University reference
Northern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University, established in 1895, is an active ROR organization in DeKalb, 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/012wxa772
- Country
- US
- City
- DeKalb
- Administrative area
- Illinois
- Website
- https://www.niu.edu
- Established
- 1895
- Organization types
- education, funder
- Acronyms
- NIU
- External identifiers
fundref 100007058, 100007291 grid grid.261128.e isni 0000 0000 9003 8934 wikidata Q1191344 - Organization relationships
child 02xse0b92 - Latitude
- 41.92947
- Longitude
- -88.75036
- ROR last modified
- 2024-12-11
ROR identity context
Names, identifiers and relationships
These identifiers describe the organization record and do not imply ranking or endorsement.
| Acronyms | NIU |
|---|---|
| FUNDREF identifiers | 100007058, 100007291 |
| GRID identifiers | grid.261128.e |
| ISNI identifiers | 0000 0000 9003 8934 |
| WIKIDATA identifiers | Q1191344 |
| ROR child relationships | 02xse0b92 |
Wikidata structured context
Published identifiers and revision
Only allowlisted structured claims are used. Wikipedia prose and Wikimedia media are not copied.
| QID | Q1191344 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revision | 2510826948 | ||||||||||||
| Modified | 2026-06-26T20:56:06Z | ||||||||||||
| Structured label | Northern Illinois University | ||||||||||||
| Website | https://www.niu.edu/ | ||||||||||||
| Country QID | Q30 | ||||||||||||
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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, High-Energy Particle Collisions Research, Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions, Particle Detector Development and Performance, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers, Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena, Behavioral and Psychological Studies, Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
Annual indicator
Institution works indexed by OpenAlex
1,036.00 works2024
Institution-level yearly works counts in OpenAlex; not a ranking or quality measure. Values retain the source period and unit.
View source data
| Period | works | Source flag | Confidentiality |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,036.00 works | — | — |
| 2023 | 1,102.00 works | — | — |
| 2022 | 990.00 works | — | — |
| 2021 | 1,065.00 works | — | — |
| 2020 | 1,137.00 works | — | — |
| 2019 | 1,033.00 works | — | — |
| 2018 | 1,071.00 works | — | — |
| 2017 | 1,126.00 works | — | — |
| 2016 | 1,136.00 works | — | — |
| 2015 | 1,177.00 works | — | — |
| 2014 | 977.00 works | — | — |
| 2013 | 931.00 works | — | — |
| 2012 | 985.00 works | — | — |
| 2011 | 957.00 works | — | — |
| 2010 | 792.00 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
- de7be1afec82
- 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
- a9dc15073259
- License
- Creative Commons CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- OpenAlex; metadata only, no full text or abstracts are published.
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