# Google Scholar Cite API

{% hint style="success" %}
To enable this engine, set the **`engine=google_scholar_cite`** parameter.
{% endhint %}

In Google Scholar, authors are allowed to publish their citation metrics, which get automatically updated. With the Google Scholar Cite API you can easily scrape these results by simply passing the [**General API Parameters**](https://docs.webscrapingapi.com/getting-started/api-parameters#google-api-general-parameters) and the [query parameter](#1-query-parameter).

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### Google Scholar Cite API Integration Examples

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

```
https://serpapi.webscrapingapi.com/v1?engine=google_scholar_cite&api_key=<YOUR_API_KEY>&q=FDc6HiktlqEJ
```

### Ready to Use Google Scholar Cite API Scraping Scripts

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="cURL" %}

```bash
curl --request GET --url "https://serpapi.webscrapingapi.com/v1?engine=google_scholar_cite&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=FDc6HiktlqEJ"
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="NodeJS" %}

```javascript
const http = require("https");

const options = {
  "method": "GET",
  "hostname": "serpapi.webscrapingapi.com",
  "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();
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("serpapi.webscrapingapi.com")

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"))
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="PHP" %}

```php
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://serpapi.webscrapingapi.com/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;
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Go" %}

```go
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://serpapi.webscrapingapi.com/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))

}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Java" %}

```java
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://serpapi.webscrapingapi.com/v1?engine=google_scholar_cite&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=FDc6HiktlqEJ")
  .asString();
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title=".NET" %}

```csharp
var client = new RestClient("https://serpapi.webscrapingapi.com/v1?engine=google_scholar_cite&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=FDc6HiktlqEJ");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Ruby" %}

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'openssl'

url = URI("https://serpapi.webscrapingapi.com/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
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Google Scholar Cite API Parameter

#### #1: Query Parameter

<table><thead><tr><th width="187">Parameter</th><th width="107" align="center">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>q</code><br><mark style="color:red;background-color:red;">Required</mark></td><td align="center"><code>string</code></td><td>The keywords that you are searching for on Google (the query).</td></tr></tbody></table>

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

```
https://serpapi.webscrapingapi.com/v1?engine=google_scholar_cite&api_key=<YOUR_API_KEY>&q=<CITATION_ID>
```

<details>

<summary>Response Example</summary>

```javascript
{
 "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"
  }
 ]
}
```

</details>