# serp402 Google Scholar Author

> serp402 Google Scholar Author is a paid API for AI agents from serp402.com, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-31).

Retrieves structured data about a Google Scholar author profile including articles, citations, co-authors, and citation tables

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://serp402.com/api/v1/google-scholar-author?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-31
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/serp402-google-scholar-author-3892dff2
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_5zOw26fYQv9p5u0vz5iXd

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 serp402-google-scholar-author-3892dff2 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Pull up the Google Scholar profile for author ID 'JicYPdAAAAAJ' and give me their full list of articles sorted by publication date, showing 40 results.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need structured JSON data from a Google Scholar author profile without managing API keys, subscriptions, or accounts. It is ideal for academic research automation, citation tracking, bibliometric analysis, or populating researcher databases. Best when you need paginated access to large publication lists or need to drill into individual article citations via view_citation mode. Pay-per-call at $0.05 USDC makes it cost-effective for sporadic or agentic usage.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent author_id returns empty or error response
- Missing citation_id when view_op=view_citation is set causes a parameter error
- Exceeding the 100-result maximum for num parameter may return an error or be capped
- Network or scraping failures from Google Scholar may return partial or no data
- Incorrect language code in hl parameter may default or fail
- Payment failure (insufficient USDC) blocks the request before execution

## How this service works

Google Scholar Author: Articles, citations, cited by table results, co-authors, and more. Structured JSON, USD 0.05 per call in USDC — no API key, no account, no subscription, no minimum. Not affiliated with, endorsed by or an official channel of any of the services the results come from. All trademarks and copyright remain the property of their respective owners.

## Output

Returns a structured JSON object containing the author's profile details, a list of their articles with titles, publication venues, co-authors, citation counts, and cited-by data, along with co-author profiles and pagination metadata. When view_op=view_citation is used, returns detailed citation information for a specific article.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "hl": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "language to use for the Google Scholar Author search. It's a two or three-letter language code. (e.g., en for English, es for Spanish, or fr for French),…"
  },
  "num": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "number of results to return. (e.g., 20 (default) returns 20 results, 40 returns 40 results, etc.). Maximum number of results to return is 100 ."
  },
  "sort": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Parameter is used for sorting and refining articles. Available options: title - Sorts articles by \"Title\". pubdate - Sorts articles by publish \"date\". By…"
  },
  "start": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "result offset. It skips the given number of results. It's used for pagination. (e.g., 0 (default) is the first page of results, 20 is the 2nd page of results,…"
  },
  "view_op": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Parameter is used for viewing specific parts of a page. It has two options: view_citation - Select to view citations . citation_id is required .…"
  },
  "author_id": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "ID of an author. You can find the ID either by using our Google Scholar Profiles API or by going to the Google Scholar user profile page and getting it from…"
  },
  "citation_id": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Parameter is used for retrieving individual article citation. It is a required parameter when view_op=view_citation is selected. You can access IDs inside our…"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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