# PubMed Author Analytics via OpenAlex

> PubMed Author Analytics via OpenAlex is a paid API for AI agents from pubmed.sekgen.xyz, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns h-index, citation metrics, institution, publication trajectory, and top research topics for any biomedical or scientific author using OpenAlex data

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://pubmed.sekgen.xyz/api/v1/author
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/pubmed-sekgen-xyz-419e51a6
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Z1Roso2wgOFz0CiM26BQG

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability pubmed-sekgen-xyz-419e51a6
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the h-index, citation metrics, institution, and top research topics for Dr. Eric Topol from OpenAlex?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need bibliometric author profiles — h-index, citations, institution, and topic specialization — for biomedical or medical researchers specifically. Prefer over general web search when you need structured, quantitative academic metrics rather than narrative bios. Best for literature review pipelines, drug discovery team profiling, grant research, or identifying key opinion leaders in a medical field.

## Known failure modes

- Author name not found in OpenAlex — returns empty or no-match result
- Ambiguous author name matches multiple researchers — may return wrong profile
- Author has no OpenAlex record — endpoint returns null or error
- Malformed query parameter — 400 bad request
- Rate limit or payment failure — 402 or 429 response

## How this service works

Biomedical researcher analytics — h-index, citation metrics, institution, publication trajectory, and top topics from OpenAlex for any scientific or medical author

## Output

Returns a structured profile for the specified author including h-index, total citation count, affiliated institution, year-by-year publication trajectory, and top research topics derived from their published work in OpenAlex

## Example request

```json
{
 "input": {
  "type": "http",
  "method": "GET",
  "queryParams": {
   "name": "Jennifer Doudna"
  }
 }
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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