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/authorAPI Parameters
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Authentication
api_keyRequiredYour personal API key. Available on your dashboard.
Type: String
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Request Parameters
author_idRequiredAuthor ID of the person you want to get data for.
Type: StringresultsOptionalNumber of results per page.
Type: Number (Integer)languageOptionalLanguage of the results. Possible Values -en,es,fr,de, etc. Default Value -en. For a full list, see the Google Language Page.
Type: Stringview_opOptionalThe parameter allows users to access specific sections of a page, offering two choices:- Use
view_citationto display citations. It requires the citation ID. - Opt for
list_colleaguesto view all co-authors.
- Use
sortOptionalThe 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_idOptionalThe parameter is essential for fetching the citation of individual articles. It's mandatory when choosingview_op=view_citationand 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"
import requests url = "https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_scholar/author" params = {"api_key": "APIKEY", "author_id": "LSsXyncAAAAJ"} response = requests.get(url, params=params) if response.status_code == 200: print(response.json())
const axios = require('axios'); axios.get('https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_scholar/author', { params: { api_key: 'APIKEY', author_id: 'LSsXyncAAAAJ' } }).then(response => console.log(response.data)) .catch(error => console.error(error.message));
<?php $url = 'https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_scholar/author/?' . http_build_query([ 'api_key' => 'APIKEY', 'author_id' => 'LSsXyncAAAAJ', ]); $ch = curl_init($url); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); echo curl_exec($ch); curl_close($ch);
require 'net/http' require 'uri' url = URI.parse("https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_scholar/author/") url.query = URI.encode_www_form('api_key' => 'APIKEY', 'author_id' => 'LSsXyncAAAAJ') http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port) http.use_ssl = true puts http.request(Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)).body
import java.io.*; import java.net.*; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { String apiUrl = "https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_scholar/author/?api_key=APIKEY&author_id=LSsXyncAAAAJ"; URL url = new URL(apiUrl); HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection(); conn.setRequestMethod("GET"); BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream())); String line; while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) System.out.println(line); conn.disconnect(); } }
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"
}
]
}