Research Resource Identifiers (#RRID) are ID numbers assigned to help researchers cite key resources (core facilities, instruments, software projects, antibodies, model organisms and cell lines) in the scientific literature to improve transparency of research methods. RRIDs are created by many of your favorite research resource repositories, but the RRID portion of the identifier helps to disambiguate the things that scientists used in the study (ingredients) from the things that they may be citing for intellectual merit.
RRID Initiative Mission Statement
To help authors identify all ‘key resources’, support the proper citation and authentication of each resource, and enable the FAIR sharing of resource information.
To help authors quickly find the correct identifiers for their materials there is a single web site (https://rrid.site) where all currently supported resource types can be found and a 'cite this' button next to each resource that contains proper citation text that should be included in the methods section of the manuscript.
RRIDs are part of many checklists including the ARRIVE checklist for animal studies, STAR Methods, the MDAR checklist, a pan-publisher rigor and transparency checklist created and endorsed by major publishers. RRIDs are also part of the NISO JATS standard, the journal article tagging suite and the DataCite Metadata schema ver 4.6+ (to make sure that data repositories are associated with datasets). RRIDs for core facilities interoperate with ROR IDs, to ensure that institutions are properly accounted for.
Note on new resources
RRIDs may be created by authors who create resources, we try to make this as easy as possible for authors by aggregating the information on the add new resource webpage. Repositories that take deposits are listed on the RRID submission guidelines and some of the most prominent are listed below:
Authors are strongly encouraged to deposit biological materials to public repositories such as Addgene, ATCC (American Type Culture Collection), Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center, Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center, Caenorhabditis Genetics Center, Coriell Institute, the Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank, Mutant Mouse Resource and Research Centers, and the Rat Resource & Research Center.
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