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pub.chive.actor.discoverAuthorIds

Discover external author IDs (OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, etc.) by searching for a name across academic databases

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Query

query · GET

Parameters

query string

limit

integer

Maximum number of matches to return

  • minimum: 1
  • maximum: 20
  • default: 5

name

string

Author name to search for

  • minLength: 1

Output

application/json

matches

requiredarray
itemsref
Reference

searchedName

requiredstring

The name that was searched

Errors

AuthenticationRequired

No description in schema.

#authorMatch

object

A potential author match from academic databases

Properties

citedByCount

requiredinteger

Total citation count

  • minimum: 0

displayName

requiredstring

Display name from the database

ids

requiredref
Reference

institution

string

Current institutional affiliation

worksCount

requiredinteger

Number of works attributed to this author

  • minimum: 0

#externalIds

object

External author identifiers from various databases

Properties

dblp

string

DBLP author identifier

openalex

string

OpenAlex author ID (e.g., A5023888391)

orcid

string

ORCID identifier

semanticScholar

string

Semantic Scholar author ID

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