google_scholar_author
Retrieve comprehensive author profiles from Google Scholar: name, affiliation, email, publication list with citation counts, and co-author details via list_colleagues mode.
Instructions
Retrieves comprehensive author information from a Google Scholar profile: name, affiliation, email, and publication/citation history. The same endpoint also exposes a co-author list mode via view_op=list_colleagues. [Credits: Not explicitly stated on this documentation page.] Notes: IMPORTANT AMBIGUITY: this endpoint's URL (/google_scholar/author) is identical to the one documented separately as 'google_scholar_author_citation'. The two documentation pages describe the same physical endpoint used in two modes: (1) default/no view_op -> full author profile + article list (this tool), and (2) view_op=view_citation + citation_id -> single citation detail with h-index/i10-index/citation graph (see google_scholar_author_citation). Consider merging these into one MCP tool with an optional view_op/citation_id argument, or keep separate tools that both call the same endpoint with different required params. Returns: { author: { name, affiliations, email }, articles: [ { title, citation_id, authors, publication, cited_by: { value }, year } ] }
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| sort | No | Sort articles: title (by article title) or pubdate (by publication date). | |
| results | No | Number of results (articles) per page. | |
| view_op | No | Access a specific section of the author page: view_citation (requires citation_id, returns a single citation's detail) or list_colleagues (returns all co-authors). | |
| language | No | Language of the results, e.g. en, es, fr, de. See Google Language Page. (default: en) | |
| author_id | Yes | Author ID of the person to get data for (obtainable from google_scholar_profiles results as profiles[].author_id). | |
| citation_id | No | ID of an individual article's citation; required only when view_op=view_citation. Obtainable from this endpoint's articles[].citation_id. |