Returns a Google Scholar author profile: name, affiliations, verified email domain, website, interests and thumbnail, the cited-by metrics table (citations, h-index and i10-index, all and recent), the annual citation graph, public-access counts when the author page shows them, the co-author preview on the profile page, and the article list. Articles support offset pagination via start and num, and title or publication-date sorting via sort.
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Endpoint
Parameters
Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.
Runnable path
1 required parameter needed before sending a request.
4 optional filters available.
string
Required
Google Scholar author ID, e.g. the LSsXyncAAAAJ in /citations?user=LSsXyncAAAAJ.
LSsXyncAAAAJ
string
Optional
Two-letter interface language, optionally with a region. Defaults to en.
en
integer
Optional
Zero-based article offset from 0 to 990. Defaults to 0.
0
integer
Optional
Articles per request from 1 to 100. Defaults to 20.
10
string
Optional
Order articles by title or by publication date (pubdate). Defaults to Scholar relevance order.
relevance
Request Examples
<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/google/scholar/author?user=LSsXyncAAAAJ&hl=en",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
$response = Http::timeout(30)
->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
->get('https://scrappa.co/api/google/scholar/author?user=LSsXyncAAAAJ&hl=en');
if ($response->successful()) {
echo $response->body();
} else {
echo "Error: " . $response->status();
}
const options = {
method: 'GET',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
}
};
fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/google/scholar/author?user=LSsXyncAAAAJ&hl=en', options)
.then(response => {
if (!response.ok) {
throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
}
return response.text();
})
.then(data => console.log(data))
.catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
const axios = require('axios');
const options = {
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/google/scholar/author?user=LSsXyncAAAAJ&hl=en',
headers: {
x-api-key: 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
};
try {
const response = await axios(options);
console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error:', error.message);
}
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
uri = URI.parse("https://scrappa.co/api/google/scholar/author?user=LSsXyncAAAAJ&hl=en")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
begin
response = http.request(request)
puts response.body
rescue => e
puts "Error: #{e.message}"
end
import http.client
import json
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("scrappa.co")
headers = {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
try:
conn.request("GET", "/api/google/scholar/author?user=LSsXyncAAAAJ&hl=en", headers=headers)
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()
print(data.decode("utf-8"))
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
finally:
conn.close()
import requests
headers = {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
try:
response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/google/scholar/author?user=LSsXyncAAAAJ&hl=en', headers=headers)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.Response;
import java.io.IOException;
public class ApiExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("https://scrappa.co/api/google/scholar/author?user=LSsXyncAAAAJ&hl=en")
.addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
.build();
try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
if (response.isSuccessful()) {
System.out.println(response.body().string());
} else {
System.out.println("Error: " + response.code());
}
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
}
}
}
package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io/ioutil"
)
func main() {
client := &http.Client{}
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/google/scholar/author?user=LSsXyncAAAAJ&hl=en", nil)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error creating request:", err)
return
}
req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error making request:", err)
return
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error reading response:", err)
return
}
fmt.Println(string(body))
}
#!/bin/bash
curl -X GET \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
"https://scrappa.co/api/google/scholar/author?user=LSsXyncAAAAJ&hl=en"
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
class Program
{
static async Task Main()
{
using var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE");
try
{
var response = await client.SendAsync(new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://scrappa.co/api/google/scholar/author?user=LSsXyncAAAAJ&hl=en"));
var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine(content);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}");
}
}
}
import axios from 'axios';
async function run(): Promise<void> {
try {
const response = await axios({
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/google/scholar/author?user=LSsXyncAAAAJ&hl=en',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
},
});
console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error:', error);
}
}
void run();
use reqwest::Client;
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
let client = Client::new();
let response = client
.get("https://scrappa.co/api/google/scholar/author?user=LSsXyncAAAAJ&hl=en")
.header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
.send()
.await?;
println!("{}", response.text().await?);
Ok(())
}
Response Schema
Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.
Example response fields
Scan these fields before integrating.
success
data
meta
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"search_parameters": {
"engine": "google_scholar_author",
"user": "LSsXyncAAAAJ",
"hl": "en",
"start": 0,
"num": 20,
"sort": null
},
"author": {
"name": "Cliff Meyer",
"affiliations": "Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health",
"website": null,
"interests": [
{
"title": "Computational Biology",
"link": "https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&hl=en&mauthors=label:computational_biology"
}
],
"thumbnail": null
},
"cited_by": {
"citations": {
"all": 42528,
"since": 20877
},
"h_index": {
"all": 58,
"since": 45
},
"i10_index": {
"all": 84,
"since": 70
}
},
"graph": [
{
"year": 2006,
"citations": 150
}
],
"public_access": {
"available": 74,
"not_available": 1
},
"articles": [
{
"title": "Model-based analysis of ChIP-Seq (MACS)",
"link": "https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=LSsXyncAAAAJ&citation_for_view=LSsXyncAAAAJ:2osOgNQ5qMEC",
"citation_id": "LSsXyncAAAAJ:2osOgNQ5qMEC",
"authors": "Y Zhang, T Liu, CA Meyer, J Eeckhoute, DS Johnson, BE Bernstein, ...",
"publication": "Genome biology 9 (9), R137, 2008",
"cited_by": {
"value": 21495,
"link": "https://scholar.google.com/scholar?oi=bibs&hl=en&cites=14252090027271643524",
"cites_id": "14252090027271643524"
},
"year": 2008
}
],
"co_authors": [
{
"name": "Xiaole Shirley Liu",
"affiliation": "CEO, GV20 Therapeutics",
"verified_email": "ds.dfci.harvard.edu",
"link": "https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8XNfVucAAAAJ&hl=en"
}
],
"pagination": {
"start": 0,
"num": 20,
"next_start": 20
}
},
"meta": {
"duration_ms": 974
}
}
Errors
Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.
Validation Error
One or more author parameters are invalid. This response is not billable.
Author Not Found
Google Scholar does not know this author ID. This response is not billable.
Unexpected Source Response
Scholar markup could not be normalized safely. This response is not billable.
Scholar Unavailable
The upstream service is temporarily unavailable. Please retry shortly.
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