Google Scholar Cite API

Harvest citation metrics of renowned authors published on Google Scholar with ease.

To tap into this specialized scraping capability, append the engine=google_scholar_cite parameter to your request.

Google Scholar enables authors to showcase their citation metrics, which are continually updated. Leveraging the Google Scholar Cite API, you can seamlessly extract these metrics. Just furnish your specific query and the relevant parameters to obtain tailored citation data.

Google Scholar Cite API Integration Examples

We will use following URL as an example for this request:

https://serp.shifter.io/v1?engine=google_scholar_cite&api_key=<YOUR_API_KEY>&q=FDc6HiktlqEJ

Ready to Use Google Scholar Cite API Scraping Scripts

cURL

curl --request GET --url "https://serp.shifter.io/v1?engine=google_scholar_cite&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=FDc6HiktlqEJ"

NodeJS

const http = require("https");

const options = {
  "method": "GET",
  "hostname": "serp.shifter.io",
  "port": null,
  "path": "/v1?engine=google_scholar_cite&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=FDc6HiktlqEJ",
  "headers": {}
};

const req = http.request(options, function (res) {
  const chunks = [];

  res.on("data", function (chunk) {
    chunks.push(chunk);
  });

  res.on("end", function () {
    const body = Buffer.concat(chunks);
    console.log(body.toString());
  });
});

req.end();

Python

import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("serp.shifter.io")

conn.request("GET", "/v1?engine=google_scholar_cite&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=FDc6HiktlqEJ")

res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()

print(data.decode("utf-8"))

PHP

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://serp.shifter.io/v1?engine=google_scholar_cite&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=FDc6HiktlqEJ",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

Go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io/ioutil"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://serp.shifter.io/v1?engine=google_scholar_cite&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=FDc6HiktlqEJ"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

Java

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://serp.shifter.io/v1?engine=google_scholar_cite&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=FDc6HiktlqEJ")
  .asString();

.NET

var client = new RestClient("https://serp.shifter.io/v1?engine=google_scholar_cite&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=FDc6HiktlqEJ");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);

Ruby

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'openssl'

url = URI("https://serp.shifter.io/v1?engine=google_scholar_cite&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=FDc6HiktlqEJ")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

Google Scholar Cite API Parameter

#1: Query Parameter

Parameter	Type	Description
q Required	string	The keywords that you are searching for on Google (the query).

To access this API, your GET request should be sent to the following address:

https://serp.shifter.io/v1?engine=google_scholar_cite&api_key=<YOUR_API_KEY>&q=<CITATION_ID>

Response Example

{
 "search_parameters": {
  "google_url": "https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=info:FDc6HiktlqEJ:scholar.google.com&output=cite&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8",
  "engine": "google_scholar_cite",
  "google_domain": "scholar.google.com",
  "device": "desktop",
  "query": "FDc6HiktlqEJ"
 },
 "citations": [
  {
   "title": "MLA",
   "snippet": "Schwertmann, U. T. R. M., and Reginald M. Taylor. \"Iron oxides.\" Minerals in soil environments 1 (1989): 379-438."
  },
  {
   "title": "APA",
   "snippet": "Schwertmann, U. T. R. M., & Taylor, R. M. (1989). Iron oxides. Minerals in soil environments, 1, 379-438."
  },
  {
   "title": "Chicago",
   "snippet": "Schwertmann, U. T. R. M., and Reginald M. Taylor. \"Iron oxides.\" Minerals in soil environments 1 (1989): 379-438."
  },
  {
   "title": "Harvard",
   "snippet": "Schwertmann, U.T.R.M. and Taylor, R.M., 1989. Iron oxides. Minerals in soil environments, 1, pp.379-438."
  },
  {
   "title": "Vancouver",
   "snippet": "Schwertmann UT, Taylor RM. Iron oxides. Minerals in soil environments. 1989 Jan 1;1:379-438."
  }
 ],
 "links": [
  {
   "name": "BibTeX",
   "link": "https://scholar.googleusercontent.com/scholar.bib?q=info:FDc6HiktlqEJ:scholar.google.com/&output=citation&scisdr=CgVZ4FBiGAA:AAGBfm0AAAAAYQvoREOhWGSEQolJxcNMAraGUolUmLw6&scisig=AAGBfm0AAAAAYQvoRP3-8nWDCT-_ICEcbyAKFuUy8_v1&scisf=4&ct=citation&cd=-1&hl=en"
  },
  {
   "name": "EndNote",
   "link": "https://scholar.googleusercontent.com/scholar.enw?q=info:FDc6HiktlqEJ:scholar.google.com/&output=citation&scisdr=CgVZ4FBiGAA:AAGBfm0AAAAAYQvoREOhWGSEQolJxcNMAraGUolUmLw6&scisig=AAGBfm0AAAAAYQvoRP3-8nWDCT-_ICEcbyAKFuUy8_v1&scisf=3&ct=citation&cd=-1&hl=en"
  },
  {
   "name": "RefMan",
   "link": "https://scholar.googleusercontent.com/scholar.ris?q=info:FDc6HiktlqEJ:scholar.google.com/&output=citation&scisdr=CgVZ4FBiGAA:AAGBfm0AAAAAYQvoREOhWGSEQolJxcNMAraGUolUmLw6&scisig=AAGBfm0AAAAAYQvoRP3-8nWDCT-_ICEcbyAKFuUy8_v1&scisf=2&ct=citation&cd=-1&hl=en"
  },
  {
   "name": "RefWorks",
   "link": "https://scholar.googleusercontent.com/scholar.rfw?q=info:FDc6HiktlqEJ:scholar.google.com/&output=citation&scisdr=CgVZ4FBiGAA:AAGBfm0AAAAAYQvoREOhWGSEQolJxcNMAraGUolUmLw6&scisig=AAGBfm0AAAAAYQvoRP3-8nWDCT-_ICEcbyAKFuUy8_v1&scisf=1&ct=citation&cd=-1&hl=en"
  }
 ]
}