Google Scholar Profiles API

Api Details

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

Description

Our Google Scholar Profiles API allows you to scrape profile results from the Google Scholar Profiles search page. The API is accessed through the following endpoint: /search?engine=google_scholar_profiles.

A user may query the following: https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search?engine=google_scholar_profiles 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_profiles" \
  -d "mauthors=Mike" \
  -d "no_cache=false" \
  -d "api_key=YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import requests

params = {
    "engine": "google_scholar_profiles",
    "mauthors": "Mike",
    "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_profiles",
  mauthors: "Mike",
  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_profiles&mauthors=Mike&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_profiles',
        'mauthors' => 'Mike',
        '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_profiles")
    q.Add("mauthors", "Mike")
    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_profiles";
        query["mauthors"] = "Mike";
        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_profiles" +
            "&mauthors=Mike" +
            "&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
mauthors	String	Yes	Parameter defines the author you want to search for. You can also use helpers in your query such as: label:.	Mike

Localization

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
hl	String	No	Parameter defines the language to use for the Google Scholar Profiles 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
after_author	Int	No	Parameter defines the next page token. It is used for retrieving the next page results. The parameter has the precedence over before_author parameter.	1
before_author	Int	No	Parameter defines the previous page token. It is used for retrieving the previous page results.	1

Serpapi Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
engine	String	Yes	Set parameter to google_scholar_profiles to use the Google Finance API engine.	google_scholar_profiles
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.	trueorfalse
api_key	string	Yes	Parameter defines the SerpApi private key to use.	123

