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Researchers by name with h-index, works and citation counts.

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Researchers by name with h-index, works and citation counts.

cost: Free then $0.002 / call
MCP tool: scholarly__authors-search
method: GET

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GET https://fourzerotwo.si/v1/scholarly/authors-search

Param	Type	Description
search	string	Author name

# free: send a free key from https://fourzerotwo.si/free
curl -H "X-API-Key: fzt_…" "https://fourzerotwo.si/v1/scholarly/authors-search?search=Geoffrey%20Hinton"

# no key: returns 402 with the price, for x402 agents
curl -i "https://fourzerotwo.si/v1/scholarly/authors-search?search=Geoffrey%20Hinton"

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Use it from an AI agent (MCP)

Add the server once, then ask for this data in plain English. The agent finds the endpoint with search_apis and runs it with call_api.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fourzerotwo": { "type": "http", "url": "https://fourzerotwo.si/mcp" }
  }
}

# the call the agent makes
call_api {"tool": "scholarly__authors-search", "arguments": {"search":"Geoffrey Hinton"}}

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