The ORCID search API uses the SOLR syntax. All query syntaxes available in SOLR 3.6 are supported, including Lucene with Solr extensions (default), DisMax, and Extended Dismax.
You can use a fielded search when you need to search a specific section of the ORCID record. The current list of fields recognized in the API search, along with their corresponding record structure elements, are as follows:
| Search field | Description |
| Biographical data | |
| given-names | The given (first) name(s) of the user. |
| family-name | The family (sur)name of the user. |
| credit-name | The “published name” on the ORCID user interface, the name that normally appears on publications by the user |
| other-names | Alternative names that may have appeared on publications by the user. |
| The email address of the user. | |
| keyword | Any keywords associated with the user. |
| external-id-reference | Identifiers from other systems added to the user‚s ORCID record using the API. |
| Affiliations data | |
| affiliation-org-name | The name of any organization in an education or employment item in the user’s record. |
| ringgold-org-id | The Ringgold ID of any organization in the activities section of the user’s record. Generally this will be associated with an education or employment item. |
| grid-org-id | The GRID ID of any organization in the activities section of the user’s record. Generally this will be associated with an education or employment item. |
| ror-org-id | The ROR ID of any organization in the activities section of the user’s record. Generally this will be associated with an education or employment item. |
| Funding data | |
| funding-titles | The title of any funding item in the user‚s record. |
| fundref-org-id | The Crossref Funder Registry ID of any organization in the activities section of a user‚s record. Generally this will be associated with a funding item, but it may also be associated with an affiliation. |
| grant-numbers | Grant number (identifier) of any funding item in the user’s record. |
| Research activities data | |
| work-titles | The titles of any work in the user’s record. |
| digital-object-ids | A work external identifier with type doi |
| doi-self | A work external identifier with type doi and the external identifier relationship set to self |
| [external identifier type]* | A work external identifier with the given type |
| [external identifier type]*-self | A work external identifier with the given type and the external identifier relationship set to self |
| [external identifier type]*-part-of | A work external identifier with the given type and the external identifier relationship set to part-of |
| [external identifier type]*-version-of | A work external identifier with the given type and the external identifier relationship set to version-of |
| * For a full list of external identifier see the identifiers list. Some identifiers may require “-self” “-part-of” or “-version-of” to return results. | |
| ORCID record data | |
| orcid | The 16-digit ORCID identifier of the user, in 0000-0001-2345-6789 format. |
| profile-submission-date | The date and time the record was created. |
| profile-last-modified-date | The date and time the record was last modified. |
| All data | |
| text | All the above fields. This is also the default field for Lucene syntax queries. |
See our Search API Tutorial for more information.