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Response

Success 200

Response Body

{
  "search_metadata": {
    "json_endpoint": "https://webserp.abcproxy.com/files/57ad90004b807ac7/17f31cb4-69fd-42f2-8729-eb2be11a1716.json",
    "created_at": "2025-04-02 18:38:21",
    "google_news_url": "https://scholar.google.com/citations?mauthors=Mike&view_op=search_authors",
    "raw_html_file": "https://webserp.abcproxy.com/files/57ad90004b807ac7/17f31cb4-69fd-42f2-8729-eb2be11a1716.html",
    "xray_html_file": "https://webserp.abcproxy.com/files/57ad90004b807ac7/17f31cb4-69fd-42f2-8729-eb2be11a1716.xray",
    "total_time_taken": "33.8326",
    "id": "17f31cb4-69fd-42f2-8729-eb2be11a1716"
  },
  "search_parameters": {
    "engine": "google_scholar_profiles",
    "no_cache": true,
    "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "mauthors": "Mike"
  },
  "url": "https://scholar.google.com/citations?mauthors=Mike&view_op=search_authors",
  "profiles": [
    {
      "cited_by": "Time Cited：171285",
      "link": "https//scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-CN&user=ZjfgPLMAAAAJ",
      "interests": [
        {
          "link": "https//scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-CN&view_op=search_authors&mauthors=label:statistical_genetics",
          "title": "statistical genetics"
        },
      ],
      "thumbnail": "https://scholar.googleusercontent.com/citations?view_op=small_photo&user=ZjfgPLMAAAAJ&citpid=14",
      "name": "Mike A. Nalls",
      "affiliations": "Founder/consultant with Data Tecnica International + Data science lead at NIH's Center for …",
      "email": "exist mail.nih.gov The email has been verified"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": "imperial college",
      "email": "exist imperial.ac.uk The email has been verified",
      "cited_by": "Time Cited：132511",
      "link": "https//scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-CN&user=RIg9DVEAAAAJ",
      "interests": [
        {
          "link": "https//scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-CN&view_op=search_authors&mauthors=label:entrepreneurship",
          "title": "entrepreneurship"
        }
      ],
      "thumbnail": "https://scholar.googleusercontent.com/citations?view_op=small_photo&user=RIg9DVEAAAAJ&citpid=2",
      "name": "mike wright"
    },
    {
      "email": "exist glasgow.ac.uk The email has been verified",
      "cited_by": "Time Cited：99178",
      "link": "https//scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-CN&user=R8PPdbQAAAAJ",
      "interests": [
        {
          "link": "https//scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-CN&view_op=search_authors&mauthors=label:food",
          "title": "Food"
        },
      ],
      "thumbnail": "https://scholar.googleusercontent.com/citations?view_op=small_photo&user=R8PPdbQAAAAJ&citpid=3",
      "name": "Mike Lean (MEJ Lean)",
      "affiliations": "Professor of Human Nutrition, University of Glasgow"
    },
    {
      "cited_by": "Time Cited：97491",
      "link": "https//scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-CN&user=L9lS9_AAAAAJ",
      "interests": [
        {
          "link": "https//scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-CN&view_op=search_authors&mauthors=label:machine_learning",
          "title": "machine learning"
        },
      ],
      "thumbnail": "https://scholar.googleusercontent.com/citations?view_op=small_photo&user=L9lS9_AAAAAJ&citpid=1",
      "name": "Mike Schuster",
      "affiliations": "Two Sigma",
      "email": "exist twosigma.com The email has been verified"
    },
    {
      "interests": [
        {
          "title": "anaerobic microbiology",
          "link": "https//scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-CN&view_op=search_authors&mauthors=label:anaerobic_microbiology"
        },
      ],
      "thumbnail": "https://scholar.googleusercontent.com/citations?view_op=small_photo&user=iXjCKTgAAAAJ&citpid=3",
      "name": "prof dr ir Mike SM Jetten",
      "affiliations": "Radboud University, Microbiology, Nijmegen, Netherlands",
      "email": "exist science.ru.nl The email has been verified",
      "cited_by": "Time Cited：88539",
      "link": "https//scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-CN&user=iXjCKTgAAAAJ"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": "Professor, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University  of Pretoria",
      "email": "exist fabi.up.ac.za The email has been verified",
      "cited_by": "Time Cited：82519",
      "link": "https//scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-CN&user=wT4V7isAAAAJ",
      "interests": [
        {
          "title": "forest protection",
          "link": "https//scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-CN&view_op=search_authors&mauthors=label:forest_protection"
        },
      ],
      "thumbnail": "https://scholar.googleusercontent.com/citations?view_op=small_photo&user=wT4V7isAAAAJ&citpid=5",
      "name": "Mike Wingfield"
    },
    {
      "name": "Mike Lewis",
      "affiliations": "Facebook AI Research",
      "email": "exist fb.com The email has been verified",
      "cited_by": "Time Cited：79064",
      "link": "https//scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-CN&user=SnQnQicAAAAJ",
      "interests": [
        {
          "title": "Natural language processing",
          "link": "https//scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-CN&view_op=search_authors&mauthors=label:natural_language_processing"
        },
      ],
      "thumbnail": "/citations/images/avatar_scholar_56.png"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": "Jindal Chair of Global Strategy, University of Texas at Dallas",
      "email": "exist utdallas.edu The email has been verified",
      "cited_by": "Time Cited：67675",
      "link": "https//scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-CN&user=z1Kz8gQAAAAJ",
      "interests": [
        {
          "title": "International Business",
          "link": "https//scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-CN&view_op=search_authors&mauthors=label:international_business"
        },
      ],
      "thumbnail": "https://scholar.googleusercontent.com/citations?view_op=small_photo&user=z1Kz8gQAAAAJ&citpid=2",
      "name": "Mike W. Peng"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": "University of Cambridge",
      "email": "exist cam.ac.uk The email has been verified",
      "cited_by": "Time Cited：62648",
      "link": "https//scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-CN&user=uQJsUvEAAAAJ",
      "interests": [
        {
          "title": "Climate Change",
          "link": "https//scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-CN&view_op=search_authors&mauthors=label:climate_change"
        },
      ],
      "thumbnail": "https://scholar.googleusercontent.com/citations?view_op=small_photo&user=uQJsUvEAAAAJ&citpid=1",
      "name": "Mike Hulme"
    },
    {
      "name": "Mike Tyers",
      "affiliations": "The Hospital for Sick Children",
      "email": "exist sickkids.ca The email has been verified",
      "cited_by": "Time Cited：62416",
      "link": "https//scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-CN&user=9zEuqoIAAAAJ",
      "interests": [
        {
          "title": "cell growth and division",
          "link": "https//scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-CN&view_op=search_authors&mauthors=label:cell_growth_and_division"
        },
      ],
      "thumbnail": "/citations/images/avatar_scholar_56.png"
    }
  ]
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
search_parameters	Object	Contains query parameters and search context
search_metadata	Object	Contains timing and status information
profiles	array	profiles Information parameters
pagination	Object	pagination Information parameters
next	string	next Information parameters
next_page_token	string	next_page_token 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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