orcid-mcp-server

Get ORCID Researcher Peer Reviews

orcid_get_peer_reviews

Read-onlyIdempotent

Fetch peer review activity for an ORCID researcher: reviewer role (reviewer, editor, chair, etc.), review type, completion dates, ISSN-keyed group identifiers, and the convening organization as ORCID records it — often the service that imported the review (e.g. Publons, Clarivate). ORCID returns no journal name; groupIssn is the key to the journal, and a review that has one is headed by it. Use to assess editorial activity, journal affiliations, and the scope of a researcher's peer review contributions. Reviews come from the researcher or from member organizations that import them; sources names who added each, and coverage varies by researcher.

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`orcid_id`	Yes	ORCID iD — bare (0000-0001-2345-6789) or as an orcid.org URI (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-2345-6789). The check digit may be X or x.

Output Schema

TableJSON Schema

Name	Required	Description
`error`	No	Present when the call failed. Absent on success.
`notice`	No	Note when no peer reviews are found — coverage varies by researcher and publisher participation.
`orcidId`	No	Normalized ORCID iD (bare format).
`orcidUri`	No	Full ORCID URI.
`peerReviews`	No	Peer review records for this ORCID iD.
`reviewCount`	No	Total number of peer review records returned.

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

Changed7 schema fields changedOct 3, 2026

changedInput schema / properties / orcid_id / description

Previous value: -"ORCID iD — bare format (0000-0001-2345-6789) or full URI (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-2345-6789)."New value: +"ORCID iD — bare (0000-0001-2345-6789) or as an orcid.org URI (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-2345-6789). The check digit may be X or x."

changedInput schema / properties / orcid_id / pattern

Previous value: -"^(https?:\\/\\/orcid\\.org\\/)?\\d{4}-\\d{4}-\\d{4}-\\d{3}[\\dX]$"New value: +"^(?:(?:https?:\\/\\/)?(?:www\\.)?orcid\\.org\\/)?\\d{4}-\\d{4}-\\d{4}-\\d{3}[\\dXx]\\/?$"

changedOutput schema / properties / peerReviews / items / properties / conveningOrganization / description

Previous value: -"Journal or publisher that convened the review."New value: +"Organization ORCID records as convening the review, often the importing service. Identify the journal by groupIssn."

changedOutput schema / properties / peerReviews / items / properties / conveningOrganization / properties / name / description

Previous value: -"Convening organization name (journal or publisher)."New value: +"Convening organization name as ORCID records it — often the service that imported the review (e.g. Publons)."

changedOutput schema / properties / peerReviews / items / properties / groupIssn / description

Previous value: -"ISSN of the journal group this review belongs to, if available."New value: +"ISSN of the journal group this review belongs to, if available — the key to the journal name, which ORCID does not return."

addedOutput schema / properties / peerReviews / items / properties / sources

Added value: +{
+  "description": "The party that added this review to the ORCID record — the researcher, or a member organization such as a review-import service or publisher. Empty when ORCID records no source.",
+  "items": {
+    "additionalProperties": false,
+    "description": "A party that asserted this item on the ORCID record.",
+    "properties": {
+      "assertionOriginName": {
+        "description": "Party the source added the item on behalf of, when ORCID records one — usually the researcher, for an item added through a search-and-link tool.",
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "name": {
+        "description": "Name of the person or member organization system that added the item (e.g. a university research information system, Crossref, Scopus - Elsevier). Absent when ORCID records no name.",
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "selfAsserted": {
+        "description": "True when the asserting party (the assertion origin when recorded, otherwise the source) is the requested ORCID iD; false when a member organization or another ORCID user asserted the item.",
+        "type": "boolean"
+      }
+    },
+    "required": [
+      "selfAsserted"
+    ],
+    "type": "object"
+  },
+  "type": "array"
+}

addedOutput schema / properties / peerReviews / items / required
```
Added value: +[
+  "sources"
+]
```

Changed6 schema fields changedAug 25, 2026

changedInput schema / $schema

Previous value: -"http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"New value: +"https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"

addedInput schema / additionalProperties
```
Added value: +false
```

changedOutput schema / $schema

Previous value: -"http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"New value: +"https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"

addedOutput schema / anyOf

Added value: +[
+  {
+    "not": {
+      "required": [
+        "error"
+      ]
+    },
+    "required": [
+      "orcidId",
+      "orcidUri",
+      "reviewCount",
+      "peerReviews"
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "required": [
+      "error"
+    ]
+  }
+]

addedOutput schema / properties / error

Added value: +{
+  "additionalProperties": {},
+  "description": "Present when the call failed. Absent on success.",
+  "properties": {
+    "code": {
+      "description": "JSON-RPC error code for this failure.",
+      "maximum": 9007199254740991,
+      "minimum": -9007199254740991,
+      "type": "integer"
+    },
+    "data": {
+      "additionalProperties": {},
+      "properties": {
+        "reason": {
+          "description": "Machine-readable failure mode. Declared by this tool: `profile_not_found`: The ORCID iD does not correspond to a registered researcher. Other values are possible when a failure originates below the handler.",
+          "examples": [
+            "profile_not_found"
+          ],
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "recovery": {
+          "additionalProperties": {},
+          "description": "Actionable next step for the caller.",
+          "properties": {
+            "hint": {
+              "type": "string"
+            }
+          },
+          "required": [
+            "hint"
+          ],
+          "type": "object"
+        },
+        "retryable": {
+          "description": "Whether retrying may succeed.",
+          "type": "boolean"
+        }
+      },
+      "type": "object"
+    },
+    "message": {
+      "description": "Human-readable description of what went wrong.",
+      "type": "string"
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "code",
+    "message"
+  ],
+  "type": "object"
+}

removedOutput schema / required

Removed value: -[
-  "orcidId",
-  "orcidUri",
-  "reviewCount",
-  "peerReviews"
-]

First observedMay 29, 2026

TDQS

A3.9/5.0

Behavior5/5

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Goes well beyond the readOnly/openWorld/idempotent annotations by disclosing real data caveats: ORCID returns no journal name, groupIssn is the journal key, reviews originate either from the researcher or from importing member organizations, and coverage varies by researcher. This is exactly the kind of provenance and completeness warning an agent needs before interpreting results.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Conciseness4/5

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Front-loaded with what is fetched before the caveats, and each sentence carries distinct information. The first sentence is overloaded with a long field list and parentheticals, which slightly hurts scanability.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Completeness4/5

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

With an output schema present and annotations covering safety, the description supplies the missing interpretive layer — provenance, missing journal names, variable coverage — so an agent can interpret results correctly. Only the absence of cross-tool routing keeps it from being fully complete.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Parameters3/5

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema coverage is 100% and the single orcid_id parameter already documents its bare/URI forms and check-digit rules, so the schema carries the burden. The description adds nothing about the parameter, which is the expected baseline here.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Purpose4/5

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

Specific verb ('Fetch') plus a precisely scoped resource (peer review activity for an ORCID researcher) and an enumeration of the returned fields (reviewer role, review type, dates, groupIssn, organization). The resource is inherently distinct from siblings like orcid_get_works or orcid_get_funding, though no sibling is named to reinforce the boundary.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Usage Guidelines3/5

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

Offers one usage clause — 'Use to assess editorial activity, journal affiliations, and the scope of a researcher's peer review contributions' — which implies when the tool is relevant but gives no when-not conditions or pointers to alternative tools for adjacent data (works, affiliations).

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

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