• METRICS
  • LISTS
  • GROUPS
  • HUMAN

How to analyze researcher impact with your AI

Connect Stanford Semantic Scholar to your AI client to pull real-time academic metrics. Once connected, you can query author profiles and citation data using natural language.

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Short answer

How do I check an author's h-index and citations using AI?

Your AI uses the Stanford Semantic Scholar MCP to fetch specific author profiles and their publication history. You get direct access to h-index values and citation counts for any researcher you name. This allows you to build impact reports or compare researchers without manual searching.

Research outcomes

What you get from the data

The AI pulls specific metrics to help you quantify academic influence.

METRICS

Direct impact stats

The AI pulls h-index and citation counts for specific authors. You get the raw numbers needed for academic evaluations.

LISTS

Paper histories

Your agent retrieves full lists of an author's published works. This helps you map out their research trajectory over time.

GROUPS

Bulk author analysis

You can request data for multiple researchers at once. The AI handles the individual lookups to build a comparative dataset.

HUMAN

Expert interpretation

The AI provides the data, but you decide how to weigh these metrics. You remain responsible for the final qualitative assessment of a researcher's work.

The workflow

What your AI does when the request arrives.

The AI translates your questions into specific data requests to the Semantic Scholar database.

  1. Identify researchers

    The AI finds the correct academic profiles based on the names you provide.

    get_author

  2. Fetch publication data

    The agent pulls the specific papers associated with a researcher to see their output.

    get_author_papers

  3. Process multiple profiles

    If you ask for a group of people, the AI handles the individual lookups in a single pass.

    batch_get_authors

  4. Synthesize impact

    The AI organizes the retrieved h-index and citation data into a readable format for your report.

    get_author

Try it

Copy these to start.

Use these prompts to begin your research.

Starting points

Replace the names in these prompts with the actual researchers you are studying.

Semantic Scholar Connector

You're all set. Choose your MCP client and follow the setup instructions.

Connector linkhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_AZJpPbxBFEPF3qqoPfdyST9yhfXQRp6VrfLZlw40/mcp

Claude Desktop

Follow the steps below to connect in seconds.

  1. 1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
  2. 2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
  3. 3Click Add and start a new chat — Semantic Scholar capabilities are ready to use.
Configuration · claude_desktop_config.jsonCopy
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "stanford-semantic-scholar-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_AZJpPbxBFEPF3qqoPfdyST9yhfXQRp6VrfLZlw40/mcp"
    }
  }
}
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  • Get the h-index and total citation count for Geoffrey Hinton.

  • List all papers published by Yann LeCun.

  • Compare the citation metrics for Yoshua Bengio and Yann LeCun.

  • Find the most cited papers for the author Fei-Fei Li.

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Start here

Connect Stanford Semantic Scholar once, then ask.

One click connects the MCP to your client. Your credentials stay encrypted, and you can start querying immediately.

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FAQ

How this task behaves

  • 01

    Can the AI update an author's profile?

    No. The AI can only read existing data from Semantic Scholar. It cannot modify any academic records.

  • 02

    Can I use this to find papers by topic instead of author?

    No. This specific workflow is designed to pull data based on author identities and their specific metrics.

  • 03

    Does the AI provide the full text of the papers?

    No. The AI retrieves paper metadata and citation info, but it does not download or provide the full PDF files.

  • 04

    Can I analyze a whole university department at once?

    Yes, if you provide the list of names. The AI will use batch processing to gather the metrics for everyone in that group.

  • 05

    Is the h-index data real-time?

    The AI pulls the most current data available through the Semantic Scholar API at the moment you ask.

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