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The /authors endpoints expose Hexagraph’s registry of scholarly authors. Each author record aggregates career-level metrics — total citations, output count, and known institutional affiliations — and links to an ORCID identifier where available. Authors are identified by the OA:A prefix system.

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List authors

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search
string
Search for authors by name. Partial matches are supported (e.g. einstein matches “Albert Einstein”).
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filter
string
Narrow results with key-value filters. Multiple filters may be combined with a comma.
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page
integer
default:"1"
Page number for paginated results. Starts at 1.
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per_page
integer
default:"25"
Number of results returned per page. Maximum value is 200.
curl "https://hexagraph-core.onrender.com/authors?search=einstein"

[
  {
    "id": "OA:A5086208034",
    "name": "Albert Einstein",
    "citations": 94210,
    "outputs": 148
  },
  {
    "id": "OA:A2109483472",
    "name": "Elizabeth Einstein",
    "citations": 312,
    "outputs": 21
  }
]

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Get a single author

Fetch a specific author’s full profile by their OA:A identifier. 
curl "https://hexagraph-core.onrender.com/authors/OA:A5086208034"

{
  "id": "OA:A5086208034",
  "orcid": "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5109-3700",
  "name": "Albert Einstein",
  "citations": 94210,
  "outputs": 148,
  "affiliations": [
    {
      "institution": {
        "id": "OA:I1290206310",
        "name": "Princeton University"
      }
    },
    {
      "institution": {
        "id": "OA:I4210145823",
        "name": "ETH Zurich"
      }
    }
  ]
}

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Response fields

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id
string
required
Unique identifier for the author. Always prefixed with OA:A (e.g. OA:A5086208034).
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orcid
string
Full ORCID profile URL for the author (e.g. "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5109-3700"). May be null if no ORCID is linked.
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name
string
required
Display name of the author (e.g. "Albert Einstein").
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citations
integer
Aggregate citation count across all of this author’s indexed works.
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outputs
integer
Total number of scholarly outputs attributed to this author in Hexagraph.
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affiliations
array
List of institutional affiliations associated with this author across their career. Each element wraps an institution object. See Institutions for full institution records.