diff --git a/api/urls.py b/api/urls.py
index 8cc44e69c969fd653553b615bfe82b0bf7ac2c71..3cf361a5104365de08b98d8666cd6f6f7570bf4a 100644
--- a/api/urls.py
+++ b/api/urls.py
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ from rest_framework import routers
 from conflicts.viewsets import ConflictOfInterestViewSet
 from news.viewsets import NewsItemViewSet
 
-from journals.api import views as journal_api_views
-
 
 router = routers.SimpleRouter()
 router.register(r'news', NewsItemViewSet)
@@ -26,5 +24,6 @@ urlpatterns = router.urls
 urlpatterns += [
 
     path('journals/', include('journals.api.urls')),
+    path('organizations/', include('organizations.api.urls')),
 
 ]
diff --git a/organizations/api/serializers.py b/organizations/api/serializers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2e7a014fc7218ecc14f9fdd9ee3cbe8ef0da304b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/organizations/api/serializers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+__copyright__ = "Copyright © Stichting SciPost (SciPost Foundation)"
+__license__ = "AGPL v3"
+
+
+from rest_framework import serializers
+
+from django_countries.serializer_fields import CountryField
+
+from ..models import Organization
+
+
+class OrganizationSerializer(serializers.BaseSerializer):
+    name = serializers.CharField(max_length=256)
+    name_original = serializers.CharField(max_length=256)
+    acronym = serializers.CharField(max_length=64)
+    country = CountryField()
+
+    def to_representation(self, instance):
+        rep = {
+            'name': instance.name,
+            'acronym': instance.acronym,
+            'country': instance.country.name
+        }
+        if instance.name_original:
+            rep['name_original'] = instance.name_original
+        return rep
diff --git a/organizations/api/urls.py b/organizations/api/urls.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b82b3a7a1e671767bf278a203841830325bb0101
--- /dev/null
+++ b/organizations/api/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+copyright__ = "Copyright © Stichting SciPost (SciPost Foundation)"
+__license__ = "AGPL v3"
+
+
+from django.urls import path
+
+from organizations.api import views as api_views
+
+
+urlpatterns = [
+
+    path( # /api/organizations/
+        '',
+        api_views.OrganizationListAPIView.as_view(),
+        name='organizations'
+    ),
+    path( # /api/organizations/<int:pk>
+        '<int:pk>',
+        api_views.OrganizationRetrieveAPIView.as_view(),
+        name='organization-detail'
+    ),
+
+]
diff --git a/organizations/api/views.py b/organizations/api/views.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9699d829bf1919c49739d0422ece25a906cbb57f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/organizations/api/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+__copyright__ = "Copyright © Stichting SciPost (SciPost Foundation)"
+__license__ = "AGPL v3"
+
+
+from rest_framework.generics import ListAPIView, RetrieveAPIView
+
+from ..models import Organization
+from .serializers import OrganizationSerializer
+
+
+class OrganizationListAPIView(ListAPIView):
+    queryset = Organization.objects.all().order_by('name')
+    serializer_class = OrganizationSerializer
+
+
+class OrganizationRetrieveAPIView(RetrieveAPIView):
+    queryset = Organization.objects.all()
+    serializer_class = OrganizationSerializer