# Build a co-author network from a Scholar profile

**Use case:** 

Extract a Scholar author’s co-author relationships to support collaboration mapping and researcher graph building.

## Input

```json
{
  "mode": "author_co_authors",
  "queries": [
    "large language models"
  ],
  "authorIds": [
    "LSsXyncAAAAJ"
  ],
  "maxResults": 10,
  "sortByDate": false,
  "includePatents": false,
  "includeCaseLaw": false,
  "reviewArticlesOnly": false,
  "authorSort": "relevance",
  "resultsLanguage": "en",
  "forceSerpApi": true,
  "maxRetries": 3,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "mode": {
    "label": "Mode",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "authors": {
    "label": "Authors",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "year": {
    "label": "Year",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "citedByCount": {
    "label": "Cited by",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "publicationInfo": {
    "label": "Publication",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "link": {
    "label": "Link",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "pdfUrl": {
    "label": "PDF",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "resultId": {
    "label": "Paper ID",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "snippet": {
    "label": "Snippet",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "name": {
    "label": "Author",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "authorId": {
    "label": "Author ID",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "hIndex": {
    "label": "h-index",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "i10Index": {
    "label": "i10-index",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "citationsTotal": {
    "label": "Citations",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "coAuthorName": {
    "label": "Co-author",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "source": {
    "label": "Source",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "scrapedAt": {
    "label": "Scraped at",
    "format": "date"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Google Scholar Paper and Author Data Scraper](https://apify.com/khadinakbar/google-scholar-scraper) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/khadinakbar/google-scholar-scraper) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.