# Scion

> New Zealand research institute

**Wikidata**: [Q1983244](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1983244)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scion_(organisation))  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/scion

## Summary
Scion is a New Zealand Crown Research Institute and research organisation, legally known as New Zealand Forest Research Institute Limited and trading as Scion. Founded on 1992-02-24 and headquartered in Rotorua, it maintains applied research activities and scientific collections (including the New Zealand National Forestry Herbarium) and operates as an open-access publisher.

## Key Facts
- Scion was founded (inception) on 1992-02-24.  
- Legal/alias names include New Zealand Forest Research Institute Limited trading as Scion, NZFRI, and Scion Australasia.  
- Scion is an instance of a Crown Research Institute and is also recorded as an open-access publisher.  
- Headquarters: Rotorua, New Zealand (coordinates: latitude -38.16043, longitude 176.265603).  
- Employees: 320.  
- Scion maintains the New Zealand National Forestry Herbarium as a part of its collections.  
- Scion is assigned ROR ID 048r72142 and GRID ID grid.457328.f.  
- Scion’s official website is http://www.scionresearch.com/.  
- Scion’s ISNI is 0000000419369203 and VIAF ID is 154920674.  
- Scion is listed as being replaced by the New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science with a point-in-time date of 2025-07-01.

## FAQs
### Q: What is Scion?
A: Scion is a New Zealand research institute and Crown Research Institute (legal name New Zealand Forest Research Institute Limited) focused on research and maintaining scientific collections; it also operates as an open-access publisher.

### Q: Where is Scion based?
A: Scion is headquartered in Rotorua, New Zealand (coordinates: -38.16043, 176.265603).

### Q: When was Scion established?
A: Scion’s inception date is 1992-02-24.

### Q: Is Scion being replaced or merged?
A: According to recorded data, Scion is listed as being replaced by the New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science with an effective point-in-time date of 2025-07-01.

## Why It Matters
Scion functions as a government-aligned research organisation (a Crown Research Institute) with specific institutional identity tied to New Zealand forestry science through its legal name (New Zealand Forest Research Institute Limited) and by holding the New Zealand National Forestry Herbarium. That combination of roles—publicly funded research body, steward of taxonomic collections, and an open-access publisher—positions Scion as an infrastructure element for research, data-sharing, and applied science in areas related to forests and bio-based research. Its national location in Rotorua anchors regional scientific capacity, and its registration with identifiers such as ROR, GRID, ISNI, and others supports discoverability and integration in international research information systems. The organisation’s documented transition to the New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science (effective 2025-07-01) marks a structural change with implications for how New Zealand organises and governs research on bioeconomy and forestry-related science.

## Notable For
- Being a Crown Research Institute in New Zealand and operating under the legal name New Zealand Forest Research Institute Limited.  
- Maintaining the New Zealand National Forestry Herbarium as part of its scientific collections.  
- Being identified in research infrastructure systems via persistent identifiers (e.g., ROR: 048r72142; GRID: grid.457328.f; ISNI: 0000000419369203).  
- Recorded status as an open-access publisher in addition to a research organisation.  
- A documented organisational succession: listed as being replaced by the New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science effective 2025-07-01.

## Body
### Overview
- Scion is a New Zealand research institute with the legal name New Zealand Forest Research Institute Limited trading as Scion.  
- It is classified as a Crown Research Institute and also recorded as an open-access publisher.

### Legal and organisational identifiers
- Inception date: 1992-02-24.  
- ISNI: 0000000419369203.  
- ROR ID: 048r72142.  
- GRID ID: grid.457328.f.  
- VIAF ID: 154920674.  
- Freebase ID: /m/0hhqjf7.  
- Ringgold ID: 6982.  
- Crunchbase organization ID: scion.  
- Library of Congress authority ID: no2005057472 (qualified as Scion (Organization : N.Z.)).  
- Open Funder Registry Funder ID: 501100006118.

### Location and facilities
- Headquarters: Rotorua, New Zealand.  
- Coordinates: latitude -38.16043, longitude 176.265603.  
- Maintains the New Zealand National Forestry Herbarium as part of its holdings.

### Size and people
- Reported number of employees: 320.

### Collections and outputs
- Has part: New Zealand National Forestry Herbarium (collection stewardship).  
- Registered as an open-access publisher in available records.

### Online presence and media
- Official website: http://www.scionresearch.com/.  
- Twitter handle: scion_research.  
- Instagram: scion.research.  
- YouTube handle: scionresearchnz; YouTube channel ID: UCHnwKSE1alGYw4d-cVjXB6g (channel start date recorded 2011-12-13).  
- Flickr user ID associated: 82288389@N04.  
- Language used for operations and communications: English.

### Memberships and listings
- Member of ORCID, Inc. (point in time: 2023-10-00).  
- Listed in botanical and garden registries (BGCI garden ID: 1086).  
- Appears in multiple national and international authority files (e.g., National Library identifiers, Alexander Turnbull Library ID: 178942).

### Succession and future status
- Scion is recorded as being replaced by the New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science with a point-in-time date of 2025-07-01, indicating an organisational transition recorded in public sources.

### Bibliographic and catalogue notes
- Wikipedia title recorded as: Scion (organisation).  
- Wikipedia languages present for the entity: English and German.

## References

1. Directory of Open Access Journals
2. Society Open Access Research (SOAR) Catalog
3. GRID Release 2017-01-10
4. Library of Congress Name Authority File
5. [Source](https://orcid.org/members/001G0000025TXH5IAO-new-zealand-forest-research-institute-limited-trading-as-scion)
6. [Source](https://web.archive.org/web/20231020113811/https://orcid.org/members)
7. [Source](https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/collection/44c174e1-bd9c-440f-8f9c-3305b2f30979)
8. Czech National Authority Database
9. [Source](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/560964/chairs-board-members-named-for-new-science-mergers)
10. GRID Release 2015-12-14
11. GRID Release 2016-12-06
12. Aligned ISNI and Ringgold identifiers for institutions
13. [Source](https://www.bgci.org/garden.php?id=1086)
14. Microsoft Academic Knowledge Graph
15. YouTube API