Tool detail

Author & Researcher Search

Searches for researchers by name and returns matching authors with affiliation, publication count, citations, h-index, i10-index and top-cited papers.

Categories: Science health

Use when

disambiguate an author name to find their current affiliation
get an author's h-index and citation count
find a researcher's most-cited papers

Not for

not a single-paper lookup — see paper-details for one paper
not full-text search — author metadata only

Inputs

GET query params: name (string, required); maxItems (1-25, default 10), top_works (0-25, default 5)

Admitted input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "maxItems": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 0,
      "maxLength": 4096,
      "description": "1-25 candidate authors",
      "default": "10"
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 0,
      "maxLength": 4096,
      "description": "author name to search"
    },
    "top_works": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 0,
      "maxLength": 4096,
      "description": "top papers per author (0-25)",
      "default": "5"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "name"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Endpoint

Method: GET
URL: https://api.kadec0.xyz/v1/author-search

Payment

Protocol: x402
Listed price: 0.02 USDC per call on Base
Payment method: exact
Network: eip155:8453
Asset: 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913

Listed terms are catalog metadata. The caller supplies inputs and calls the tool outside Onelayer. If payment is required, the caller uses a compatible wallet to pay.

Source

Directory: Coinbase x402 Bazaar
Record: GET https://api.kadec0.xyz/v1/author-search
Retrieved: 2026-09-30T20:37:07.382Z
Catalog file SHA-256: 6837ccddf886f0007cf3727ea9d27faaa5047b51b4f425345c554ce1c271a524
Catalog built: 2026-09-30T22:31:58.034Z