Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
A journal's editorial system pushes a peer review record to a reviewer's ORCID record via the ORCID Member API after the reviewer completes a review and grants permission during sign-in -- the record then shows a verified group tag for the journal's publisher, a review type, and a completion date, without disclosing the content of the review itself.
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
A researcher who manually types 'Reviewer for Journal X, 2026' into the free-text Works section of their own ORCID profile has not created a verified Peer Review record -- it lacks the API-sourced group tag and will not display with ORCID's source-verification marking, since it was self-entered rather than pushed by the convening organization.
Editorial commentary
ORCID’s Peer Review section exists specifically to give reviewers verifiable credit for review activity that is otherwise invisible on a CV — but, unlike most other ORCID record sections, it is deliberately not self-enterable.
How a record gets added
Per ORCID’s own integration documentation: “Peer review items can only be added by the API; the user is not able to enter new items in this section.” A trusted organization — the journal, publisher, funder, or an authorized third-party recognition service — pushes the entry via the ORCID Member API, and only after the reviewer signs in to ORCID and explicitly authorizes that organization to write to their record.
What the record contains
Entries are grouped under a group tag identifying the convening journal, publisher, or organization, and carry a completion date, a review type, and optional external identifiers — typically without disclosing the review’s content, preserving reviewer anonymity where the journal’s process requires it.
Third-party recognition services
The Web of Science Reviewer Recognition Service (Clarivate’s current name for what was previously Publons) is a common intermediary: review organizers work with it to log and verify review activity, and reviewers can opt in to have verified review history auto-exported to their ORCID record.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I add a peer review I did to my own ORCID record?
Not directly — only the convening organization (via the ORCID Member API, with your authorization) can add it. If a journal you reviewed for doesn’t push ORCID records, ask its editorial office whether it supports this, or whether it works with a recognition service that does.
Does a Peer Review record reveal what I wrote in the review?
No — the record documents that a review occurred (organization, type, date), not its content, which keeps it compatible with single- and double-anonymous review processes.
Machine-readable encodings
Use in your systems
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