Google Scholar Profiles API

The Google Scholar Profiles API enables searching for academic researcher profiles on Google Scholar by author name, returning affiliation, citation counts, and research interests.

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

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

mauthors Required
The author parameter specifies the author you wish to search for. Additionally, you can include query helpers like label: in your search.

Type: String
after_author Optional
The parameter specifies the token used to fetch the next set of results. It takes precedence over the before_author parameter.

Type: String
before_author Optional
The parameter specifies the token used to retrieve the results from the previous page.

Type: String

API Examples

Code to Integrate

curl "https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_scholar/profiles?api_key=APIKEY&mauthors=Mike"

import requests

url = "https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_scholar/profiles"
params = {"api_key": "APIKEY", "mauthors": "Mike"}

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/profiles', {
  params: { api_key: 'APIKEY', mauthors: 'Mike' }
}).then(response => console.log(response.data))
  .catch(error => console.error(error.message));

<?php
$url = 'https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_scholar/profiles/?' . http_build_query([
    'api_key'  => 'APIKEY',
    'mauthors' => 'Mike',
]);
$ch = curl_init($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/profiles/")
url.query = URI.encode_www_form('api_key' => 'APIKEY', 'mauthors' => 'Mike')

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/profiles/?api_key=APIKEY&mauthors=Mike";
        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

{
  "profiles": [
    {
      "title": "Mike Robb",
      "author_id": "kq0NYnMAAAAJ",
      "affiliations": "Chemistry Department Imperial College",
      "cited_by": 227886,
      "interests": [
        {"title": "Computational chemistry"},
        {"title": "Theoretical Chemistry"}
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Mike A. Nalls",
      "author_id": "ZjfgPLMAAAAJ",
      "affiliations": "Founder/consultant with Data Tecnica International",
      "cited_by": 169495,
      "interests": [
        {"title": "statistical genetics"},
        {"title": "neurodegeneration"}
      ]
    }
  ]
}