diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index b42a818..0b31b13 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: wddsWizard
 Title: Data Wizard for a Minimal Wildlife Disease Data Standard
-Version: 0.2.4
+Version: 0.2.5
 Authors@R: 
       person("Collin",
           "Schwantes",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 8543737..700a030 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# wddsWizard 0.2.5
+- adding orcid to dcmi map
+
 # wddsWizard 0.2.4
 - catch empty subjects from openAlex
 
diff --git a/R/extract_metadata_from_doi.R b/R/extract_metadata_from_doi.R
index 844173a..c59a673 100644
--- a/R/extract_metadata_from_doi.R
+++ b/R/extract_metadata_from_doi.R
@@ -96,6 +96,13 @@ extract_metadata_oa<-function(doi){
   aff_df <- creators$affiliations |>
     purrr::map_df(function(x){
 
+      if(nrow(x) == 0){
+
+        out <- data.frame("Affiliation" = "",
+                          "Affiliation Identifier" = "")
+        return(out)
+      }
+
       raw_affiliation <- x$raw_affiliation_string[[1]]
 
       oa_inst_id <- x$institution_ids[[1]][1] |>
diff --git a/data/wdds_to_dcmi_map.rda b/data/wdds_to_dcmi_map.rda
index a84a8e0..550d71d 100644
Binary files a/data/wdds_to_dcmi_map.rda and b/data/wdds_to_dcmi_map.rda differ
diff --git a/inst/extdata/metadata_maps/wdds_zenodo_map.json b/inst/extdata/metadata_maps/wdds_zenodo_map.json
index d253965..a5d0b25 100644
--- a/inst/extdata/metadata_maps/wdds_zenodo_map.json
+++ b/inst/extdata/metadata_maps/wdds_zenodo_map.json
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
         "affiliationIdentifier":{
           "targets":["affiliation"],
           "type":"string"
+        },
+        "nameIdentifier":{
+          "targets":["orcid"],
+          "type":"string"
         }
       },
       "type":"array_of_objects",