# Elsevier SciVal Author Lookup API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/elsevier/elsevier-scival-author-lookup-api-api/  
**Provider:** Elsevier — https://apis.io/providers/elsevier/  
**Base URL:** https://api.elsevier.com/content  
**Documentation:** https://dev.elsevier.com/sc_apis.html

Elsevier SciVal Author Lookup API is one of 32 APIs that [Elsevier](https://apis.io/providers/elsevier/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include SciVal Author Lookup API. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

The SciVal Author Lookup API API from Elsevier — 4 operation(s) for scival author lookup api.

## Operations (4)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/author/institutionId/{institutionId}` | Get authors by SciVal institution id |
| GET | `/author/metrics` | Get author metrics by id(s) |
| GET | `/author/orcid/{orcid}` | Get an author by ORCiD |
| GET | `/author/{id}` | Get an author by id |

## Machine-readable artifacts (11)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elsevier/refs/heads/main/openapi/elsevier-scival-author-lookup-api-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
- **Specification** — https://dev.elsevier.com/api_docs.html
- **Console** — https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
- **Documentation** — https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
- **Console** — https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
- **Documentation** — https://dev.elsevier.com/scival.html
- **WADL** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elsevier/refs/heads/main/wadl/elsevier-engineering-village.wadl
- **Documentation** — https://dev.elsevier.com/ev_apis.html
- **Console** — https://dev.elsevier.com/retrieval.html
- **Console** — https://dev.elsevier.com/metadata.html

## Other Elsevier APIs (12)

- [Elsevier Embase API](https://apis.io/apis/elsevier/elsevier-embase-api/)
- [Elsevier COUNTER SUSHI API](https://apis.io/apis/elsevier/elsevier-sushi-api/)
- [Elsevier Abstract API](https://apis.io/apis/elsevier/elsevier-abstract-api/)
- [Elsevier Search API](https://apis.io/apis/elsevier/elsevier-search-api/)
- [Elsevier Abstract Citation Count API](https://apis.io/apis/elsevier/elsevier-abstract-citation-count-api/)
- [Elsevier Abstract Retrieval API](https://apis.io/apis/elsevier/elsevier-abstract-retrieval-api/)
- [Elsevier Affiliation Retrieval API](https://apis.io/apis/elsevier/elsevier-affiliation-retrieval-api/)
- [Elsevier Affiliation Search API](https://apis.io/apis/elsevier/elsevier-affiliation-search-api/)
- [Elsevier Article Entitlement Retrieval API](https://apis.io/apis/elsevier/elsevier-article-entitlement-retrieval-api/)
- [Elsevier Article Metadata API](https://apis.io/apis/elsevier/elsevier-article-metadata-api/)
- [Elsevier Article Retrieval API](https://apis.io/apis/elsevier/elsevier-article-retrieval-api/)
- [Elsevier Author Retrieval API](https://apis.io/apis/elsevier/elsevier-author-retrieval-api/)

## Tags

SciVal Author Lookup API

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