`get_author`

Pack: semantic-scholar · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/semantic-scholar/mcp

Get an academic author profile by Semantic Scholar author ID. Returns name, affiliations, h-index, total citations, paper count, and recent publications. Use search_papers first to find author IDs.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`author_id`	string	yes	Semantic Scholar author ID (numeric string)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "author_id": "2190855"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/semantic-scholar/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_author","arguments":{"author_id":"2190855"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('get_author', {
  "author_id": "2190855"
});

Response shape

Field	Type	Description
`author_id`	string \| null	Semantic Scholar author ID
`name`	string \| null	Author name
`url`	string \| null	URL to author profile
`affiliations`	array	Author affiliations
`homepage`	string \| null	Author homepage URL
`paper_count`	number \| null	Total number of papers published
`citation_count`	number \| null	Total number of citations
`h_index`	number \| null	H-index of the author
`papers`	array	Recent publications (up to 20)

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "author_id": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Semantic Scholar author ID"
    },
    "name": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Author name"
    },
    "url": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "URL to author profile"
    },
    "affiliations": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Author affiliations",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "homepage": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Author homepage URL"
    },
    "paper_count": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Total number of papers published"
    },
    "citation_count": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Total number of citations"
    },
    "h_index": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "H-index of the author"
    },
    "papers": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Recent publications (up to 20)",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "paper_id": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Paper ID"
          },
          "title": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Paper title"
          },
          "year": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Publication year"
          },
          "citation_count": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Number of citations for this paper"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "semantic-scholar": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/semantic-scholar/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

get_author