Authors
Author
Retrieve detailed metadata for a single researcher profile by its HX_A identifier.
GET
/
authors
/
{id}
curl -X GET "https://api.hexagraph.in/authors/HX_A5028125522"
fetch("https://api.hexagraph.in/authors/HX_A5028125522")
.then(response => response.json())
.then(data => console.log(data));
import requests
response = requests.get("https://api.hexagraph.in/authors/HX_A5028125522")
print(response.json())
package main
import (
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
)
func main() {
resp, err := http.Get("https://api.hexagraph.in/authors/HX_A5028125522")
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error:", err)
return
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}
{
"id": "HX_A5028125522",
"orcid": {
"id": "0000-0001-5669-1937",
"name": "Tatsuya Kobayashi",
"biography": null,
"emails": null,
"externalIdentifiers": [
{
"id": "55578306300",
"name": "Scopus Author ID",
"url": "http://www.scopus.com/inward/authorDetails.url?authorID=55578306300&partnerID=MN8TOARS"
},
{
"id": "1000030733703",
"name": "Researcher Name Resolver ID",
"url": "https://nrid.nii.ac.jp/nrid/1000030733703/"
}
],
"websites": [
{
"url": "http://www.wanggenerator.com/",
"name": "http://www.wanggenerator.com/"
}
],
"outputs_count": 207
},
"name": "T. Kobayashi",
"full_name": "KOBAYASHI, Tatsuya",
"outputs_count": 2429356,
"cited_by_count": 3625,
"last_known_institutions": [
{
"id": "HX_I135598925",
"name": "Kyushu University"
},
{
"id": "HX_I150993360",
"name": "Hamamatsu Photonics (Japan)"
},
{
"id": "HX_I199525922",
"name": "National Institutes of Natural Sciences"
},
{
"id": "HX_I200475212",
"name": "The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI"
},
{
"id": "HX_I4210108322",
"name": "National Institute for Fusion Science"
}
],
"updated_date": "2026-08-03T12:17:51",
"created_date": "2016-06-24T00:00:00",
"affiliations": [
{
"id": "HX_I109009565",
"name": "Dokkyo University",
"years": [
1992
]
},
{
"id": "HX_I112524849",
"name": "Yamagata University",
"years": [
2021
]
},
{
"id": "HX_I135598925",
"name": "Kyushu University",
"years": [
2026,
2025,
2024
]
}
],
"summary_stats": {
"2yr_mean_citedness": 0.000026759443716450348,
"h_index": 28,
"i10_index": 99
},
"topics": [
{
"id": "HX_T10346",
"name": "Magnetic confinement fusion research",
"count": 186,
"share": 0.000724
},
{
"id": "HX_T10159",
"name": "Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics",
"count": 122,
"share": 0.0002281
},
{
"id": "HX_T10251",
"name": "Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics",
"count": 53,
"share": null
}
],
"counts_by_year": [
{
"year": 1966,
"outputs_count": 1,
"oa_outputs_count": 0,
"cited_by_count": 0
},
{
"year": 1974,
"outputs_count": 1,
"oa_outputs_count": 0,
"cited_by_count": 37
},
{
"year": 1980,
"outputs_count": 1,
"oa_outputs_count": 0,
"cited_by_count": 0
},
{
"year": 1981,
"outputs_count": 1,
"oa_outputs_count": 0,
"cited_by_count": 0
},
{
"year": 1984,
"outputs_count": 1,
"oa_outputs_count": 0,
"cited_by_count": 2
}
],
"display_name_alternatives": [
"KOBAYASHI, Tatsuya",
"Kobayashi, T.",
"Kobayashi, Tatsuya",
"T Kobayashi",
"T. KOBAYASHI",
"T. Kobayashi",
"T.C. Kobayashi",
"TATSUYA KOBAYASHI",
"Tatsuya KOBAYASHI",
"Tatsuya Kobayashi"
]
}
{
"statusCode": 400,
"message": "Only HX_ prefixed IDs are allowed",
"error": "Bad Request"
}
{
"statusCode": 404,
"message": "Author with ID HX_A9999999999 not found",
"error": "Not Found"
}
{
"statusCode": 429,
"error": "Too Many Requests",
"message": "IP rate limit exceeded (max 30 requests per minute). Please try again in 42 seconds (at 11:40:32 UTC).",
"reset_in_seconds": 42,
"reset_at_utc": "2026-08-05T11:40:32.000Z"
}
Retrieves a single disambiguated researcher profile by its
HX_A identifier. Profiles include output counts, citation totals, ORCID iDs, institutional affiliation history, topic expertise, and summary stats.
Path Parameters
string
required
Unique author identifier (e.g.
