---
title: "Retrieve author metadata and papers by author slug."
method: GET
path: "/authors/{author_slug}/papers"
tags: ["Authors"]
---

# Retrieve author metadata and papers by author slug.

`GET /authors/{author_slug}/papers`

Retrieve author metadata and papers by author slug.
Note that these endpoints require an API token for usage.

### Author Slug Format ###
A valid author slug from the scite database.

Examples of valid author slugs:
d-hirsch-gLmJld

### Offset & Limit for Paper Pagination ###
- `offset`: The number of papers to skip before starting to collect the result set. Default is 0.
- `limit`: The maximum number of papers to return.
A next page URL will be provided if there are more papers available.

## Path parameters

- `author_slug` string, required

## Query parameters

- `offset` integer
- `limit` integer — Number of paper results to return. Maximum is 50

## Headers

- `authorization` string — Set to `Bearer <token>` to pass token for authorization.

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- AuthorWithPapersResponse
  - `author` AuthorResponse, required
    - `id` integer, nullable
    - `normalizedName` string, nullable
    - `displayName` string, nullable
    - `nameSlug` string, nullable
    - `sourceId` string, nullable
    - `source` string, nullable
    - `lastKnownAffiliationId` integer, nullable
    - `createdAt` string, date, nullable
    - `lastUpdated` string, date, nullable
    - `affiliations` AffiliationResponse[]
      - `affiliation` string, nullable
      - `affiliationSlug` string, nullable
      - `affiliationId` integer, nullable
      - `count` integer, nullable
  - `papers` PaperResponse[], required
    - `id` integer, nullable
    - `doi` string, required
    - `slug` string, nullable
    - `type` string, nullable
    - `title` string, nullable
    - `abstract` string, nullable
    - `authors` AuthorSchema[], nullable
      - `family` string, nullable
      - `given` string, nullable
      - `orcid` string, nullable
      - `affiliation` string, nullable
      - `authorSlug` string, nullable
      - `authorName` string, nullable
      - `authorID` string, nullable
      - `authorLastKnownAffiliationId` integer, nullable
      - `authorSequenceNumber` integer, nullable
      - `affiliationSlug` string, nullable
      - `affiliationID` string, nullable
    - `keywords` string[], nullable
    - `year` integer, nullable
    - `shortJournal` string, nullable
    - `publisher` string, nullable
    - `issue` string, nullable
    - `volume` string, nullable
    - `page` string, nullable
    - `pmPublicationType` string, nullable
    - `retracted` boolean, nullable
    - `memberId` integer, nullable
    - `issns` string[], nullable
    - `tally` TallyDB
      - `total` integer, required
      - `supporting` integer, required
      - `contradicting` integer, required
      - `mentioning` integer, required
      - `unclassified` integer, required
      - `doi` string, required
      - `citingPublications` integer, nullable
    - `citingTally` CitingTallySourceDB
      - `total` integer, required
      - `supporting` integer, required
      - `contradicting` integer, required
      - `mentioning` integer, required
      - `unclassified` integer, required
      - `sourceDoi` string, required
      - `numCitedPublications` integer, nullable
    - `editorialNotices` EditorialNoticeSchema[]
      - `status` string, nullable
      - `date` string, nullable
      - `noticeDoi` string, nullable
      - `doi` string, required
      - `urls` string[], nullable
    - `journalSlug` string, nullable
    - `journal` string, nullable
    - `preprintLinks` PreprintLinkSchema[]
      - `preprintDoi` string, required
    - `publicationLinks` PublicationLinkSchema[]
      - `publishedDoi` string, required
    - `normalizedTypes` string[]
  - `totalPapers` integer
  - `nextPage` string, uri, nullable

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

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