ORCID Researcher & Academic Leads Scraper

📊 Example output (real run)

A real record from a live run — clean structured data, exported as CSV / JSON / Excel or via API.

Find and export verified researcher and academic profiles from the free ORCID public registry — the global standard identifier used by millions of scientists, professors, and PhD-level professionals. Search by topic keywords, institution, or country to build targeted lead lists for scientific software, research tooling, recruiting, conferences, publishing, and academic-services outreach.

Every record includes the researcher's ORCID iD, full name, primary institution, and (where the researcher has made it public) their email — pulled straight from the official ORCID API. No API key required.

Why this Actor

	ORCID Researcher Leads	Manual ORCID website search	Generic academic scraper
Official ORCID public API	✅	✅ but one profile at a time	❌ Unverified
Full name + institution + email	✅	⚠️ Click each profile	⚠️ Inconsistent
Search by keyword / institution / country	✅	⚠️ Limited	❌
Stable unique ID per person (ORCID iD)	✅	✅	❌
Bulk export to JSON / CSV	✅	❌	⚠️
Ready for CRM / outreach	✅	❌	⚠️

Example output

Run input:

{ "keywords": "oncology", "maxResults": 50 }

Sample result item (real data from a live run):

{
  "orcidId": "0009-0003-6630-1607",
  "profileUrl": "https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6630-1607",
  "fullName": "Oleg Klenov",
  "givenNames": "Oleg",
  "familyName": "Klenov",
  "email": "klenov@ukr.net",
  "primaryInstitution": "R.E. Kavetsky Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology and Radiobiology",
  "allInstitutions": [
    "R.E. Kavetsky Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology and Radiobiology",
    "Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv"
  ],
  "query": "oncology",
  "totalFound": 282364
}

Note: email is only present when the researcher has chosen to make it public on ORCID. Name, ORCID iD, and profile URL are populated for every record; institution is present for the large majority.

Output fields

Field	Description
orcidId	The researcher's unique ORCID identifier
profileUrl	Direct link to the public ORCID profile
fullName	Full display name
givenNames	First / given name(s)
familyName	Last / family name
email	Public email, when the researcher has shared one
primaryInstitution	Most relevant affiliated institution
allInstitutions	All affiliated institutions on record
query	The search keyword that returned this record
totalFound	Total profiles matching the query on ORCID

Input options

Option	Type	Default	Notes
keywords	string	machine learning	Topic / field / name to search
institution	string	—	Narrow to a specific institution
countryCode	string	—	Two-letter country code (e.g. US)
maxResults	integer	100	Cap on rows (max 500)

Common use cases

• Scientific software & research tooling — reach researchers by field and institution.
• Academic recruiting & talent sourcing — find PhD-level candidates by expertise.
• Conferences & publishing — build outreach lists for a given research topic.
• Partnerships & grants — map who is active in a field and where they work.

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