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Scholar Author Disambiguator
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Scholar Author Disambiguator is a paid API for AI agents from api.agentstools.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.015/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-11).
Disambiguates a researcher by name or ORCID and returns their profile including works count, citation count, h-index, institutional affiliations with ROR IDs, top concepts, and top works.
Price / call$0.015
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How this service works
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.
Output
Returns a resolved author profile containing total works count, total citation count, h-index, affiliated institutions with ROR identifiers, a ranked list of top research concepts with scores, and a list of top cited works with metadata. For name-based queries, returns a ranked list of candidate author profiles for disambiguation.
Example use cases
Verify researcher credentials for hiring
“I'm reviewing candidates for our lab director position. Can you look up Dr. Sarah Chen and pull her h-index, total citation count, and affiliated institutions? We want to make sure we have the right person before we move forward with interviews.”
Find top experts in a research area
“We're assembling an advisory board for our genomics initiative. Can you disambiguate between the different researchers named Michael Wang and show me their h-index, top research concepts, and number of publications? That'll help us identify which one specializes in CRISPR applications.”
Track collaborator publication impact
“I'm preparing a grant application and need to highlight my co-author's impact. Can you resolve researcher ORCID 0000-0002-8847-1695 to get their full profile — works count, h-index, top cited papers, and what institutions they're affiliated with?”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://api.agentstools.dev/scholar/author?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need to resolve a specific researcher's scholarly identity and retrieve their bibliometric profile (h-index, citation count, works), especially when disambiguation is needed. Prefer the ORCID input path when identity certainty is required. Use the name+institution path when only a name is known. Prefer this over a general scholarly search endpoint when the goal is profiling a person rather than finding papers on a topic.
Side effects
- Name query returns multiple candidates requiring disambiguation — agent must choose or refine with institution parameter
- ORCID not found returns empty or 404 response
- Ambiguous name with no institution hint returns ranked candidates that may not include the intended person
- Limit parameter exceeds 25 returns validation error
- Missing both name and orcid query parameters returns a 400 bad request
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| inputrequired | object | |
| output | object |
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