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Scholar Author Disambiguator
x402
Scholar Author Disambiguator is a paid API for AI agents from payai.agentstools.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.015/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).
Disambiguates a researcher by name or ORCID and returns their profile including works count, citation count, h-index, institutions, 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 ranked list of candidate author profiles (for name search) or a single resolved profile (for ORCID lookup), each including: works count, citation count, h-index, affiliated institutions with ROR identifiers, top research concepts, and top works. Distinct people are never merged into a single result.
Example use cases
Verify academic credentials for a hiring decision
“I need to check the profile for a researcher named 'David Chen' who claims to have published extensively on machine learning — can you pull up their h-index, citation count, and affiliated institutions so I can verify their background?”
Find collaboration opportunities with prolific researchers
“We're looking to partner with leading researchers in climate science. Can you look up 'Sarah Johnson' and show me her top concepts, publication count, and which universities she's affiliated with so we can reach out?”
Disambiguate between multiple authors for a literature review
“I keep seeing papers by 'Michael Wang' in my research, but I'm not sure if they're all from the same person. Can you search for 'Michael Wang' and give me the top candidates with their institutions and h-indices so I can tell them apart?”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://payai.agentstools.dev/scholar/authorWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need to identify or profile a specific academic researcher, especially when disambiguating between people with the same name. It is ideal when you have an ORCID for a precise single-record lookup, or a name plus optional institution for ranked candidate matching. Prefer this over general web search when you need structured bibliometric data (h-index, citation count, top works) with institutional affiliation linked to ROR identifiers.
Side effects
- No matching author found for the given name or ORCID — returns empty results or 404
- Ambiguous name with many candidates — returns ranked list up to the specified limit
- Invalid ORCID format — returns validation error
- Institution name not recognized — may not narrow results effectively
- Rate limit or payment failure — returns 402 or 429 error
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| inputrequired | object | |
| output | object |
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