ScholarScope MCP

search_authors

Find academic authors by name using OpenAlex API, with options to sort by relevance or citations and filter by institution.

Instructions

Searches for authors using the OpenAlex API.

Args: query: The search name to look for the authors. sort_by: The sorting criteria ("relevance_score" or "cited_by_count"). institution_id: An optional institution id to filter search results. e.g., "https://openalex.org/I123456789" page: The page number of the results to retrieve (default: 1).

Returns: A JSON object containing a list of authors+ids, or an error message if the search fails.

Input Schema

Name	Required	Default
`institution_id`	No
`page`	No
`query`	Yes
`sort_by`	No	relevance_score

Input Schema (JSON Schema)

{
  "properties": {
    "institution_id": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "default": null,
      "title": "Institution Id"
    },
    "page": {
      "default": 1,
      "title": "Page",
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "query": {
      "title": "Query",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "sort_by": {
      "default": "relevance_score",
      "enum": [
        "relevance_score",
        "cited_by_count"
      ],
      "title": "Sort By",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

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