HX_A5028125522). Must be prefixed with HX_A.Response Fields
string
required
Unique author identifier prefixed with
HX_A (e.g. HX_A5028125522).object
ORCID profile and external identifiers.
Show orcid attributes
Show orcid attributes
string
ORCID iD number string.
string
Author full name on ORCID.
string
ORCID biography statement.
array
Email addresses array.
array
array
integer
ORCID recorded outputs count.
string
required
Author display name.
string
Author full name.
integer
Total number of indexed publications authored by this researcher.
integer
Total citation count across all authored publications.
array
string
ISO last updated timestamp.
string
ISO creation date timestamp.
array
object
array
array
array
Alternative display name strings array.
curl -X GET "https://api.hexagraph.in/authors/HX_A5028125522"
fetch("https://api.hexagraph.in/authors/HX_A5028125522")
.then(response => response.json())
.then(data => console.log(data));
import requests
response = requests.get("https://api.hexagraph.in/authors/HX_A5028125522")
print(response.json())
package main
import (
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
)
func main() {
resp, err := http.Get("https://api.hexagraph.in/authors/HX_A5028125522")
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error:", err)
return
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}
{
"id": "HX_A5028125522",
"orcid": {
"id": "0000-0001-5669-1937",
"name": "Tatsuya Kobayashi",
"biography": null,
"emails": null,
"externalIdentifiers": [
{
"id": "55578306300",
"name": "Scopus Author ID",
"url": "http://www.scopus.com/inward/authorDetails.url?authorID=55578306300&partnerID=MN8TOARS"
},
{
"id": "1000030733703",
"name": "Researcher Name Resolver ID",
"url": "https://nrid.nii.ac.jp/nrid/1000030733703/"
}
],
"websites": [
{
"url": "http://www.wanggenerator.com/",
"name": "http://www.wanggenerator.com/"
}
],
"outputs_count": 207
},
"name": "T. Kobayashi",
"full_name": "KOBAYASHI, Tatsuya",
"outputs_count": 2429356,
"cited_by_count": 3625,
"last_known_institutions": [
{
"id": "HX_I135598925",
"name": "Kyushu University"
},
{
"id": "HX_I150993360",
"name": "Hamamatsu Photonics (Japan)"
},
{
"id": "HX_I199525922",
"name": "National Institutes of Natural Sciences"
},
{
"id": "HX_I200475212",
"name": "The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI"
},
{
"id": "HX_I4210108322",
"name": "National Institute for Fusion Science"
}
],
"updated_date": "2026-08-03T12:17:51",
"created_date": "2016-06-24T00:00:00",
"affiliations": [
{
"id": "HX_I109009565",
"name": "Dokkyo University",
"years": [
1992
]
},
{
"id": "HX_I112524849",
"name": "Yamagata University",
"years": [
2021
]
},
{
"id": "HX_I135598925",
"name": "Kyushu University",
"years": [
2026,
2025,
2024
]
}
],
"summary_stats": {
"2yr_mean_citedness": 0.000026759443716450348,
"h_index": 28,
"i10_index": 99
},
"topics": [
{
"id": "HX_T10346",
"name": "Magnetic confinement fusion research",
"count": 186,
"share": 0.000724
},
{
"id": "HX_T10159",
"name": "Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics",
"count": 122,
"share": 0.0002281
},
{
"id": "HX_T10251",
"name": "Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics",
"count": 53,
"share": null
}
],
"counts_by_year": [
{
"year": 1966,
"outputs_count": 1,
"oa_outputs_count": 0,
"cited_by_count": 0
},
{
"year": 1974,
"outputs_count": 1,
"oa_outputs_count": 0,
"cited_by_count": 37
},
{
"year": 1980,
"outputs_count": 1,
"oa_outputs_count": 0,
"cited_by_count": 0
},
{
"year": 1981,
"outputs_count": 1,
"oa_outputs_count": 0,
"cited_by_count": 0
},
{
"year": 1984,
"outputs_count": 1,
"oa_outputs_count": 0,
"cited_by_count": 2
}
],
"display_name_alternatives": [
"KOBAYASHI, Tatsuya",
"Kobayashi, T.",
"Kobayashi, Tatsuya",
"T Kobayashi",
"T. KOBAYASHI",
"T. Kobayashi",
"T.C. Kobayashi",
"TATSUYA KOBAYASHI",
"Tatsuya KOBAYASHI",
"Tatsuya Kobayashi"
]
}
{
"statusCode": 400,
"message": "Only HX_ prefixed IDs are allowed",
