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Google Scholar | Research Papers, Citations & Author Profiles

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POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/johnvc~google-scholar-api/run-sync-get-dataset-items

Scrape Google Scholar at scale. Search research papers, get citation formats (MLA, APA, Chicago, BibTeX), author profiles with h-index and i10-index, list an author's publications, view per-article citation history, & map co-author networks. Six modes in one for lit reviews, bibliometrics, & agents.

Price$0.015per search query + $0.00001 per run

Run success100%

2,021 runs in 30 days, per Apify

Score85Grade A

Paid usage, 30 days60users · 2,021 runs

How to buy

An Apify actor. Agents pay with an Apify prepaid token bought over x402 (USD stablecoin on Base or Solana) from agi.apify.com: $1 minimum, valid 14 days, unused balance not refunded. No Apify account is needed. Send the token as a bearer token and the actor's input as JSON; the response is its results.

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/johnvc~google-scholar-api/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
 -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_PREPAID_TOKEN" \
 -H "content-type: application/json" -d '{ ... actor input ... }'

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