diff --git a/src/app/item-page/orcid-page/orcid-page.component.html b/src/app/item-page/orcid-page/orcid-page.component.html
index c105ba6127..91c49596b6 100644
--- a/src/app/item-page/orcid-page/orcid-page.component.html
+++ b/src/app/item-page/orcid-page/orcid-page.component.html
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-<div class="container">
+<div *ngIf="item" class="container">
   <div class="button-row bottom mb-3">
     <div class="text-right">
-      <a [routerLink]="getItemPage()" role="button" class="btn btn-outline-secondary"><i class="fas fa-arrow-left"></i> {{'item.orcid.return' | translate}}</a>
+      <a [routerLink]="getItemPage()" role="button" class="btn btn-outline-secondary" data-test="back-button">
+        <i class="fas fa-arrow-left"></i> {{'item.orcid.return' | translate}}
+      </a>
     </div>
   </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/src/app/item-page/orcid-page/orcid-page.component.spec.ts b/src/app/item-page/orcid-page/orcid-page.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d61f18c3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/item-page/orcid-page/orcid-page.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+import { NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';
+import { ComponentFixture, TestBed, waitForAsync } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { RouterTestingModule } from '@angular/router/testing';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+
+import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
+import { TranslateLoader, TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+
+import { AuthService } from '../../core/auth/auth.service';
+import { ActivatedRouteStub } from '../../shared/testing/active-router.stub';
+import { ResearcherProfileService } from '../../core/profile/researcher-profile.service';
+import { OrcidPageComponent } from './orcid-page.component';
+import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject, createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$ } from '../../shared/remote-data.utils';
+import { Item } from '../../core/shared/item.model';
+import { createPaginatedList } from '../../shared/testing/utils.test';
+import { TranslateLoaderMock } from '../../shared/mocks/translate-loader.mock';
+
+fdescribe('OrcidPageComponent test suite', () => {
+  let comp: OrcidPageComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<OrcidPageComponent>;
+
+  let authService: jasmine.SpyObj<AuthService>;
+  let routeStub: jasmine.SpyObj<ActivatedRouteStub>;
+  let routeData: any;
+  let researcherProfileService: jasmine.SpyObj<ResearcherProfileService>;
+
+  const mockItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
+    bundles: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(createPaginatedList([])),
+    metadata: {
+      'dc.title': [
+        {
+          language: 'en_US',
+          value: 'test item'
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  });
+  const mockItemLinkedToOrcid: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
+    bundles: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(createPaginatedList([])),
+    metadata: {
+      'dc.title': [
+        {
+          value: 'test item'
+        }
+      ],
+      'dspace.orcid.authenticated': [
+        {
+          value: 'true'
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(waitForAsync(() => {
+    authService = jasmine.createSpyObj('authService', {
+      isAuthenticated: jasmine.createSpy('isAuthenticated'),
+      navigateByUrl: jasmine.createSpy('navigateByUrl')
+    });
+
+    routeData = {
+      dso: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject(mockItem),
+    };
+
+    routeStub = Object.assign(new ActivatedRouteStub(), {
+      data: observableOf(routeData)
+    });
+
+    researcherProfileService = jasmine.createSpyObj('researcherProfileService', {
+      isLinkedToOrcid: jasmine.createSpy('isLinkedToOrcid')
+    });
+
+    void TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [
+        TranslateModule.forRoot({
+          loader: {
+            provide: TranslateLoader,
+            useClass: TranslateLoaderMock
+          }
+        }),
+        RouterTestingModule.withRoutes([])
+      ],
+      declarations: [OrcidPageComponent],
+      providers: [
+        { provide: ActivatedRoute, useValue: routeStub },
+        { provide: ResearcherProfileService, useValue: researcherProfileService },
+        { provide: AuthService, useValue: authService },
+      ],
+
+      schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
+    }).compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(waitForAsync(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(OrcidPageComponent);
+    comp = fixture.componentInstance;
+    authService.isAuthenticated.and.returnValue(observableOf(true));
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  }));
+
+  it('should create', () => {
+    const btn = fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('[data-test="back-button"]'));
+    expect(comp).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(btn.length).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it('should call isLinkedToOrcid', () => {
+    comp.isLinkedToOrcid();
+
+    expect(researcherProfileService.isLinkedToOrcid).toHaveBeenCalledWith(comp.item);
+  });
+
+});