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SYNTHORA OpenAlex Author Disambiguation Search
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SYNTHORA OpenAlex Author Disambiguation Search is a paid API for AI agents from openalex-author-search.hergertsynthora.com, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).
Searches OpenAlex's disambiguated author index to return canonical author IDs, ORCIDs, affiliations, works count, h-index, and citation counts for a given query.
Price / call$0.001
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Searches OpenAlex's disambiguated author index, returning canonical author IDs, ORCID, affiliations, works count, h-index and cited-by counts. Powers autonomous research agents and agent-to-agent expertise-ranking and author-resolution tasks across the scholarly knowledge graph. First 3 calls FREE per wallet — send header X-WALLET: 0x<addr>. No charge on upstream failure.
Output
Returns a JSON object with ok status, a result containing the author's canonical OpenAlex ID, ORCID, institutional affiliations, total works count, h-index, and cited-by count, along with provenance metadata linking back to the OpenAlex API.
Example use cases
Researcher identity resolution for grant review
“I need to verify the identity of 'David Anderson' who submitted a grant proposal — can you search OpenAlex for him and find his canonical author ID, affiliated institution, and h-index so I can confirm he's the right person?”
Expert ranking by citation impact
“I'm building a list of top AI safety researchers — search OpenAlex for 'Stuart Russell' and return his works count, h-index, and total citations so I can rank him against other authors.”
ORCID lookup for publication submission
“I need to fill out an ORCID for co-author 'Fei-Fei Li' on a paper submission — can you look her up in OpenAlex and get her ORCID and current institutional affiliation?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://openalex-author-search.hergertsynthora.com/serviceWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need to resolve, disambiguate, or retrieve scholarly metrics for academic authors using the OpenAlex knowledge graph — particularly when you need canonical author IDs, ORCIDs, or bibliometric data like h-index and citation counts for autonomous research agents or expertise-ranking workflows. Prefer over general web search when you need structured, machine-readable author identity data tied to the global scholarly graph.
Side effects
- Empty or missing query returns error: 'No query provided'
- Author name too ambiguous returns multiple low-confidence candidates or top-ranked mismatch
- Researcher not indexed in OpenAlex returns empty results
- Network or upstream OpenAlex API outage causes service unavailability
- Misspelled name may return no results or incorrect author match
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| query | string | query |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"ok": true,
"niche": "openalex-author-search",
"result": {
"error": "No query provided"
},
"provenance": {
"url": "https://api.openalex.org/authors",
"source": "OpenAlex Author Disambiguation Search"
}
}
}Tags
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