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Research Paper Checks – Author Profile by Name
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Research Paper Checks – Author Profile by Name is a paid API for AI agents from research-papers.x402tookit.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-31).
Returns the best-matching researcher's profile by name, including works count, citation count, h-index, i10-index, institution, top topics, and an ambiguity warning if multiple authors could match.
Price / call$0.02
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How this service works
Researcher profile by name: works, citations, h-index and institution of the best match, with an ambiguity warning.
Output
Returns a structured profile of the best-matching author including: full name, OpenAlex ID, ORCID (if available), number of works, total citations, h-index, i10-index, affiliated institution, top research topics, two-year mean citedness, a human-readable summary, a verdict on match confidence, a list of alternative matches if the name is ambiguous, a disclaimer, the source URL, and a timestamp.
Example use cases
Vetting a potential collaborator's credentials
“I'm considering collaborating with Yoshua Bengio — can you pull up his academic profile and tell me his h-index, citation count, and current institution?”
Comparing research impact for grant review
“We're reviewing two candidates for a fellowship: Yann LeCun and Fei-Fei Li. Can you get each of their h-indexes and total citation counts so I can compare their impact?”
Verifying author identity before citing
“I want to cite a paper by 'J. Smith' but there seem to be multiple researchers with that name — can you look up the author profile and let me know if there's an ambiguity warning and who the top match is?”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://research-papers.x402tookit.com/author-profile?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need a quick academic profile lookup by researcher name and can tolerate best-match disambiguation rather than exact ID lookup. Ideal when you have a name but no ORCID or OpenAlex ID. Prefer this over paper-level or journal-level endpoints when the subject of interest is the researcher themselves. The ambiguity warning and alternatives list make it useful for identity verification workflows where name collision is a concern.
Side effects
- No matching author found for the given name — returns null match with empty alternatives
- Name is highly ambiguous (common surname) — returns best guess with ambiguity warning and list of alternatives
- Author exists but has incomplete data in OpenAlex — some fields (e.g. ORCID, institution) may be null
- Upstream OpenAlex API unavailable — degraded flag set to true with partial or no data
- Malformed or missing name parameter — request rejected with validation error
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| inputrequired | object | |
| output | object |
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