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Filter authors
You can filter authors with the
filter
parameter:It's best to read about filters before trying these out. It will show you how to combine filters and build an AND, OR, or negation query.
You can filter using these attributes of the
Author
entity object (click each one to view their documentation on the Author
object page):Want to filter by
last_known_institution.display_name
? This is a two-step process:- 1.Find the
institution.id
by searching institutions bydisplay_name
. - 2.Filter works by
last_known_institution.id
.
These filters aren't attributes of the
Author
object, but they're included to address some common use cases:Value: a search string
Value: a search string
Value: a Boolean (
true
or false
)Returns: authors where where the last known institution is in the chosen continent.
- Get authors where the last known institution is located in Africa https://api.openalex.org/authors?filter=last_known_institution.continent:africa
Value: a Boolean (
true
or false
)- Get authors where the last known institution is located in the Global South https://api.openalex.org/authors?filter=last_known_institution.is_global_south:true
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