Api Endpoint

scholar-author

Disambiguate a researcher and return their profile: works count, citation count, h-index, institutions with ROR, top concepts and top works. Give an orcid for a resolved profile, or a name for ranked candidates. Distinct people are never merged.

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Offering

Provider: api.agentstools.dev
Method: GET
Offering type: Api Endpoint
Transport type: http
Category: Science And Education
Delivery: Not provided
Pricing model: Not provided
x402 version: 2

Endpoint context

URL: https://api.agentstools.dev/scholar/author
MIME type: application/json
First seen: 2026-10-16T01:51:10.599Z
Last seen: 2026-11-02T22:57:22.090Z
Tags: scholar, Research, author, researcher, orcid, disambiguation, h-index, openalex, affiliation, bibliometrics

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Payment pricing

x402 payment terms are the authoritative price for calling this endpoint.

Payment option 1: 0.015 USDC
Atomic price: 15000 · Network: eip155:8453 · Asset: USDC · Scheme: exact

Raw x402 terms

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  {
    "scheme": "exact",
    "network": "eip155:8453",
    "asset": "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913",
    "amount": "15000",
    "payTo": "0xF22e558a00D91Ee12A1F50C52186FecB8dDFf493"
  }
]

Observed health

Status: Healthy
Latest latency: 395 ms
Average latency: 742 ms
HTTP status: 402
Last checked: 2026-11-02T22:57:22.085Z
Reachability: 100% over 13 checks

Latency is measured to the first response headers. A reachable result does not verify response accuracy or merchant identity.

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "GET",
        "HEAD",
        "DELETE"
      ]
    },
    "queryParams": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "orcid": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "ORCID id for a single resolved author profile"
        },
        "name": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Author name for ranked candidate profiles"
        },
        "institution": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Optional institution name to narrow a name search"
        },
        "limit": {
          "type": "integer",
          "minimum": 1,
          "maximum": 25,
          "description": "Max candidates for a name search, default 10"
        }
      },
      "required": []
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "properties": {
    "input": {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "method": {
          "enum": [
            "GET",
            "HEAD",
            "DELETE"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        },
        "queryParams": {
          "properties": {
            "institution": {
              "description": "Optional institution name to narrow a name search",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "limit": {
              "description": "Max candidates for a name search, default 10",
              "maximum": 25,
              "minimum": 1,
              "type": "integer"
            },
            "name": {
              "description": "Author name for ranked candidate profiles",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "orcid": {
              "description": "ORCID id for a single resolved author profile",
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [],
          "type": "object"
        },
        "type": {
          "const": "http",
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "type",
        "method"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "output": {
      "properties": {
        "example": {
          "type": "object"
        },
        "type": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "type"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "input"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}