orcid-mcp-server

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  <p><b>Search and retrieve researcher profiles, works, affiliations, funding, and peer review records from the ORCID registry via MCP. STDIO or Streamable HTTP.</b>
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**Public Hosted Server:** [https://orcid.caseyjhand.com/mcp](https://orcid.caseyjhand.com/mcp)

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## Tools

Nine tools organized around three workflows — author disambiguation, researcher profiling, and cross-server identifier chaining:

| Tool | Description |
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| `orcid_search_researchers` | Search the ORCID registry using structured field params (name, affiliation, keyword, ROR ID, DOI, PMID). All params are ANDed into a Solr query against the expanded-search endpoint, returning ORCID iDs with inline name and institution data. |
| `orcid_get_profile` | Fetch a researcher's public profile: name, biography, keywords, researcher URLs, and external identifiers (Scopus Author ID, ResearcherID, Loop, etc.). |
| `orcid_get_works` | Retrieve works (publications, datasets, software, preprints) for a researcher. Returns summaries with put-codes, titles, types, dates, journal names, and external identifiers. Returns the first 50 by default with `workCount` and paging via `offset`/`nextOffset` (or `limit`); set `include_external_ids` false for a lighter payload. Pass put-codes to `orcid_get_work_detail` for abstracts and full contributor lists. |
| `orcid_get_work_detail` | Fetch full detail records for 1–100 works by their put-codes in a single bulk request (from `orcid_get_works`). Returns abstracts, all contributors with CRediT roles, complete external IDs, citation metadata, journal title, and URL. Per-record errors are surfaced without failing the whole call. |
| `orcid_get_affiliations` | Fetch affiliation records for a researcher. Accepts a `types` list to filter which sections to return: `employment`, `education`, `invited-positions`, `distinctions`, `memberships`, `qualifications`, `services`, or `all`. |
| `orcid_get_funding` | Fetch funding records: grants, contracts, awards, and salary awards, with funder names, grant numbers, and funding periods. |
| `orcid_get_peer_reviews` | Fetch peer review activity: convening organizations, reviewer role, review type, completion dates, and ISSN-keyed group identifiers. |
| `orcid_get_research_resources` | List research resources associated with a researcher — compute allocations, equipment access, lab facilities, and data resources. Sparsely populated; most researchers have no entries. |
| `orcid_resolve_researcher` | Disambiguate an ambiguous author name to a verified ORCID iD. Returns a ranked list of candidates (5 by default, up to 20 via `rows`) with transparent signals: name match type, institution overlap, and whether a DOI or PMID anchor was used. |

### `orcid_search_researchers`

Search the ORCID registry with structured field parameters mapped to Solr field queries.

- Structured params — `given_name`, `family_name`, `affiliation`, `keyword`, `ror_id`, `doi`, `pmid` — are ANDed into a Solr query automatically
- `doi` and `pmid` translate to `doi-self` and `pmid-self` field queries: "who has linked this work to their ORCID record?"
- `query` appends raw Solr to the generated clause for advanced use
- `ror_id` values (full URLs like `https://ror.org/00f54p054`) are quoted internally to handle Solr's colon parsing
- Returns expanded-search results with inline name and institution data — no follow-up profile fetch needed for basic discovery
- Use this for precise field-anchored lookups; use `orcid_resolve_researcher` for ambiguous names needing ranked disambiguation

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### `orcid_get_profile`

Fetch a researcher's public person section by ORCID iD.

- Accepts bare ORCID iD (`0000-0001-2345-6789`) or full URI form
- Returns name, biography, keywords, researcher URLs, addresses, and external identifiers (Scopus Author ID, ResearcherID, Loop, etc.)
- External identifiers are embedded in the person response — no separate round-trip
- Entry point for building a researcher dossier before fetching works or affiliations

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### `orcid_get_works`

Retrieve the works list for a researcher.

- Returns work summaries: title, type, publication date, journal name, and all external identifiers (DOI, PMID, arXiv ID, ISBN, etc.)
- Returns the first 50 works by default; `workCount` reports the total available, and prolific records are paged with `offset` plus the returned `nextOffset` (or raise `limit`, max 1000). `truncated` flags when more works remain
- Set `include_external_ids` to `false` to drop identifier lists when only titles, types, and dates are needed
- External IDs are returned in formats consumable by downstream servers (Crossref, PubMed, arXiv)
- Works list is summaries only — chain to the relevant server for full metadata or abstracts

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### `orcid_get_work_detail`

Fetch full detail records for 1–100 works in a single bulk request using the ORCID bulk works endpoint.

- `put_codes` is an array of 1–100 put-codes from `orcid_get_works`
- Single round-trip regardless of how many put-codes are requested
- Returns abstracts, all contributors with CRediT roles, the complete external ID list, citation metadata (BibTeX or other formats when deposited), journal title, and URL for each work
- Per-record errors (not-found or inaccessible put-codes) arrive as `errors` entries — the remaining works still resolve

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### `orcid_get_affiliations`

Fetch affiliation records by type, using a single `/activities` call filtered client-side.

- `types` controls which sections to include: `employment`, `education`, `invited-positions`, `distinctions`, `memberships`, `qualifications`, `services`, or `all`
- Default is `['employment', 'education']` (the 90% case)
- Returns organization names, disambiguated org IDs (ROR/GRID/Ringgold), departments, roles, and date ranges
- One upstream call regardless of how many types are requested — the `/activities` endpoint returns all sections at once

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### `orcid_get_funding`

Fetch funding records for a researcher.

- Returns grants, contracts, awards, and salary awards with funder names, grant numbers, and funding periods
- Funding data is self-reported and often sparse — absence does not mean no funding
- Useful when it exists; high-value (grant numbers, funder IDs) but a thin single-endpoint wrapper

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### `orcid_get_peer_reviews`

Fetch peer review activity for a researcher.

- Returns convening organizations (journals/publishers), reviewer role (`reviewer`, `editor`, `chair`, etc.), review type, completion dates, and ISSN-keyed group identifiers
- Useful for assessing editorial activity and journal affiliations

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### `orcid_get_research_resources`

List research resources associated with a researcher.

- Covers compute allocations, equipment access, lab facilities, data resources, and clinical study registrations
- A newer ORCID section that is sparsely populated — most researchers have no entries, and absence does not imply none exist
- Entries are typically deposited by resource-allocation systems (e.g. ACCESS, XSEDE) rather than self-reported
- Returns resource title, hosting organization (with disambiguated org ID), external identifiers (often a portal URI), and access period

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### `orcid_resolve_researcher`

Disambiguate an author name to a verified ORCID iD.

- Returns ranked candidates (5 by default, up to 20 via `rows`) with transparent disambiguation signals: name match type (`exact`/`partial`/`other-name`), institution overlap flag, and anchor type (`doi`/`pmid`/`none`)
- When `doi` or `pmid` is provided, uses `doi-self` or `pmid-self` as an anchor — researchers who have linked that work to their ORCID record are near-deterministic matches
- Falls back to a relaxed query (dropping affiliation) if the initial candidate set is empty
- No synthetic scores — raw signal fields only, so callers can apply their own ranking logic

## Resources

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