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Author Affiliation

An author affiliation relation connects a person to an organization they have been affiliated with. The relation is derived from employment records in ORCID and carries the list of periods during which the affiliation was active, where this information is available. For details on how this relation is produced in the Graph workflow, see Step 1 in the Person and relations methodology.

The AuthorAffiliation object​

person​

Type: String • Cardinality: ONE

The OpenAIRE identifier of the person affiliated with the organization.

"person": "orcid_______::ebbe30d5171e6e53545e7acb391bc9a2"

organization​

Type: String • Cardinality: ONE

The OpenAIRE identifier of the organization the person is affiliated with.

"organization": "openorgs____::..."

period​

Type: Object • Cardinality: MANY

The list of periods during which the affiliation was active. Each entry represents a distinct employment period as declared in the ORCID record. Start and end dates are expressed as strings in ISO 8601 format. A missing end date indicates that the affiliation is ongoing.

"period": [
    {
        "startDate": "2015-03-01",
        "endDate": "2019-12-31"
    },
    {
        "startDate": "2021-01-01",
        "endDate": null
    }
]

period.startDate​

Type: String • Cardinality: ONE

The date on which the affiliation period began, in ISO 8601 format.

"startDate": "2015-03-01"

period.endDate​

Type: String • Cardinality: ONE

The date on which the affiliation period ended, in ISO 8601 format. Absent if the affiliation is currently active.

"endDate": "2019-12-31"