Hi, Alex. re: ORCID, available author info depends on what Bio information the ID owner makes publicly visible. See the READ section at https://members.orcid.org/api/api-calls
I was about to send some old Ruby code for searching NLM Eutils (PubMed) until I saw your last message. If you want to manage a local bibliography, then try Zotero and their API: https://www.zotero.org/support/dev/web_api/v3/start Jason Jason Stirnaman, MLS Application Development, Library and Information Services, IR University of Kansas Medical Center [email protected] 913-588-7319 On May 20, 2015, at 5:59 AM, Alex Armstrong <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi list, > > What are some good API options for retrieving a list of scholarly > publications by author? > > I would like to be able to grab them and display them on a website along with > other information about each author. > > Google Scholar does not have a public API as far as I can tell. > > CrossRef metadata search does not allow to search by author. > > Orcid seems promising. I would have to ask the users I have in mind to add or > import their publications to Orcid, as most of them are not on there already. > That's doable, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to do what I described above > with their public (as opposed to their member) API. > > Any other ideas or thoughts? > > Best, > Alex Armstrong