"error": "Bad Request"
}
{
"statusCode": 404,
"message": "Author with ID HX_A9999999999 not found",
"error": "Not Found"
}
{
"statusCode": 429,
"error": "Too Many Requests",
"message": "IP rate limit exceeded (max 30 requests per minute). Please try again in 42 seconds (at 11:40:32 UTC).",
"reset_in_seconds": 42,
"reset_at_utc": "2026-08-05T11:40:32.000Z"
}
⌘I
curl -X GET "https://api.hexagraph.in/authors/HX_A5028125522"
fetch("https://api.hexagraph.in/authors/HX_A5028125522")
.then(response => response.json())
.then(data => console.log(data));
import requests
response = requests.get("https://api.hexagraph.in/authors/HX_A5028125522")
print(response.json())
package main
import (
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
)
func main() {
resp, err := http.Get("https://api.hexagraph.in/authors/HX_A5028125522")
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error:", err)
return
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}
{
"id": "HX_A5028125522",
"orcid": {
"id": "0000-0001-5669-1937",
"name": "Tatsuya Kobayashi",
"biography": null,
"emails": null,
"externalIdentifiers": [
{
"id": "55578306300",
"name": "Scopus Author ID",
"url": "http://www.scopus.com/inward/authorDetails.url?authorID=55578306300&partnerID=MN8TOARS"
},
{
"id": "1000030733703",
"name": "Researcher Name Resolver ID",
"url": "https://nrid.nii.ac.jp/nrid/1000030733703/"
}
],
"websites": [
{
"url": "http://www.wanggenerator.com/",
"name": "http://www.wanggenerator.com/"
}
],
"outputs_count": 207
},
"name": "T. Kobayashi",
"full_name": "KOBAYASHI, Tatsuya",
"outputs_count": 2429356,
"cited_by_count": 3625,
"last_known_institutions": [
{
"id": "HX_I135598925",
"name": "Kyushu University"
},
{
"id": "HX_I150993360",
"name": "Hamamatsu Photonics (Japan)"
},
{
"id": "HX_I199525922",
"name": "National Institutes of Natural Sciences"
},
{
"id": "HX_I200475212",
"name": "The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI"
},
{
"id": "HX_I4210108322",
"name": "National Institute for Fusion Science"
}
],
"updated_date": "2026-08-03T12:17:51",
"created_date": "2016-06-24T00:00:00",
"affiliations": [
{
"id": "HX_I109009565",
"name": "Dokkyo University",
"years": [
1992
]
},
{
"id": "HX_I112524849",
"name": "Yamagata University",
"years": [
2021
]
},
{
"id": "HX_I135598925",
"name": "Kyushu University",
"years": [
2026,
2025,
2024
]
}
],
"summary_stats": {
"2yr_mean_citedness": 0.000026759443716450348,
"h_index": 28,
"i10_index": 99
},
"topics": [
{
"id": "HX_T10346",
"name": "Magnetic confinement fusion research",
"count": 186,
"share": 0.000724
},
{
"id": "HX_T10159",
"name": "Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics",
"count": 122,
"share": 0.0002281
},
{
"id": "HX_T10251",
"name": "Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics",
"count": 53,
"share": null
}
],
"counts_by_year": [
{
"year": 1966,
"outputs_count": 1,
"oa_outputs_count": 0,
"cited_by_count": 0
},
{
"year": 1974,
"outputs_count": 1,
"oa_outputs_count": 0,
"cited_by_count": 37
},
{
"year": 1980,
"outputs_count": 1,
"oa_outputs_count": 0,
"cited_by_count": 0
},
{
"year": 1981,
"outputs_count": 1,
"oa_outputs_count": 0,
"cited_by_count": 0
},
{
"year": 1984,
"outputs_count": 1,
"oa_outputs_count": 0,
"cited_by_count": 2
}
],
"display_name_alternatives": [
"KOBAYASHI, Tatsuya",
"Kobayashi, T.",
"Kobayashi, Tatsuya",
"T Kobayashi",
"T. KOBAYASHI",
"T. Kobayashi",
"T.C. Kobayashi",
"TATSUYA KOBAYASHI",
"Tatsuya KOBAYASHI",
"Tatsuya Kobayashi"
]
}
{
"statusCode": 400,
"message": "Only HX_ prefixed IDs are allowed",
"error": "Bad Request"
}
{
"statusCode": 404,
"message": "Author with ID HX_A9999999999 not found",
"error": "Not Found"
}
{
"statusCode": 429,
"error": "Too Many Requests",
"message": "IP rate limit exceeded (max 30 requests per minute). Please try again in 42 seconds (at 11:40:32 UTC).",
"reset_in_seconds": 42,
"reset_at_utc": "2026-08-05T11:40:32.000Z"
}