ORCID researchers API

Researchers matching a query in ORCID: ORCID iD, name, public email and institutions.

Ask your agent

“Call orcid/researchers with query jennifer and summarize what comes back.”

Works in any MCP client connected to https://data.openkrill.app/mcp. Install in one line.

Path: orcid/researchers
MCP tool: call_endpoint
Credits: 1
Cache: 2 min

Parameters

querystring, required	Researcher name or keyword query, such as jennifer doudna
limitinteger, optional	1-50 researchers, default 10

Response

data.resources[] uses the same keys as every other platform: author, engagement, metadata, with ORCID-only fields under extras. A failed upstream call is never billed.

More ORCID tools

MCP tool call

{
  "name": "call_endpoint",
  "arguments": {
    "path": "orcid/researchers",
    "params": {
      "query": "jennifer"
    }
  }
}

curl

curl "https://data.openkrill.app/v1/orcid/researchers?query=jennifer" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "platform": "orcid",
  "endpoint": "orcid/researchers",
  "data": {
    "resources": [
      { "id": …, "title": …, "text": …, "url": …,
        "author": {…}, "engagement": {…},
        "metadata": {…}, "extras": {…} }
    ]
  },
  "credits_used": 1,
  "cached": false
}