orcidtr (version 0.1.0)

orcid_other_names: Retrieve other names from ORCID

Description

Fetches alternative names (also known as, published as, etc.) associated with an ORCID record.

Usage

orcid_other_names(orcid_id, token = NULL)

Value

A data.table with the following columns:

orcid

ORCID identifier

put_code

Unique identifier for this name

other_name

Alternative name

Returns an empty data.table with the same structure if no other names are found.

Arguments

orcid_id

Character string. A valid ORCID identifier in the format XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX. Can also handle URLs like https://orcid.org/XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX.

token

Character string or NULL. Optional API token for authenticated requests. If NULL (default), checks the ORCID_TOKEN environment variable.

Details

This function queries the ORCID public API endpoint: https://pub.orcid.org/v3.0/{orcid-id}/other-names

References

ORCID API Documentation: https://info.orcid.org/documentation/api-tutorials/

See Also

orcid_person

Examples

if (FALSE) {
# Fetch other names
other_names <- orcid_other_names("0000-0002-1825-0097")
print(other_names)
}