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SemanticScholar Search Authors

Search for researchers/authors on Semantic Scholar by name. Returns author IDs, names, h-index, citation count, paper count, and affiliations. Use the authorId from results with SemanticScholar_get_author for detailed profiles. Rate limits: 1 req/sec without API key.

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 115msCortexa

Status

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

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 115ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "fields": {
      "default": "name,hIndex,citationCount,paperCount,affiliations",
      "description": "Comma-separated fields: name,hIndex,citationCount,paperCount,affiliations",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "limit": {
      "default": 5,
      "description": "Maximum number of results (default 5, max 1000)",
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "query": {
      "description": "Author name to search for (e.g., 'Jennifer Doudna', 'Oren Etzioni', 'Yann LeCun')",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default SemanticScholar Search Authors call

public-safeinput

{
  "limit": 3,
  "query": "BRCA1"
}

Expected response keys: success

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

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_SemanticScholar_search_authors
Tool name: SemanticScholar_search_authors
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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