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SemanticScholar Get Author

Get detailed profile for a specific author on Semantic Scholar by author ID. Returns name, h-index, citation count, paper count, affiliations, homepage, and optionally their paper list with titles, years, and citation counts. Use SemanticScholar_search_authors first to find the author ID.

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": {
    "author_id": {
      "description": "Semantic Scholar author ID (e.g., '1741101' for Oren Etzioni). Find using SemanticScholar_search_authors.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "fields": {
      "default": "name,hIndex,citationCount,paperCount,affiliations,homepage,papers.title,papers.year,papers.citationCount,papers.paperId",
      "description": "Comma-separated fields: name,hIndex,citationCount,paperCount,affiliations,homepage,papers.title,papers.year,papers.citationCount,papers.paperId",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "author_id"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default SemanticScholar Get Author call

public-safeinput

{
  "author_id": ""
}

Expected response keys: success

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

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_SemanticScholar_get_author
Tool name: SemanticScholar_get_author
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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