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POST
/
api
/
openalex
/
works
/
citations
/openalex/works/citations
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.anysite.io/api/openalex/works/citations \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'access-token: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "work": "<string>",
  "count": 2,
  "timeout": 300
}
'
[
  {
    "id": "<string>",
    "@type": "@openalex_work",
    "doi": "<string>",
    "title": "",
    "publication_year": 123,
    "publication_date": "<string>",
    "language": "<string>",
    "type": "<string>",
    "pmid": "<string>",
    "mag_id": "<string>",
    "cited_by_count": 0,
    "fwci": 123,
    "referenced_works_count": 0,
    "is_retracted": false,
    "is_oa": true,
    "oa_status": "<string>",
    "oa_url": "<string>",
    "indexed_in": [],
    "citation_normalized_percentile": {
      "@type": "@openalex_citation_percentile",
      "value": 123,
      "is_in_top_1_percent": true,
      "is_in_top_10_percent": true
    },
    "abstract": "<string>",
    "primary_location": {
      "@type": "@openalex_work_location",
      "is_oa": true,
      "landing_page_url": "<string>",
      "pdf_url": "<string>",
      "license": "<string>",
      "version": "<string>",
      "source": {
        "@type": "@openalex_work_source",
        "id": "<string>",
        "display_name": "<string>",
        "issn_l": "<string>",
        "type": "<string>",
        "is_oa": true,
        "is_in_doaj": true,
        "host_organization_name": "<string>"
      }
    },
    "best_oa_location": {
      "@type": "@openalex_work_location",
      "is_oa": true,
      "landing_page_url": "<string>",
      "pdf_url": "<string>",
      "license": "<string>",
      "version": "<string>",
      "source": {
        "@type": "@openalex_work_source",
        "id": "<string>",
        "display_name": "<string>",
        "issn_l": "<string>",
        "type": "<string>",
        "is_oa": true,
        "is_in_doaj": true,
        "host_organization_name": "<string>"
      }
    },
    "biblio": {
      "@type": "@openalex_biblio",
      "volume": "<string>",
      "issue": "<string>",
      "first_page": "<string>",
      "last_page": "<string>"
    },
    "primary_topic": {
      "id": "<string>",
      "@type": "@openalex_topic",
      "display_name": "",
      "score": 123,
      "works_count": 123,
      "topic_share": 123,
      "subfield": "<string>",
      "field": "<string>",
      "domain": "<string>"
    },
    "authorships": [],
    "corresponding_author_ids": [],
    "topics": [],
    "keywords": [],
    "concepts": [],
    "mesh": [],
    "funders": [],
    "sustainable_development_goals": [],
    "referenced_works": [],
    "related_works": [],
    "counts_by_year": []
  }
]

Authorizations

access-token
string
header
required

API token from the dashboard

Headers

access-token
string
required

Body

application/json
work
string
required

OpenAlex work id whose citing works to list

Minimum string length: 1
Example:

"W2741809807"

count
integer
required

Number of citing works to return

Required range: x >= 1
timeout
integer
default:300

Max scrapping execution timeout (in seconds)

Required range: 20 <= x <= 1500
sort
enum<string> | null

Result ordering

Available options:
relevance_score:desc,
cited_by_count:desc,
cited_by_count:asc,
publication_date:desc,
publication_date:asc

Response

Successful Response

id
string
required
@type
string
default:@openalex_work
doi
string | null
title
string
default:""
publication_year
integer | null
publication_date
string | null
language
string | null
type
string | null
pmid
string | null
mag_id
string | null
cited_by_count
integer
default:0
fwci
number | null
referenced_works_count
integer
default:0
is_retracted
boolean
default:false
is_oa
boolean | null
oa_status
string | null
oa_url
string | null
indexed_in
string[]
citation_normalized_percentile
OpenalexCitationPercentile · object
abstract
string | null
primary_location
OpenalexWorkLocation · object
best_oa_location
OpenalexWorkLocation · object
biblio
OpenalexBiblio · object
primary_topic
OpenalexTopic · object
authorships
OpenalexAuthorship · object[]
corresponding_author_ids
string[]
topics
OpenalexTopic · object[]
keywords
OpenalexKeyword · object[]
concepts
OpenalexConcept · object[]
mesh
OpenalexMeshTerm · object[]
funders
OpenalexFunder · object[]
sustainable_development_goals
OpenalexSdg · object[]
referenced_works
string[]
counts_by_year
OpenalexCountByYear · object[]