Google Scholar Cite Search API

prod-global

GET

/api/v1/google/scholar/cite/search

Retrieve citation information for specific academic papers and articles. Provides structured bibtex and citation formats (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.) directly from Google Scholar. Perfect for automated bibliography generation and research management.

Tags: Google API

Parameters

Name	Required	Type	Default	Description
query	Yes	string		The unique ID of a Google Scholar search result to retrieve citation formats for. Found in the 'id' field of previous Scholar Search responses.
language	No	string	en	Set the language for the results using its two-letter code (e.g., 'en' for English, 'fr' for French). See Google Language.

Copy Request

cURL

curl -X GET "https://api.justserpapi.com/api/v1/google/scholar/cite/search?query=YOUR_VALUE" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

JavaScript

const res = await fetch("https://api.justserpapi.com/api/v1/google/scholar/cite/search?query=YOUR_VALUE", {
  headers: { "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY" }
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import requests

url = "https://api.justserpapi.com/api/v1/google/scholar/cite/search"
headers = { "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY" }
params = {
  "query": "YOUR_VALUE"
}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=params)
print(response.json())

PHP

<?php
$url = "https://api.justserpapi.com/api/v1/google/scholar/cite/search?query=YOUR_VALUE";
$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
    "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"
]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo $response;

Go

package main

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

func main() {
	client := &http.Client{}
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.justserpapi.com/api/v1/google/scholar/cite/search?query=YOUR_VALUE", nil)
	req.Header.Set("X-API-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

Response

Example:

{
  "code": 200,
  "message": "success",
  "data": {
    "citations": [
      {
        "title": "MLA",
        "snippet": "Cano-Marquina, A., J. J. Tarín, and A. Cano. \"The impact of coffee on health.\" Maturitas 75.1 (2013): 7-21."
      },
      {
        "title": "APA",
        "snippet": "Cano-Marquina, A., Tarín, J. J., & Cano, A. (2013). The impact of coffee on health. Maturitas, 75(1), 7-21."
      },
      {
        "title": "Chicago",
        "snippet": "Cano-Marquina, A., J. J. Tarín, and A. Cano. \"The impact of coffee on health.\" Maturitas 75, no. 1 (2013): 7-21."
      },
      {
        "title": "Harvard",
        "snippet": "Cano-Marquina, A., Tarín, J.J. and Cano, A., 2013. The impact of coffee on health. Maturitas, 75(1), pp.7-21."
      },
      {
        "title": "Vancouver",
        "snippet": "Cano-Marquina A, Tarín JJ, Cano A. The impact of coffee on health. Maturitas. 2013 May 1;75(1):7-21."
      }
    ],
    "links": [
      {
        "name": "BibTeX",
        "link": "https://scholar.googleusercontent.com/scholar.bib?q=info:sWzmct-yYzgJ:scholar.google.com/&output=citation&scisdr=Cl8hqvP0GAA:AFtJQiwAAAAAaZ1s7Nj_zQOCRLEeLmS_6p7o4Po&scisig=AFtJQiwAAAAAaZ1s7FOWK67L02GzOpCkUKX2IbE&scisf=4&ct=citation&cd=-1&hl=en"
      },
      {
        "name": "EndNote",
        "link": "https://scholar.googleusercontent.com/scholar.enw?q=info:sWzmct-yYzgJ:scholar.google.com/&output=citation&scisdr=Cl8hqvP0GAA:AFtJQiwAAAAAaZ1s7Nj_zQOCRLEeLmS_6p7o4Po&scisig=AFtJQiwAAAAAaZ1s7FOWK67L02GzOpCkUKX2IbE&scisf=3&ct=citation&cd=-1&hl=en"
      },
      {
        "name": "RefMan",
        "link": "https://scholar.googleusercontent.com/scholar.ris?q=info:sWzmct-yYzgJ:scholar.google.com/&output=citation&scisdr=Cl8hqvP0GAA:AFtJQiwAAAAAaZ1s7Nj_zQOCRLEeLmS_6p7o4Po&scisig=AFtJQiwAAAAAaZ1s7FOWK67L02GzOpCkUKX2IbE&scisf=2&ct=citation&cd=-1&hl=en"
      },
      {
        "name": "RefWorks",
        "link": "https://scholar.googleusercontent.com/scholar.rfw?q=info:sWzmct-yYzgJ:scholar.google.com/&output=citation&scisdr=Cl8hqvP0GAA:AFtJQiwAAAAAaZ1s7Nj_zQOCRLEeLmS_6p7o4Po&scisig=AFtJQiwAAAAAaZ1s7FOWK67L02GzOpCkUKX2IbE&scisf=1&ct=citation&cd=-1&hl=en"
      }
    ]
  },
  "requestId": "fe178097-0cdf-4a8e-b40a-ae410217a6cd",
  "timestamp": 1771924116670
}