The ORCID record is divided into individual sections to make reading the record faster and more consistent. You can first call a section to receive its summary, and then call using an individual item’s put code to receive robust information on that item.
A table of the summary sections that you can use the API to read are set out below.
| Endpoint | Description |
| /record | Summary view of the full ORCID record |
| /person | Biographical section of the ORCID record, including through /researcher-urls below |
| /summary | Summary view of validated and self asserted items on the ORCID record (only available with the member API) |
| /address | The researcher’s countries or regions |
| The email address(es) associated with the record | |
| /external-identifiers | Linked external identifiers in other systems |
| /keywords | Keywords related to the researcher and their work |
| /other-names | Other names by which the researcher is know |
| /personal-details | Personal details: the researcher‚s name, credit (published) name, and biography |
| /researcher-urls | Links to the researcher‚s personal or profile pages |
| /activities | Summary of the activities section of the ORCID record, including through /works below. |
| /educations | Education affiliations |
| /employments | Employment affiliations |
| /fundings | Summary of funding activities |
| /peer-reviews | Summary of peer review activities |
| /works | Summary of research works |
| /research-resources | Summary of research resources |
| /services | Summary of services |
| /qualifications | Summary of qualifications |
| /memberships | Summary of memberships |
| /distinctions | Summary of distinctions |
| /invited-positions | Summary of invited positions |
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