# INSPIRE HEP

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/inspire-hep/  
**Website:** https://inspirehep.net  
**APIs profiled:** 0

INSPIRE HEP is a community-driven portal for high‑energy physics literature, data, and author information. It provides searchable access to millions of records, including papers, authors, conferences, jobs, and datasets, supporting researchers worldwide. The platform offers APIs for programmatic access to its rich metadata, enabling integration with scholarly tools and services.

## Kin Score — 9.9 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-11-06 under rubric 0.27.0. Trend: falling (-5.5 from 15.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 44.6 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 2.6 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 19.0 |
| Access Clarity | 10.5 |

Regulatory layer — **Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)**: 9.8 (matched via fallback).

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |
| Pagination Ratio | na |
| Operation Distinctiveness | na |
| MCP Tool Quality | na |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Security (1)

- **Inspire Hep Domain Security** — TLSv1.3

## Tags

Company, HighEnergyPhysics, Research, Data, Open Science

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/inspire-hep/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.