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Author Search API

This represents the search interfaces associated with Scopus-based Author profiles. Each search result will, by definition, link to a Author Profile. Search entries might also have links to the author's current Affiliation Profile.



Additional information includes Author Search Views and Author Search Tips.

Summary

Resource Method Description
https://api.elsevier.com/content/search/author GET
Author Search API: This represents a search against the Author cluster, which contains SCOPUS Author Profiles.

Resources


https://api.elsevier.com/content/search/author

Author Search API: This represents a search against the Author cluster, which contains SCOPUS Author Profiles.

Methods
GET simple()

request
header params
Accept xsd:string
(required)
default: application/json
options: application/json, application/atom+xml, application/xml
This represents the acceptable mime types in which the response can be generated.
Authorization xsd:string This header field contains the OAuth bearer access token, where the format of the field is "Bearer <token>" (where the token represents the end-user session key). The presence of a bearer token implies the request will be executed against user-based entitlements. The Authorization field overrides X-ELS-Authtoken.
X-ELS-APIKey xsd:string
(required)
This represents a unique application developer key providing access to API resources. This key can also be submitted as the query string parameter "apiKey"
X-ELS-Authtoken xsd:string This represents a end-user session. If provided, this key is used to validate the credentials needed to access content in this resource.
X-ELS-Insttoken xsd:string This represents a institution token. If provided, this key (in combination with its associated APIKey) is used to establish the credentials needed to access content in this resource.
X-ELS-ReqId xsd:string This is a client-defined request identifier, which will be logged in all trace messages of the service. This identifier can be used to track a specific transaction in the service's message logs. Note that this should be a unique identifier for the client, and used to track a single transaction.
X-ELS-ResourceVersion xsd:string
options: facetexpand, subjexpand, allexpand, new


Represents the version of the resource that should be received. Multiple attributes can

be submitted by separating with commas or semicolons. Options include:



subjexpand - adds detail to the subject-area field by detailing each entry as a subject

facetexpand - adds new fields under each facet returned (where applicable)

allexpand - executes both facetexpand and subjexpand

new - Returns the most recent and prototyped features

query params
httpAccept xsd:string
options: application/json, application/atom+xml, application/xml
Override for HTTP header Accept, this represents the acceptable mime types in which the response can be generated.
access_token xsd:string Override for HTTP header Authorization, this contains the OAuth bearer access token, where the format of the field is "<token>" (where the token represents the end-user session key). The presence of a bearer token implies the request will be executed against user-based entitlements.
insttoken xsd:string Override for HTTP header X-ELS-Insttoken, this represents a institution token. If provided, this key (in combination with its associated APIKey) is used to establish the credentials needed to access content in this resource.
apiKey xsd:string Override for HTTP header X-ELS-APIKey, this represents a unique application developer key providing access to resource.
reqId xsd:string Override for HTTP header X-ELS-ReqId, this is a client-defined request identifier, which will be logged in all trace messages of the service. This identifier can be used to track a specific transaction in the service's message logs. Note that this should be a unique identifier for the client, and used to track a single transaction.
ver xsd:string
options: facetexpand, subjexpand, allexpand, new


Override for HTTP header X-ELS-ResourceVersion, this represents the version of the resource that should be received.

Multiple attributes can be submitted by separating with commas or semicolons. Options include:



subjexpand - adds detail to the subject-area field by detailing each entry as a subject

facetexpand - adds new fields under each facet returned (where applicable)

allexpand - executes both facetexpand and subjexpand

new - Returns the most recent and prototyped features
query xsd:string

This represents the boolean search to be executed against the Author cluster.





There is additional information regarding Search Tips.





ex. query=affil(university)
co-author xsd:number

This is an alternative to the query parameter where an author identifier can be submitted and a list of all associated co-authors will be returned. If this parameter is present the query parameter is ignored.



Note that only a single author identifier should be submitted.
view xsd:string
default: STANDARD
options: STANDARD


This alias represents the list of elements that will be returned in the response.



The following chart shows the Author Search Views.
field xsd:string

This alias represents the name of specific fields that should be returned. The list of fields include all of the fields returned in the response payload (see view).

