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InspireHEP Search Papers

Search high-energy physics literature in the INSPIRE-HEP database, the premier repository for physics papers in particle physics, astrophysics, and related fields. Returns paper titles, authors, abstract, citation count, DOI, and arXiv identifiers. No authentication required. Search syntax: 'a einstein' (author), 't higgs' (title), 'j phys.rev' (journal), 'cn cms' (collaboration), 'texkey smith:2024abc'. Covers 1.6 million+ records.

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 109msCortexa

Status

The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 109ms

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{
  "properties": {
    "fields": {
      "description": "Comma-separated fields to return. Default includes titles, authors, abstract, citations. Example: 'titles,authors,abstract,citation_count,arxiv_eprints,dois'",
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "q": {
      "description": "INSPIRE search query. Examples: 'higgs boson discovery', 'author:einstein', 'a:witten AND string theory', 'dark matter direct detection', 'cn:atlas AND higgs', 't:gravitational waves'. Use field prefixes: a: or author:, t: or title:, j: journal, cn: collaboration",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "size": {
      "description": "Number of results (1-25). Default: 10",
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "sort": {
      "description": "Sort order. Values: 'mostrecent' (default), 'mostcited'. Examples: 'mostcited' to get highest-cited papers first",
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "q"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default InspireHEP Search Papers call

public-safeinput

{
  "q": ""
}

Expected response keys: success

Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_InspireHEP_search_papers
Tool name: InspireHEP_search_papers
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

InspireHEP Search Papers

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 109msCortexa

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{ "properties": { "fields": { "description": "Comma-separated fields to return. Default includes titles, authors, abstract, citations. Example: 'titles,authors,abstract,citation_count,arxiv_eprints,dois'", "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "q": { "description": "INSPIRE search query. Examples: 'higgs boson discovery', 'author:einstein', 'a:witten AND string theory', 'dark matter direct detection', 'cn:atlas AND higgs', 't:gravitational waves'. Use field prefixes: a: or author:, t: or title:, j: journal, cn: collaboration", "type": "string" }, "size": { "description": "Number of results (1-25). Default: 10", "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "sort": { "description": "Sort order. Values: 'mostrecent' (default), 'mostcited'. Examples: 'mostcited' to get highest-cited papers first", "type": [ "string", "null" ] } }, "required": [ "q" ], "type": "object" }