diff --git a/eossr/metadata/codemeta2zenodo.py b/eossr/metadata/codemeta2zenodo.py
index 8771f1a84f017511b0a133b6b15127066cc9a46c..4233e338b14e7ae57ad648301455531090b9ca9e 100644
--- a/eossr/metadata/codemeta2zenodo.py
+++ b/eossr/metadata/codemeta2zenodo.py
@@ -47,12 +47,11 @@ def parse_person_schema_property(person_property, contributor_field):
 
     # author ID in CodeMeta can be anything, not only ORCID
     # if format is 0000-0000-0000-0000, it is assumed to be an ORCID
-    if "identifier" in person_property and (
-        "orcid.org/" in person_property["identifier"]
-        or re.match(r'^\d{4}-\d{4}-\d{4}-\d{3}[0-9X]$', person_property["identifier"])
+    if "@id" in person_property and (
+        "orcid.org/" in person_property["@id"] or re.match(r'^\d{4}-\d{4}-\d{4}-\d{3}[0-9X]$', person_property["@id"])
     ):
         # reformat "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5686-2078" to "0000-0002-5686-2078"
-        zenodo_person['orcid'] = person_property["identifier"].split('orcid.org/')[-1]
+        zenodo_person['orcid'] = person_property["@id"].split('orcid.org/')[-1]
 
     if "affiliation" in person_property:
         zenodo_person['affiliation'] = person_property['affiliation']['name']
diff --git a/eossr/metadata/tests/samples/codemeta_contributors_sample.json b/eossr/metadata/tests/samples/codemeta_contributors_sample.json
index f220cfd84f14b9587c36129e2a6bc532c89c7ffd..6a27134359b673f93e613a31515a1b69aec20393 100644
--- a/eossr/metadata/tests/samples/codemeta_contributors_sample.json
+++ b/eossr/metadata/tests/samples/codemeta_contributors_sample.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         "name": "Author-and-Creator-same-person-affiliation"
       },
       "email": "Author-and-Creator-same-person-email",
-      "identifier": "Author-and-Creator-same-person-identifier"
+      "@id": "Author-and-Creator-same-person-identifier"
     }
   ],
   "creator": {
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
       "name": "Author-and-Creator-same-person-affiliation"
     },
     "email": "Author-and-Creator-same-person-email",
-    "identifier": "Author-and-Creator-same-person-identifier"
+    "@id": "Author-and-Creator-same-person-identifier"
   },
   "maintainer": {
     "@type": "Person",
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
       "@type": "Organization",
       "name": "Maintainer-affiliation"
     },
-    "identifier": "https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000"
+    "@id": "https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000"
   },
   "contributor": [
     {