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GET
/
institutions
/
{id}
Get a single institution
curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.openalex.org/institutions/{id}?api_key='
{
  "id": "https://openalex.org/I27837315",
  "ror": "<string>",
  "display_name": "<string>",
  "country_code": "<string>",
  "type": "education",
  "homepage_url": "<string>",
  "image_url": "<string>",
  "image_thumbnail_url": "<string>",
  "display_name_acronyms": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "display_name_alternatives": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "works_count": 123,
  "cited_by_count": 123,
  "summary_stats": {
    "2yr_mean_citedness": 123,
    "h_index": 123,
    "i10_index": 123
  },
  "geo": {
    "city": "<string>",
    "geonames_city_id": "<string>",
    "region": "<string>",
    "country_code": "<string>",
    "country": "<string>",
    "latitude": 123,
    "longitude": 123
  },
  "lineage": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "ids": {
    "openalex": "<string>",
    "ror": "<string>",
    "mag": 123,
    "grid": "<string>",
    "wikipedia": "<string>",
    "wikidata": "<string>"
  },
  "counts_by_year": [
    {
      "year": 123,
      "works_count": 123,
      "cited_by_count": 123
    }
  ],
  "works_api_url": "<string>",
  "created_date": "2023-12-25",
  "updated_date": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}

Authorizations

​
api_key
string
query
required

Your OpenAlex API key. Get a free key at https://openalex.org/settings/api

Path Parameters

​
id
string
required

OpenAlex ID (e.g., I27837315) or ROR

Query Parameters

​
select
string

Comma-separated list of fields to return. Reduces response size. Example: select=id,display_name,cited_by_count

​
api_key
string
required

Your OpenAlex API key (required). Get a free key at https://openalex.org/settings/api

Response

Successful response

A university, research organization, or other affiliation

​
id
string

The OpenAlex ID for this institution.

Example:

"https://openalex.org/I27837315"

​
ror
string | null

The ROR ID for this institution. This is the Canonical External ID for institutions.

​
display_name
string

The primary name of the institution.

​
country_code
string | null

ISO two-letter country code where this institution is located.

​
type
enum<string>

The institution's primary type (ROR vocabulary): Education, Healthcare, Company, Archive, Nonprofit, Government, Facility, Other.

Available options:
education,
healthcare,
company,
archive,
nonprofit,
government,
facility,
other
​
homepage_url
string | null

URL for the institution's primary homepage.

​
image_url
string | null

URL for an image representing this institution (usually from Wikimedia).

​
image_thumbnail_url
string | null

Smaller version of image_url.

​
display_name_acronyms
string[]

Acronyms or initialisms for this institution.

​
display_name_alternatives
string[]

Other names people may use for this institution.

​
works_count
integer

The number of works created by authors affiliated with this institution.

​
cited_by_count
integer

Total citations to works from authors affiliated with this institution.

​
summary_stats
object

Citation metrics:

​
geo
object

Location information:

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lineage
string[]

OpenAlex IDs including this institution and any parent institutions.

​
ids
object

External identifiers:

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counts_by_year
object[]

works_count and cited_by_count for each of the last ten years.

​
works_api_url
string

A URL that will get you a list of all works affiliated with this institution.

​
created_date
string<date>

When this institution was added to OpenAlex (ISO 8601 date).

​
updated_date
string<date-time>

When this institution was last updated (ISO 8601 datetime).