Google Scholar Author API

Api Details

EndpointGET https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search

Description
Our Google Scholar Author API allows you to scrape author results from the Google Scholar Author search page. The API is accessed through the following endpoint: /search?engine=google_scholar_author.
A user may query the following: https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search?engine=google_scholar_author utilizing a GET request. Head to the playground for a live and interactive demo.

Request

HTTP Request

curl -X GET "https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search" \
  -d "engine=google_scholar_author" \
  -d "author_id=EicYvbwAAAAJ" \
  -d "no_cache=false" \
  -d "api_key=YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

params = {
    "engine": "google_scholar_author",
    "author_id": "EicYvbwAAAAJ",
    "no_cache": "false",
    "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
}
response = requests.get("https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search", params=params)
print(response.json())

const axios = require('axios');

const params = {
  engine: "google_scholar_author",
  author_id: "EicYvbwAAAAJ",
  no_cache: "false",
  api_key: "YOUR_API_KEY"
};

axios.get("https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search", { params })
  .then(response => console.log(response.data));

<?php
$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();
$response = $client->get('https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search', [
    'query' => [
        'engine' => 'google_scholar_author',
        'author_id' => 'EicYvbwAAAAJ',
        'no_cache' => 'false',
        'api_key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY'
    ]
]);
echo $response->getBody();

package main

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

func main() {
    client := &http.Client{}
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search", nil)
    
    q := req.URL.Query()
    q.Add("engine", "google_scholar_author")
    q.Add("author_id", "EicYvbwAAAAJ")
    q.Add("no_cache", "false")
    q.Add("api_key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
    req.URL.RawQuery = q.Encode()

    resp, _ := client.Do(req)
    body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    log.Println(string(body))
}

using System;
using System.Net.Http;

class Program
{
    static async Task Main()
    {
        var client = new HttpClient();
        var query = System.Web.HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(string.Empty);
        query["engine"] = "google_scholar_author";
        query["author_id"] = "EicYvbwAAAAJ";
        query["no_cache"] = "false";
        query["api_key"] = "YOUR_API_KEY";
        
        var response = await client.GetAsync(
            $"https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search?{query}"
        );
        Console.WriteLine(await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
    }
}

import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String url = "https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search" +
            "?engine=google_scholar_author" +
            "&author_id=EicYvbwAAAAJ" +
            "&no_cache=false" +
            "&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY";
        
        HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) new URL(url).openConnection();
        conn.setRequestMethod("GET");
        
        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
            new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream())
        );
        String response = in.lines().collect(Collectors.joining());
        System.out.println(response);
    }
}

API Parameters

Search Query

Name

Type

Required

Description

Example

author_id

String

Yes

Parameter defines the ID of an author. You can find the ID either by using our Google Scholar Profiles API or by going to the Google Scholar user profile page and getting it from there (e.g., https://scholar.google.com/citations?user={author_id}).

EicYvbwAAAAJ

Localization

Name

Type

Required

Description

Example

hl

String

Parameter defines the language to use for the Google Scholar Author search. It's a two-letter language code. (e.g., en for English, es for Spanish, or fr for French). Head to the Google languages page for a full list of supported Google languages.

en

Pagination

Name

Type

Required

Description

Example

start

Int

Parameter defines the result offset. It skips the given number of results. It's used for pagination. (e.g., 0 (default) is the first page of results, 20 is the 2nd page of results, 40 is the 3rd page of results, etc.).

20

num

Int

Parameter defines the number of results to return. (e.g., 20 (default) returns 20 results, 40 returns 40 results, etc.). Maximum number of results to return is 100.

20

Advanced Google Scholar Author Parameters

Name

Type

Required

Description

Example

view_op

String

Parameter is used for viewing specific parts of a page. It has one options:

view_citation - Select to view citations. citation_id is required . The data can be obtained from the citation id in the parameters

sort

String

Parameter is used for sorting and refining articles. Available options: title - Sorts articles by "Title". pubdate - Sorts articles by publish "date".

citation_id

String

Parameter is used for retrieving individual article citation. It is a required parameter when view_op=view_citation is selected. You can access IDs inside our structured JSON response.

view_op=view_citation

Serpapi Parameters

Name

Type

Required

Description

Example

engine

String

Yes

Set parameter to google_scholar_author to use the Google Finance API engine.

google_scholar_author

no_cache

boolean

Parameter will force SerpApi to fetch the results even if a cached version is already present. A cache is served only if the query and all parameters are exactly the same. Cache expires after 1h. Cached searches are free, and are not counted towards your searches per month. It can be set to false (default) to allow results from the cache, or true to disallow results from the cache.

trueorfalse

api_key

string

Yes

Parameter defines the SerpApi private key to use.

