APIReference

Get papers that cite this paper

Get forward citations - papers in our database that cite this paper.

Returns papers where this paper appears in their bibliography (matched by arXiv ID).

Note: Only returns papers that are in our database and have been parsed. For comprehensive citation data, consider using Semantic Scholar or Google Scholar.

GET
/papers/{id}/citations

Authorization

ApiKeyAuth
x-api-key<token>

API key for authentication. Get yours at https://sciencestack.ai/settings/api

Format: sk_live_... or sk_test_...

In: header

Path Parameters

id*string

Paper ID — either arXiv ID (e.g., 1706.03762) or internal UUID

Query Parameters

limit?integer

Maximum results to return

Default100
Rangevalue <= 500
offset?integer

Pagination offset

Default0

Response Body

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

curl -X GET "https://sciencestack.ai/api/v1/papers/1706.03762/citations"
{
  "paperId": "b45966b6-d6b7-48d6-b20f-3efef4e71cb3",
  "arxivId": "string",
  "data": [
    {
      "arxivId": "string",
      "title": "string",
      "authors": "string",
      "published": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "citationCount": 0
    }
  ],
  "pagination": {
    "offset": 0,
    "limit": 0,
    "hasMore": true
  },
  "_version": "string"
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
    "message": "Invalid API key"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "PAPER_NOT_FOUND",
    "message": "Paper not found: 9999.99999"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "PAPER_LIMIT_EXCEEDED",
    "message": "Monthly paper limit reached. Upgrade at https://sciencestack.ai/pricing"
  }
}