/openalex/works/references
/openalex
/openalex/works/references
List the works referenced (cited) by a given OpenAlex work
Price: 1 credit
💡 AI Hint: List the academic works referenced (cited) by a given OpenAlex work — its bibliography. Provide the work id; returns the referenced works as full work objects, optionally sorted by relevance, citation count or publication date.
POST
/openalex/works/references
Authorizations
API token from the dashboard
Headers
Body
application/json
OpenAlex work id whose referenced (cited) works to list
Minimum string length:
1Example:
"W2741809807"
Number of referenced works to return
Required range:
x >= 1Max scrapping execution timeout (in seconds)
Required range:
20 <= x <= 1500Result ordering
Available options:
relevance_score:desc, cited_by_count:desc, cited_by_count:asc, publication_date:desc, publication_date:asc Response
Successful Response