Multiple fields can be specified, delimited by commas. Note that specifying this parameter overrides the view parameter.



ex. field=url,identifier,description
suppressNavLinks xsd:string
default: false
options: true, false


This parameter is used to suppress the inclusion of top-level navigation links in the response payload.
start xsd:string

Numeric value representing the results offset (i.e. starting position for the search results). The maximum for this value is a system-level default (varies with search cluster) minus the number of results requested. If not specified the offset will be set to zero (i.e. first search result)



ex. start=5
count xsd:string

Numeric value representing the maximum number of results to be returned for the search. If not provided this will be set to a system default based on service level.

In addition the number cannot exceed the maximum system default - if it does an error will be returned.



ex. count=10
sort xsd:string
options: affiliation-city, affiliation-country, affiliation-name, affilsortname, document-count, eid, given-name, initials, preffirstsort, surname


Represents the sort field name and order. A plus in front of the sort field name indicates ascending order, a minus indicates descending order. If sort order is not specified (i.e. no + or -) then the order defaults to ascending (ASC).



Up to three fields can be specified, each delimited by a comma. The precedence is determined by their order (i.e. first is primary, second is secondary, and third is tertiary).



+/-{field name}[,+/-{field name}



ex. sort=+datesort,-priorordersort
facets xsd:string
options: srctitle, af-id, affilcity, affilcountry, auth-subclus, active


Represents the navigator that should be included in the search results. One or more navigators can be specified on the request, delimited by a semicolon Different dimensions of the navigator will be represented within parentheses. These dimensions include:



count : the number of "buckets" to include (i.e. how many navigator entries)

sort : how the navigators should be sorted. Options include na (Modifier name, ascending), fd (Modifier frequency, descending), and fdna (Modifier frequency descending, secondary sort through unity by name, ascending).

prefix : filters the facet values to only those matching the prefix specified (not applicable for numeric values).



In addition, qualifiers can be specified to include or exclude values from the response (i.e. filter). The options:



include : include only the value specified from the facet response.

include_above : include only values above the value specified from the facet response.

include_below : include only values below the value specified from the facet response.

exclude : exclude only the value specified from the facet response.

exclude_above : exclude all values above the value specified from the facet response.

exclude_below : exclude all values below the value specified from the facet response.



ex. facets=affilcity(count=20,sort=na,prefix=Ma);srctitle (prefix=J);auth-subclus(sort=fd);active;af-id(sort=fdna)



Available facets include:



SRCTITLE - source title

AF-ID - affiliation identifier

AFFILCITY - affiliation city

AFFILCOUNTRY - affiliation country

AUTH-SUBCLUS - subject area

ACTIVE - active
alias xsd:string

The default behavior is to substitute any author identifiers submitted in the search with their aliased (superseded) counterparts. Thus, a logical search for author id 1234 may be automatically substituted with a logical search for author ids 5678 and 9012 because those are the "superseding" identifiers the original has been mapped to.

If 'alias=false' is submitted this behavior will be overridden and the original identifier(s) will NOT be substituted.



ex. alias=false

responses
status:
200
representations
application/json Author JSON Response: This is XML representing the requested document. JSON Example
status:
200
representations
application/atom+xml Author ATOM Response: This is XML representing the requested document. ATOM+XML Example
status:
200
representations
application/xml Author XML Response: This is XML representing the requested document. XML Example
status:
400
representations
text/xml Invalid Request: This is an error that occurs when invalid information is submitted. Invalid Request Example
status:
401
representations
text/xml Authentication Error: This is an error that occurs when a user cannot be authenticated due to missing/invalid credentials (authtoken or APIKey). Authentication Error Example
status:
403
representations
text/xml Authorization/Entitlements Error: This is an error that occurs when a user cannot be authenticated or entitlements cannot be validated. Authorization Error Example
status:
405
representations
text/xml Invalid HTTP Method: This is an error that occurs when the requested HTTP Method is invalid. Invalid Method Example
status:
406
representations
text/xml Invalid Mime Type: This is an error that occurs when the requested mime type is invalid. Invalid Mime Type Example
status:
429
representations
text/xml Quota Exceeded: This is an error that occurs when a requester has exceeded the quota limits associated with their API Key. Quota Exceeded Example
status:
500
representations
text/xml Generic Error: This is a general purpose error condition, typically due to back-end processing errors. Generic Error Example