diff --git a/api/v1/orcid/OrcidController.php b/api/v1/orcid/OrcidController.php
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index 00000000000..40e5d272e7f
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+++ b/api/v1/orcid/OrcidController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file api/v1/dois/OrcidController.php
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 Simon Fraser University
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 John Willinsky
+ * Distributed under the GNU GPL v3. For full terms see the file docs/COPYING.
+ *
+ * @class OrcidController
+ *
+ * @ingroup api_v1_orcid
+ *
+ * @brief Handle API requests for ORCID operations.
+ *
+ */
+
+namespace APP\API\v1\orcid;
+
+use APP\facades\Repo;
+use APP\orcid\actions\SendAuthorMail;
+use APP\orcid\OrcidManager;
+use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Http\Response;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
+use PKP\core\PKPBaseController;
+use PKP\security\Role;
+use PKP\stageAssignment\StageAssignment;
+
+class OrcidController extends PKPBaseController
+{
+    /**
+     * @inheritDoc
+     */
+    public function getHandlerPath(): string
+    {
+        return 'orcid';
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritDoc
+     */
+    public function getRouteGroupMiddleware(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'has.user',
+            'has.context',
+            self::roleAuthorizer([
+                Role::ROLE_ID_SITE_ADMIN,
+                Role::ROLE_ID_MANAGER,
+                Role::ROLE_ID_SUB_EDITOR,
+            ]),
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritDoc
+     */
+    public function getGroupRoutes(): void
+    {
+        Route::post('requestAuthorVerification/{authorId}', $this->requestAuthorVerification(...))
+            ->name('orcid.requestAuthorVerification');
+        Route::post('deleteForAuthor/{authorId}', $this->deleteForAuthor(...))
+            ->name('orcid.delete');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Send email request for author to link their ORCID to the submission in OJS
+     *
+     */
+    public function requestAuthorVerification(Request $illuminateRequest): JsonResponse
+    {
+        $context = $this->getRequest()->getContext();
+        if (!OrcidManager::isEnabled($context)) {
+            return response()->json([
+                'error' => __('api.orcid.403.orcidNotEnabled'),
+            ], Response::HTTP_FORBIDDEN);
+        }
+
+        $authorId = (int) $illuminateRequest->route('authorId');
+        $author = Repo::author()->get($authorId);
+
+        if (empty($author)) {
+            return response()->json([
+                'error' => __('api.orcid.404.authorNotFound'),
+            ], Response::HTTP_NOT_FOUND);
+        }
+
+        $user = $this->getRequest()->getUser();
+        $currentRoles = array_map(
+            function (Role $role) {
+                return $role->getId();
+            },
+            $user->getRoles($context->getId())
+        );
+
+        if (!array_intersect([Role::ROLE_ID_SITE_ADMIN, Role::ROLE_ID_MANAGER], $currentRoles)) {
+            $publicationId = $author->getData('publicationId');
+            $submissionId = Repo::publication()->get($publicationId)->getData('submissionId');
+
+            $editorAssignment = StageAssignment::withSubmissionIds([$submissionId])
+                ->withRoleIds([Role::ROLE_ID_SUB_EDITOR])
+                ->withUserId($user->getId())
+                ->first();
+
+            if ($editorAssignment === null) {
+                return response()->json([
+                    'error' => __('api.orcid.403.editWithoutPermission'),
+                ], Response::HTTP_FORBIDDEN);
+            }
+        }
+
+        try {
+            (new SendAuthorMail($author, $context, true))->execute();
+        } catch (\Exception $exception) {
+            return response()->json([
+                'error' => __('api.orcid.404.contextRequired'),
+            ], Response::HTTP_NOT_FOUND);
+        }
+
+        return response()->json([], Response::HTTP_OK);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Remove ORCID and access token data from submission author
+     *
+     */
+    public function deleteForAuthor(Request $illuminateRequest): JsonResponse
+    {
+        $context = $this->getRequest()->getContext();
+        if (!OrcidManager::isEnabled($context)) {
+            return response()->json([
+                'error' => __('api.orcid.403.orcidNotEnabled'),
+            ], Response::HTTP_FORBIDDEN);
+        }
+
+        $authorId = (int) $illuminateRequest->route('authorId');
+        $author = Repo::author()->get($authorId);
+
+        if (empty($author)) {
+            return response()->json([
+                'error' => __('api.orcid.404.authorNotFound'),
+            ], Response::HTTP_NOT_FOUND);
+        }
+
+        $user = $this->getRequest()->getUser();
+        $currentRoles = array_map(
+            function (Role $role) {
+                return $role->getId();
+            },
+            $user->getRoles($context->getId())
+        );
+
+        if (!array_intersect([Role::ROLE_ID_SITE_ADMIN, Role::ROLE_ID_MANAGER], $currentRoles)) {
+            $publicationId = $author->getData('publicationId');
+            $submissionId = Repo::publication()->get($publicationId)->getData('submissionId');
+
+            $editorAssignment = StageAssignment::withSubmissionIds([$submissionId])
+                ->withRoleIds([Role::ROLE_ID_SUB_EDITOR])
+                ->withUserId($user->getId())
+                ->first();
+
+            if ($editorAssignment === null) {
+                return response()->json([
+                    'error' => __('api.orcid.403.editWithoutPermission'),
+                ], Response::HTTP_FORBIDDEN);
+            }
+        }
+
+        $author->setOrcid(null);
+        OrcidManager::removeOrcidAccessToken($author);
+        Repo::author()->edit($author, []);
+
+        return response()->json([], Response::HTTP_OK);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/api/v1/orcid/index.php b/api/v1/orcid/index.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..16787ff53dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/v1/orcid/index.php
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @defgroup api_v1_orcid ORCID API requests
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @file api/v1/orcid/index.php
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 Simon Fraser University
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 John Willinsky
+ * Distributed under the GNU GPL v3. For full terms see the file docs/COPYING.
+ *
+ * @ingroup api_v1_orcid
+ *
+ * @brief Handle requests for ORCID API functions.
+ *
+ */
+
+return new \PKP\handler\APIHandler(new \APP\API\v1\orcid\OrcidController());
diff --git a/classes/orcid/OrcidManager.php b/classes/orcid/OrcidManager.php
index 6d35d4f9c76..35574bff802 100644
--- a/classes/orcid/OrcidManager.php
+++ b/classes/orcid/OrcidManager.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class OrcidManager
     public static function isGloballyConfigured(): bool
     {
         $site = Application::get()->getRequest()->getSite();
-        return $site->getData(self::ENABLED);
+        return (bool) $site->getData(self::ENABLED);
     }
 
     /**