🔬 Semantic Scholar Author Profiles Scraper

Collect academic researcher profiles from Semantic Scholar with h-index, citation counts, affiliations, and publication data - without coding. Perfect for research teams, librarians, and competitive intelligence analysts monitoring researcher trends and building researcher databases.

The Semantic Scholar Author Profiles Scraper collects up to 1,000,000 researcher profiles with h-index, citations, and affiliations - simple to use, no setup required.

✨ What Does It Do

• 📊 H-Index - Understand researcher impact with the h-index metric
• 📚 Citation Count - Track total citations across a researcher's entire body of work
• 📝 Paper Count - See how many publications each researcher has published
• 🏢 Affiliations - Discover which universities or institutions researchers are associated with
• 📖 Papers List - Get full publication data including titles, years, venues, and citation counts
• 🔗 External IDs - Capture identifiers like ORCID, MAG ID, and other research databases
• 🌐 Researcher Homepage - Extract links to personal websites and research profiles

🔧 Input

• Author Search Query - Search for researchers by name (e.g. "Yoshua Bengio"). Use this or Author IDs, not both
• Author IDs - Direct lookup using Semantic Scholar author IDs for precise targeting
• Max Items - Free users limited to 100, paid users up to 1,000,000 results
• Include Papers - Enable to collect each researcher's complete publication list (increases runtime)

Example input:

{
  "query": "Yoshua Bengio",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "includePapers": true
}

📊 Output

Each researcher profile includes up to 12 data fields. Download as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

👤 Researcher Name	🔗 Profile URL	🎓 Author ID
📊 H-Index	📚 Citation Count	📈 Paper Count
🏢 Affiliations	🌐 Homepage	📖 Publication List
🔗 External IDs	📅 Scraped Date	⚠️ Error Message

💎 Why Choose the Semantic Scholar Author Profiles Scraper?

Feature	Our Actor	Similar Tools
Search researchers by name	✔️	❌
Direct lookup by author ID	✔️	❌
H-index and citation metrics	✔️	Partial
Complete affiliation data	✔️	❌
Full publication list included	✔️	❌
Automatic pagination	✔️	❌
No authentication setup required	✔️	❌
Free tier supports 100 results	✔️	❌
Paid users up to 1,000,000 results	✔️	❌
Retry logic for rate limits	✔️	❌
Export as JSON, CSV, Excel	✔️	✔️

📋 How to Use

No technical skills required. Follow these simple steps:

1. Sign Up: Create a free account with $5 credit
2. Find the Tool: Search for "Semantic Scholar Author Profiles Scraper" in the Apify Store and configure your input
3. Run It: Click "Start" and watch your results appear

That's it. No coding, no setup, no complicated configuration. Now you can export your data in CSV, Excel, or JSON format.

🎯 Business Use Cases

• 📊 Research Librarian - Monitor h-index trends for faculty members to identify top performers for promotion decisions
• 💼 Grant Program Manager - Build researcher databases by institution to target high-impact scientists for funding campaigns
• 🔬 Competitive Intelligence Analyst - Track citation metrics for competitor research teams to benchmark innovation capacity

❓ FAQ

🔍 How does it work? The scraper searches Semantic Scholar's database to find researchers by name or author ID, then collects their profile metrics and publication data.

📊 How accurate is the data? Data comes directly from Semantic Scholar, the largest academic graph database. Accuracy depends on how researchers maintain their profiles and publication records on the platform.

📅 Can I schedule this to run automatically? Yes. Once configured, you can set up scheduled runs to monitor researcher profiles on a weekly, monthly, or custom basis using Apify's scheduler.

⚖️ Is it legal to collect this data? Semantic Scholar's data is public. Users are responsible for complying with their local laws and Semantic Scholar's terms of service when using this data.

🛡️ Will Semantic Scholar block me? Semantic Scholar's service is publicly available and designed for research use. The actor includes rate limiting and retry logic to respect usage limits.

⚡ How long does a run take? A run collecting 100 researchers typically completes in 2-5 minutes. Larger runs or with papers included will take proportionally longer depending on your plan and data volume.

⚠️ Are there any limits? Free users can collect up to 100 results per run. Paid users can collect up to 1,000,000 results per run.

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🚀 Ready to Start?

Create a free account with $5 credit and collect your first 100 results for free. No coding, no setup.

🆘 Need Help?

• Check the FAQ section above for common questions
• Visit the Apify support page for documentation and tutorials
• Contact us to request a new scraper, propose a custom project, or report an issue at Tally contact form

⚠️ Disclaimer

This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Semantic Scholar or any of its subsidiaries. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.