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POST
/
api
/
openalex
/
authors
/openalex/authors
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.anysite.io/api/openalex/authors \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'access-token: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "author": "<string>",
  "timeout": 300
}
'
[
  {
    "id": "<string>",
    "@type": "@openalex_author",
    "orcid": "<string>",
    "display_name": "",
    "display_name_alternatives": [],
    "works_count": 0,
    "cited_by_count": 0,
    "summary_stats": {
      "@type": "@openalex_summary_stats",
      "two_year_mean_citedness": 123,
      "h_index": 123,
      "i10_index": 123
    },
    "affiliations": [],
    "last_known_institutions": [],
    "topics": [],
    "topic_share": [],
    "x_concepts": [],
    "counts_by_year": [],
    "works_api_url": "<string>",
    "updated_at": "<string>",
    "created_at": "<string>"
  }
]

Authorizations

access-token
string
header
required

API token from the dashboard

Headers

access-token
string
required

Body

application/json
author
string
required

Author identifier: OpenAlex id (A...) or a prefixed ORCID (orcid:)

Minimum string length: 1
Examples:

"A5023888391"

"orcid:0000-0001-6187-6610"

timeout
integer
default:300

Max scrapping execution timeout (in seconds)

Required range: 20 <= x <= 1500

Response

Successful Response

id
string
required
@type
string
default:@openalex_author
orcid
string | null
display_name
string
default:""
display_name_alternatives
string[]
works_count
integer
default:0
cited_by_count
integer
default:0
summary_stats
OpenalexSummaryStats · object
affiliations
OpenalexAuthorAffiliation · object[]
last_known_institutions
OpenalexAuthorAffiliation · object[]
topics
OpenalexTopic · object[]
topic_share
OpenalexTopic · object[]
x_concepts
OpenalexAuthorConcept · object[]
counts_by_year
OpenalexCountByYear · object[]
works_api_url
string | null
updated_at
string | null
created_at
string | null