm initially groups organizations based on similarities in their metadata. This is followed by manual curation, which validates and enhances the automated process's results. The main benefit of OpenOrgs to its users is the significant reduction in confusion and errors when identifying and referencing research organizations. This clarity is crucial for accurate data aggregation and analysis in the research field. By ensuring more accurate organization identification, OpenOrgs helps eliminate the risk of misinformation and enhances the overall quality of research data. The primary beneficiaries of OpenOrgs include researchers, research performing organizations (RPOs), research funding organizations (RFOs), and other stakeholders in the Open Science community. These users benefit from the enhanced accuracy and reliability of organization-related information, which is essential for various aspects of the research process, including reporting, collaboration, and analysis.


Benefits

Enhanced findability of digital objects for researchers
Helps researchers find and access digital objects by resolving organisation ambiguities, ensuring accurate links for more efficient search and retrieval.
Consistent showcase of the overall scientific production for the RPO's
Offers RPOs a tool to showcase their full scientific output by accurately linking and attributing publications, projects, and datasets, enhancing visibility and providing a comprehensive view of their contributions to the research community.
Consistent information on the impact of resources for RFO's
Clarifies connections between funding sources and research outputs, giving RFOs a clear view of how investments are used by tracking the progress and outcomes of funded projects, publications, and scholarly activities.
Functional and up-to-date services for all Open Science stakeholders
OpenOrgs provides researchers, librarians, publishers, and policymakers with accurate metadata on research organisations and their outputs, promoting transparency, collaboration, and efficiency in open science.

Features

Effective disambiguation and metadata curation

OpenOrgs clarifies the tangled web of organizational aliases, revealing each institution's true identity and achievements, while enhancing data accuracy and reliability through its curating practices.

Increased Visibility and Impact of Research

OpenOrgs curating enhances the visibility and discoverability of an organization's research outputs, leading to higher citation rates, wider dissemination of findings, and a stronger impact within the academic and research communities.

Supporting Research Evaluation and Analytics

Accurately curated data enables more effective research evaluation and analytics, allowing organizations to better assess performance, identify trends, and make informed decisions about future research directions and investments.

Improved Classification, Linkages, and Retrieval of Research Products

OpenOrgs' disambiguation capabilities directly enhance the classification, linkage, and retrieval of scientific publications, research data, and other research products, making them easier to access and reference.

Used in

  • OpenOrgs facilitates the correct mapping of research outputs for Cyprus
    OpenOrgs facilitates the correct mapping of research outputs for Cyprus
    Open Science Observatory data for Cyprus
  • Curating the OpenAIRE Graph: disambiguating Greek organisations metadata with OpenOrgs
    Curating the OpenAIRE Graph: disambiguating Greek organisations metadata with OpenOrgs
    ATHENA Research Center played a crucial role in refining the disambiguation algorithm
  • OpenOrgs expedites the data curation of university of Belgrade scholarly works
    OpenOrgs expedites the data curation of university of Belgrade scholarly works
    Advancing scholarly openness: progress and achievements in Serbia

Related services

OpenAIRE Graph
An intelligent gateway to scholarly communication

The OpenAIRE Graph is a collection of interlinked research objects that aggregates metadata records from more than 70K scholarly communication sources from all over the world for researchers, service providers, research managers and policy makers, by following a participatory approach.

Use Cases

  • OpenOrgs facilitates the correct mapping of research outputs for Cyprus
    OpenOrgs facilitates the correct mapping of research outputs for Cyprus
    Open Science Observatory data for Cyprus
  • Curating the OpenAIRE Graph: disambiguating Greek organisations metadata with OpenOrgs
    Curating the OpenAIRE Graph: disambiguating Greek organisations metadata with OpenOrgs
    ATHENA Research Center played a crucial role in refining the disambiguation algorithm
  • OpenOrgs expedites the data curation of university of Belgrade scholarly works
    OpenOrgs expedites the data curation of university of Belgrade scholarly works
    Advancing scholarly openness: progress and achievements in Serbia
OpenAIRE Service Catalogue receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme under OpenAIRE-Advance (No. 777541) and OpenAIRE Nexus (No. 101017452)