GRID release 2020-06-29

A database of over 98,000 research institutes with persistent identifiers.<div><br></div><div>New GRID entries for:<br></div><div><br></div><div><div> - Missing institutes and centers of Fraunhofer Society</div><div> - Missing institutes from the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (Japan)</div><div> - Various Japanese universities</div><div> - Institutions related to the Dimensions' 'COVID-19' collection</div><div> - National Science Foundation South Africa - Facilities</div><div> - ROR requests for additions (February, March, April and May 2020)</div></div><div><br></div><div>Metadata:<br></div><div><br></div><div><div> - GRID records without URL and with the types "Government", "Nonprofit" and "Company"</div><div> - Update of ROR IDs (ROR release December 2019 Version 2)</div></div><div><br></div><div>QA:<br></div><div><br></div><div><div> - Review of University Systems in the US (SUNY, University System Wisconsin, Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning)</div><div> - Review of Dutch Research Council</div><div> - Review of National and Provincial CDCs in China</div><div> - Review of Australian Government</div><div> - Review of Multinational Companies</div></div><div><br></div><div>Geonames data is CC-BY, and noted as such in the data.<br></div><div><br></div>