As we continue to develop our products, there are a number of features that are only available with API 3.0 which is our latest and default API version. The table […]
Email Domain
This section shows how many ORCID records are connected to your email domain(s) iDs with email domain(s): A metric counting the total number of iDs that have an email address […]
Web Usage
This section shows how many authentications your integrations are processing Monthly unique OAuth Users Number of users overtime that connected to your integration(s) via OAuth. Note that this data is […]
How do I tell if a record exists?
Searching for a user using cURL like so: Will return a 200 even if the user does not exist. To avoid this, use content negotiation in your call like so:
Authentications and API use
API reads: Number of API GET calls overtime that your integration has made. Monthly Integration Sign-In Events (Jan 2024 Onwards): Number of sign-ins overtime that have connected to your integration […]
How do I collect an authenticated ID?
Integrating ORCID into your system allows your organization to collect authenticated ORCID iDs and add them to your own data. At the same time, the researcher provides the organization permission […]
How do I request permission to update an ORCID record?
The process to get permission to add or update data on a user‚s ORCID record uses OAuth, as described in our 3 Legged OAuth FAQ. Only ORCID members can use […]
Why should I collect authenticated ORCID iDs?
ORCID strives to enable transparent and trustworthy connections between researchers, their contributions, and their affiliations by providing a unique, persistent identifier for individuals to use as they engage in research, […]
Why should I update ORCID records?
You can help make life easier for your users by connecting validated information to their ORCID records. You will also be helping to build trust in scholarly communications and, by […]
My journal is collecting ORCID IDs from its authors, does that make me an ORCID member?
Any journal or organization can collect iDs without joining ORCID, using our public API. ORCID membership requires your journal to pay an annual membership fee.