Does orcid.org block AI crawlers?
Open to AI crawlers
orcid.org doesn't block any of the major AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt.
Checked from orcid.org/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 0 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 0
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 2,000 (#1,913)
Can AI assistants cite orcid.org?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawlers may read the site
- Claude: its search crawlers may read the site
- Perplexity: its search crawlers may read the site
orcid.org doesn't opt out of AI model training through robots.txt. Training crawlers and answer crawlers are separate: blocking training doesn't by itself remove a site from AI answers.
AI crawler access, bot by bot
| Crawler | Used for | Status on orcid.org |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Some paths restricted |
How orcid.org compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; orcid.org does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; orcid.org does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; orcid.org does not.
- Among 153 sites of similar popularity, 25% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /2FA/setup Disallow: /account Disallow: /css/index.php Disallow: /developer-tools Disallow: /http* Disallow: /https* Disallow: /inbox Disallow: /institutional-signin Disallow: /my-orcid Disallow: /oauth/authorize* Disallow: /oauth/signin Disallow: /orcid-search/ Disallow: /orgs/disambiguated/ Disallow: /oauth Disallow: /qr-code.png Disallow: /reactivation Disallow: /register Disallow: /repeater.php Disallow: /social-linking Disallow: /trusted-parties Disallow: /wp-admin/ Disallow: /wp-includes/wp-class.php
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does orcid.org block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, orcid.org's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from orcid.org?
Its robots.txt doesn't block OAI-SearchBot or ChatGPT-User, so ChatGPT's search crawlers may read it. Whether pages are actually shown depends on ChatGPT.
Does orcid.org have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at orcid.org/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: orcid.org's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.