Google Scholar Author Citations API

Retrieve citation metrics (h-index, i10-index, yearly citation graph) and individual article citation details for a Google Scholar author using the view_op=view_citation parameter.

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

API Parameters

🔑

Authentication

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

Type: String

🔗

Request Parameters

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

Type: String
view_op Required
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.
citation_id Required
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.
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

API Examples

Code to Integrate

curl "https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_scholar/author?api_key=APIKEY&author_id=LSsXyncAAAAJ&view_op=view_citation&citation_id=LSsXyncAAAAJ:2osOgNQ5qMEC"

import requests

url = "https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_scholar/author"
params = {
    "api_key": "APIKEY",
    "author_id": "LSsXyncAAAAJ",
    "view_op": "view_citation",
    "citation_id": "LSsXyncAAAAJ:2osOgNQ5qMEC"
}

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',
    view_op: 'view_citation',
    citation_id: 'LSsXyncAAAAJ:2osOgNQ5qMEC'
  }
}).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',
    'view_op'     => 'view_citation',
    'citation_id' => 'LSsXyncAAAAJ:2osOgNQ5qMEC',
]);
$ch = curl_init($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',
  'view_op' => 'view_citation', 'citation_id' => 'LSsXyncAAAAJ:2osOgNQ5qMEC'
)

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&view_op=view_citation&citation_id=LSsXyncAAAAJ:2osOgNQ5qMEC";
        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

{
  "cited_by": {
    "table": [
      {"citations": {"all": 33941, "since_2019": 18110}},
      {"h_index": {"all": 52, "since_2019": 42}},
      {"i10_index": {"all": 76, "since_2019": 64}}
    ],
    "graph": [
      {"year": 2020, "citations": 3254},
      {"year": 2021, "citations": 3890},
      {"year": 2022, "citations": 4012}
    ]
  }
}