University reference
San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University, established in 1899, is an active ROR organization in San Francisco, 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/05ykr0121
- Country
- US
- City
- San Francisco
- Administrative area
- California
- Website
- https://www.sfsu.edu
- Established
- 1899
- Organization types
- education, funder
- Aliases
- California State University, San Francisco, San Francisco State, San Francisco State College, San Francisco State Normal School, San Francisco State Teachers College
- Acronyms
- SFSU
- External identifiers
fundref 100006747, 100008939, 100016448 grid grid.263091.f isni 0000 0001 0679 2318 wikidata Q1256981 - Organization relationships
parent 020qm1538 - Latitude
- 37.77493
- Longitude
- -122.41942
- ROR last modified
- 2025-05-05
ROR identity context
Names, identifiers and relationships
These identifiers describe the organization record and do not imply ranking or endorsement.
| Aliases | California State University, San Francisco, San Francisco State, San Francisco State College, San Francisco State Normal School, San Francisco State Teachers College |
|---|---|
| Acronyms | SFSU |
| FUNDREF identifiers | 100006747, 100008939, 100016448 |
| GRID identifiers | grid.263091.f |
| ISNI identifiers | 0000 0001 0679 2318 |
| WIKIDATA identifiers | Q1256981 |
| ROR parent relationships | 020qm1538 |
Wikidata structured context
Published identifiers and revision
Only allowlisted structured claims are used. Wikipedia prose and Wikimedia media are not copied.
| QID | Q1256981 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revision | 2516645271 | ||||||||||||
| Modified | 2026-07-12T14:04:10Z | ||||||||||||
| Structured label | San Francisco State University | ||||||||||||
| Website | https://www.sfsu.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: Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions, LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Plant and animal studies, Nonlinear Photonic Systems, Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
Annual indicator
Institution works indexed by OpenAlex
818.00 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 | 818.00 works | — | — |
| 2023 | 744.00 works | — | — |
| 2022 | 805.00 works | — | — |
| 2021 | 922.00 works | — | — |
| 2020 | 953.00 works | — | — |
| 2019 | 814.00 works | — | — |
| 2018 | 878.00 works | — | — |
| 2017 | 875.00 works | — | — |
| 2016 | 832.00 works | — | — |
| 2015 | 764.00 works | — | — |
| 2014 | 713.00 works | — | — |
| 2013 | 636.00 works | — | — |
| 2012 | 684.00 works | — | — |
| 2011 | 643.00 works | — | — |
| 2010 | 617.00 works | — | — |
Field-level provenance
Sources for this profile
Dates and licenses apply to the specific facts and series supplied by each source.
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
- 0fbe363a3f29
- 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
- a3bfa4d5bf64
- License
- Creative Commons CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- OpenAlex; metadata only, no full text or abstracts are published.
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