Authors API — Overview - Hexagraph

The /authors endpoints expose Hexagraph’s disambiguated index of academic researchers. Author profiles combine publication counts, citation totals, ORCID identifiers, and institutional affiliation histories. Authors are identified by the HX_A prefix system.

Filter and Sort Fields

The API supports filtering, sorting, and grouping operations on these fields:

Field	Sort	Filter
`id`	✓	✓
`name`	✓
`outputs_count`	✓	✓
`cited_by_count`	✓	✓

Available REST Endpoints

Get a single author: GET /authors/{id} — Fetch detailed profile for a specific researcher.
List authors: GET /authors — Query, filter, paginate, and sort author profiles.