Disambiguate a researcher and return their profile
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.
Answeringour last check, 2026-09-24
1 of 1checks answered this week
994 msmedian answer time
$0.015listed price per call
$0.015price it asked us
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Endpoint
GET https://api.agentstools.dev/scholar/author
| Category | Everything else |
|---|---|
| Provider host | api.agentstools.dev |
| Networks | eip155:8453 |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 1 from 1 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.015 | 994 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"method": "GET",
"queryParams": {
"orcid": "0000-0002-1825-0097"
},
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$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"
}