Google Scholar Cite API

Api Details

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

Description

Our Google Scholar Cite API allows you to scrape cite results from the Google Scholar organic results. The API is accessed through the following endpoint: /search?engine=google_scholar_cite.

A user may query the following: https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search?engine=google_scholar_cite utilizing a GET request. Head to the playground for a live and interactive demo.

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Request

HTTP Request

cURL

curl -X GET "https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search" \
  -d "engine=google_scholar_cite" \
  -d "q=FDc6HiktlqEJ" \
  -d "no_cache=false" \
  -d "api_key=YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import requests

params = {
    "engine": "google_scholar_cite",
    "q": "FDc6HiktlqEJ",
    "no_cache": "false",
    "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
}
response = requests.get("https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search", params=params)
print(response.json())

Node.js

const axios = require('axios');

const params = {
  engine: "google_scholar_cite",
  q: "FDc6HiktlqEJ",
  no_cache: "false",
  api_key: "YOUR_API_KEY"
};

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

HTTP

GET /search?engine=google_scholar_cite&q=FDc6HiktlqEJ&no_cache=false&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY HTTP/1.1
Host: serpapi.abcproxy.com

PHP

<?php
$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();
$response = $client->get('https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search', [
    'query' => [
        'engine' => 'google_scholar_cite',
        'q' => 'FDc6HiktlqEJ',
        'no_cache' => 'false',
        'api_key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY'
    ]
]);
echo $response->getBody();

Golang

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_cite")
    q.Add("q", "FDc6HiktlqEJ")
    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))
}

C#

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_cite";
        query["q"] = "FDc6HiktlqEJ";
        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());
    }
}

Java

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_cite" +
            "&q=FDc6HiktlqEJ" +
            "&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
q	String	Yes	Parameter defines the ID of an individual Google Scholar organic search result. You can find the ID inside the result_id by using our Google Scholar API.	FDc6HiktlqEJ

Localization

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
hl	String	No	Parameter defines the language to use for the Google Scholar Cite. 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

Serpapi Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
engine	String	Yes	Set parameter to google_scholar_cite to use the Google Finance API engine.	google_scholar_cite
no_cache	boolean	No	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.	true
api_key	string	Yes	Parameter defines the SerpApi private key to use.	123

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Response

Success 200

Response Body

{
  "url": "https://scholar.google.com/scholar?output=cite&q=info:FDc6HiktlqEJ:scholar.google.com",
  "articles_cite": [
    {
      "title": "GB/T 7714",
      "snippet": "Schwertmann U, Taylor R M. Iron oxides[J]. Minerals in soil environments, 1989, 1: 379-438."
    },
    {
      "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."
    }
  ],
  "links": [
    {
      "name": "BibTeX",
      "link": "https://scholar.googleusercontent.com/scholar.bib?q=info:FDc6HiktlqEJ:scholar.google.com/&output=citation&scisdr=ClEqqum3GAA:AFWwaeYAAAAAZ-37zzN6FLxkzIPi_jXKdsfqO1A&scisig=AFWwaeYAAAAAZ-37zxiAZmp8tpkPmt78pZyyHxM&scisf=4&ct=citation&cd=-1&hl=zh-CN"
    },
    {
      "name": "EndNote",
      "link": "https://scholar.googleusercontent.com/scholar.enw?q=info:FDc6HiktlqEJ:scholar.google.com/&output=citation&scisdr=ClEqqum3GAA:AFWwaeYAAAAAZ-37zzN6FLxkzIPi_jXKdsfqO1A&scisig=AFWwaeYAAAAAZ-37zxiAZmp8tpkPmt78pZyyHxM&scisf=3&ct=citation&cd=-1&hl=zh-CN"
    },
    {
      "name": "RefMan",
      "link": "https://scholar.googleusercontent.com/scholar.ris?q=info:FDc6HiktlqEJ:scholar.google.com/&output=citation&scisdr=ClEqqum3GAA:AFWwaeYAAAAAZ-37zzN6FLxkzIPi_jXKdsfqO1A&scisig=AFWwaeYAAAAAZ-37zxiAZmp8tpkPmt78pZyyHxM&scisf=2&ct=citation&cd=-1&hl=zh-CN"
    },
    {
      "name": "RefWorks",
      "link": "https://scholar.googleusercontent.com/scholar.rfw?q=info:FDc6HiktlqEJ:scholar.google.com/&output=citation&scisdr=ClEqqum3GAA:AFWwaeYAAAAAZ-37zzN6FLxkzIPi_jXKdsfqO1A&scisig=AFWwaeYAAAAAZ-37zxiAZmp8tpkPmt78pZyyHxM&scisf=1&ct=citation&cd=-1&hl=zh-CN"
    }
  ],
  "search_metadata": {
    "google_news_url": "https://scholar.google.com/scholar?output=cite&q=info:FDc6HiktlqEJ:scholar.google.com",
    "raw_html_file": "https://webserp.abcproxy.com/files/da6075ecc65196aa/bfb2c7df-7236-4f4e-b2ec-7fc4ee837826.html",
    "xray_html_file": "https://webserp.abcproxy.com/files/da6075ecc65196aa/bfb2c7df-7236-4f4e-b2ec-7fc4ee837826.xray",
    "total_time_taken": "3.5611",
    "id": "bfb2c7df-7236-4f4e-b2ec-7fc4ee837826",
    "json_endpoint": "https://webserp.abcproxy.com/files/da6075ecc65196aa/bfb2c7df-7236-4f4e-b2ec-7fc4ee837826.json",
    "created_at": "2025-04-03 10:59:05"
  },
  "search_parameters": {
    "engine": "google_scholar_cite",
    "no_cache": true,
    "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "q": "FDc6HiktlqEJ"
  }
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
search_parameters	Object	Contains query parameters and search context
search_metadata	Object	Contains timing and status information
articles_cite[]	Object[]	articles_cite Information parameters
links[]	Object[]	links Information parameters

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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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