123

Response

Success 200

Response Body

{
  "search_metadata": {
    "raw_html_file": "https://webserp.abcproxy.com/files/aca43d1a86630b5d/d280e518-35c3-4139-a4dd-1d2cb1c0cd13.html",
    "xray_html_file": "https://webserp.abcproxy.com/files/aca43d1a86630b5d/d280e518-35c3-4139-a4dd-1d2cb1c0cd13.xray",
    "total_time_taken": "34.6082",
    "id": "d280e518-35c3-4139-a4dd-1d2cb1c0cd13",
    "json_endpoint": "https://webserp.abcproxy.com/files/aca43d1a86630b5d/d280e518-35c3-4139-a4dd-1d2cb1c0cd13.json",
    "created_at": "2025-04-02 18:33:10",
    "google_url": "https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EicYvbwAAAAJ"
  },
  "search_parameters": {
    "engine": "google_scholar_author",
    "no_cache": true,
    "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "author_id": "EicYvbwAAAAJ"
  },
  "url": "https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EicYvbwAAAAJ",
  "author": {
    "name": "Ronald C Kessler",
    "affiliations": "McNeil Family Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School",
    "email": "Verified email at hcp.med.harvard.edu - ",
    "website": "Homepage",
    "interests": [
      {
        "title": "Psychiatric Epidemiology",
        "link": "https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&hl=en&mauthors=label:psychiatric_epidemiology"
      }
    ],
    "thumbnail": "https://scholar.googleusercontent.com/citations?view_op=view_photo&user=EicYvbwAAAAJ&citpid=1"
  },
  "articles": [
    {
      "citation_id": "EicYvbwAAAAJ",
      "authors": "RC Kessler, P Berglund, O Demler, R Jin, KR Merikangas, EE Walters",
      "publication": "Archives of general psychiatry 62 (6), 593-602, 2005",
      "cited_by": {
        "value": "38823*",
        "link": "https://scholar.google.com/scholar?oi=bibs&hl=en&cites=2173726401600747709,7905695317477875023,13998207051180299935,6712090670550418789,16204114791750186183,11857341765727177149,4333695256869118957,6440755144378445271,8105499853130787711,4971844839227102807",
        "cites_id": "2173726401600747709,7905695317477875023,13998207051180299935,6712090670550418789,16204114791750186183,11857341765727177149,4333695256869118957,6440755144378445271,8105499853130787711,4971844839227102807"
      },
      "year": "2005",
      "title": "Lifetime prevalence and age-of-onset distributions of DSM-IV disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication",
      "link": "https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=EicYvbwAAAAJ&citation_for_view=EicYvbwAAAAJ:UeHWp8X0CEIC"
    },
  ],
  "cited_by": {
    "table": [
      {
        "Citations": [
          {
            "All": "596700"
          },
          {
            "Since 2020": "187280"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "h-index": [
          {
            "All": "346"
          },
          {
            "Since 2020": "196"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "i10-index": [
          {
            "All": "1315"
          },
          {
            "Since 2020": "1029"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "graph": [
      {
        "year": "1994",
        "citations": "1602"
      },
    ]
  },
  "public_access": {
    "link": "https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_mandates&hl=en&user=EicYvbwAAAAJ",
    "available": "664 articles",
    "not_available": "14 articles"
  }
}

Response Fields

Field

Type

Description

search_parameters

Object

Contains query parameters and search context

search_metadata

Object

Contains timing and status information

author

Object

Author information parameter

articles[]

Object[]

articles information parameter

cited_by

Object

cited_by information parameter

public_access

Object

public_access information parameter

citations

Object

citations information parameter

co_authors[]

Object[]

co_authors information parameter

Error Responses

Common Errors

HTTP Status

Error Code

Description

200

400

API Key can not be empty

200

401

Param error

200

402

API Key error

200

403

Insufficient Balance

200

404

Deduction failed

200

405

Failed to record usage count

200

406

Unsupported engine

200

407

Network error

200

408

File not found

200

409

Limit param error

200

410

Build url error

200

411

Failed to QueryRecentRecord

200

412

Failed to find json

200

413

Get html error

200

414

HTML is empty

200

429

Too many request

Error Example

{
  "code": 400,
  "message": "API Key can not be empty"
}

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