orcid-api

name	orcid-api
description	Look up researcher profiles and academic identities via the ORCID registry
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ORCID API Guide

Overview

ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is a nonprofit organization that provides unique, persistent digital identifiers to researchers worldwide. With over 18 million registered researchers, ORCID has become the standard for disambiguating author identities across the scholarly ecosystem. Publishers, funders, and institutions use ORCID to reliably connect researchers with their works, grants, and affiliations.

The ORCID Public API provides read access to public data in ORCID records. This includes biographical information, employment history, education, works (publications), funding, and peer review activities. The API is essential for building research information systems, verifying researcher identities, and integrating with institutional repositories.

Authentication is required. The public API uses OAuth 2.0 with a client credentials grant, which provides a bearer token for read-only access to public data. Registration is free and tokens can be obtained programmatically.

Authentication

The ORCID Public API requires an OAuth 2.0 access token. Register for free API credentials at https://orcid.org/developer-tools and obtain a token:

curl -X POST "https://orcid.org/oauth/token" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -d "client_id=YOUR_CLIENT_ID" \
  -d  \
  -d  \
  -d