---
title: "Get a single institution"
method: GET
path: "/institutions/{id}"
tags: ["Institutions"]
---

# Get a single institution

`GET /institutions/{id}`

Retrieve a single institution by OpenAlex ID or ROR.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `select` string
- `api_key` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful response

- Institution — A university, research organization, or other affiliation
  - `id` string — The OpenAlex ID for this institution.
  - `ror` string, nullable — 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, nullable — ISO two-letter country code where this institution is located.
  - `type` 'education' | 'healthcare' | 'company' | 'archive' | 'nonprofit' | 'government' | 'facility' | 'other' — The institution's primary type (ROR vocabulary): `Education`, `Healthcare`, `Company`, `Archive`, `Nonprofit`, `Government`, `Facility`, `Other`.
  - `homepage_url` string, nullable — URL for the institution's primary homepage.
  - `image_url` string, nullable — URL for an image representing this institution (usually from Wikimedia).
  - `image_thumbnail_url` string, nullable — 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:
    - `2yr_mean_citedness` number
    - `h_index` integer
    - `i10_index` integer
  - `geo` object — Location information:
    - `city` string
    - `geonames_city_id` string
    - `region` string
    - `country_code` string
    - `country` string
    - `latitude` number
    - `longitude` number
  - `lineage` string[] — OpenAlex IDs including this institution and any parent institutions.
  - `ids` object — External identifiers:
    - `openalex` string
    - `ror` string
    - `mag` integer
    - `grid` string
    - `wikipedia` string
    - `wikidata` string
  - `counts_by_year` object[] — `works_count` and `cited_by_count` for each of the last ten years.
    - `year` integer
    - `works_count` integer
    - `cited_by_count` integer
  - `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).

## Other responses

- `404` — Entity not found
- `429` — Rate limit exceeded

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/openalex/apis/openalex-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/openalex/apis/openalex-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/openalex/openalex-api/revisions/60b6c8bd0799/schema)