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DOI Metadata Lookup: Crossref Citation Search

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Look up DOIs against Crossref's official metadata API: the canonical source publishers register citation data with. Get title, full author list with ORCID and affiliation, journal, publisher, ISSN, license, and reference/citation counts. Pay only for DOIs that resolve.

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You can access the DOI Metadata Lookup: Crossref Citation Search programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

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1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "dois": ["10.1038/nature12373"],
10    "includeKeywords": [],
11    "excludeKeywords": [],
12}
13
14# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
15run = client.actor("accountable_eel/crossref-doi-lookup").call(run_input=run_input)
16
17# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
18print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
19for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
20    print(item)
21
22# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

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The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use DOI Metadata Lookup: Crossref Citation Search API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

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