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Google Scholar Author API

The Google Scholar Author API retrieves comprehensive author information including publication history, citation counts, co-authors, and research interests from Google Scholar profiles.

Endpoint: https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_scholar/author

API Parameters

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Authentication

  • api_key Required
    Your personal API key. Available on your dashboard.

    Type: String
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Request Parameters

  • author_id Required
    Author ID of the person you want to get data for.

    Type: String
  • results Optional
    Number of results per page.

    Type: Number (Integer)
  • language Optional
    Language of the results. Possible Values - en, es, fr, de, etc. Default Value - en. For a full list, see the Google Language Page.

    Type: String
  • view_op Optional
    The parameter allows users to access specific sections of a page, offering two choices:
    • Use view_citation to display citations. It requires the citation ID.
    • Opt for list_colleagues to view all co-authors.
  • sort Optional
    The parameter is utilized to organize and narrow down articles. The available options are:
    • title: Sorts articles based on their titles.
    • pubdate: Sorts articles by their publication dates.
  • citation_id Optional
    The parameter is essential for fetching the citation of individual articles. It's mandatory when choosing view_op=view_citation and allows access to IDs within our structured JSON response.

API Examples

Code to Integrate
curl "https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_scholar/author?api_key=APIKEY&author_id=LSsXyncAAAAJ"
API Response
{
  "author": {
    "name": "Cliff Meyer",
    "affiliations": "Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health",
    "email": "Verified email at jimmy.harvard.edu"
  },
  "articles": [
    {
      "title": "Model-based analysis of ChIP-Seq (MACS)",
      "citation_id": "LSsXyncAAAAJ:2osOgNQ5qMEC",
      "authors": "Y Zhang, T Liu, CA Meyer...",
      "publication": "Genome biology 9, 1-9, 2008",
      "cited_by": {"value": "16193"},
      "year": "2008"
    },
    {
      "title": "Genome-wide analysis of estrogen receptor binding sites",
      "citation_id": "LSsXyncAAAAJ:9yKSN-GCB0IC",
      "authors": "JS Carroll, CA Meyer, J Song...",
      "publication": "Nature genetics 38 (11), 1289-1297, 2006",
      "cited_by": {"value": "1632"},
      "year": "2006"
    }
  ]
}