University reference
Northwestern University
Northwestern University, established in 1851, is an active ROR organization in Evanston, US. ROR classifies the organization under education, funder. This profile preserves public aliases, acronyms, external identifiers, location details and organization relationships supplied by the Research Organization Registry, then links the record to other organizations in the same city and country and to recorded airports in the same city. It is a directory profile, not a university ranking, quality assessment, admissions guide or statement of endorsement by ROR or DataOfWorld.
Key facts
- ROR identifier
- https://ror.org/000e0be47
- Country
- US
- City
- Evanston
- Administrative area
- Illinois
- Website
- http://www.northwestern.edu/
- Established
- 1851
- Organization types
- education, funder
- Acronyms
- NU
- External identifiers
fundref 100007059, 100008250, 100013826, 100011755, 100011764, 100017796, 100016199 grid grid.16753.36 isni 0000 0001 2299 3507 wikidata Q309350 - Organization relationships
child 004x7d471, 00rncr820, 014nxkk19 related 00g1rc256, 049qtwc86, 05626m728, 03a6zw892, 03fhrtz10, 009543z50, 02ja0m249, 006m74d95, 04fzwnh64, 02p4far57 - Latitude
- 42.04114
- Longitude
- -87.69006
- ROR last modified
- 2026-07-20
ROR identity context
Names, identifiers and relationships
These identifiers describe the organization record and do not imply ranking or endorsement.
| Acronyms | NU |
|---|---|
| FUNDREF identifiers | 100007059, 100008250, 100013826, 100011755, 100011764, 100017796, 100016199 |
| GRID identifiers | grid.16753.36 |
| ISNI identifiers | 0000 0001 2299 3507 |
| WIKIDATA identifiers | Q309350 |
| ROR child relationships | 004x7d471, 00rncr820, 014nxkk19 |
| ROR related relationships | 00g1rc256, 049qtwc86, 05626m728, 03a6zw892, 03fhrtz10, 009543z50, 02ja0m249, 006m74d95, 04fzwnh64, 02p4far57 |
Wikidata structured context
Published identifiers and revision
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| QID | Q309350 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revision | 2511569851 | ||||||||||||
| Modified | 2026-06-28T18:31:00Z | ||||||||||||
| Structured label | Northwestern University | ||||||||||||
| Website | https://www.northwestern.edu/ | ||||||||||||
| Country QID | Q30 | ||||||||||||
| Inception |
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OpenAlex institution metadata
Works and research-topic context
Institution-level directory statistics only; they are not rankings, quality judgments or endorsements.
Published topics: Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, High-Energy Particle Collisions Research, Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Muscle activation and electromyography studies, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Heart Failure Treatment and Management, Asthma and respiratory diseases, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
Annual indicator
Institution works indexed by OpenAlex
11,127.00 works2024
Institution-level yearly works counts in OpenAlex; not a ranking or quality measure. Values retain the source period and unit.
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| Period | works | Source flag | Confidentiality |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11,127.00 works | — | — |
| 2023 | 11,418.00 works | — | — |
| 2022 | 11,368.00 works | — | — |
| 2021 | 11,686.00 works | — | — |
| 2020 | 11,820.00 works | — | — |
| 2019 | 10,525.00 works | — | — |
| 2018 | 9,922.00 works | — | — |
| 2017 | 9,197.00 works | — | — |
| 2016 | 8,773.00 works | — | — |
| 2015 | 8,501.00 works | — | — |
| 2014 | 8,245.00 works | — | — |
| 2013 | 8,703.00 works | — | — |
| 2012 | 7,408.00 works | — | — |
| 2011 | 7,041.00 works | — | — |
| 2010 | 6,448.00 works | — | — |
Field-level provenance
Sources for this profile
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Research Organization Registry
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-20
- Dataset version
- dbdfb9b8dad3
- License
- Creative Commons CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- Research Organization Registry (ROR)
DataOfWorld deterministic university profile template
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-20
- Dataset version
- university-profile-v1
- License
- Original DataOfWorld text
- Attribution
- DataOfWorld
Wikidata structured data
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-31
- Dataset version
- 0fffaf060b19
- License
- Creative Commons CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- Wikidata structured data; DataOfWorld preserves QID and revision metadata.
OpenAlex metadata
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-31
- Dataset version
- f466cc155077
- License
- Creative Commons CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- OpenAlex; metadata only, no full text or abstracts are published.
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