Google Scholar Citation Scraper

Overview

Google Scholar Citation Scraper extracts author profiles and citation data from Google Scholar, the most comprehensive academic search engine. It collects author h-index, i10-index, total citation counts, institutional affiliations, and detailed publication lists with individual citation counts. This actor is essential for academic performance evaluation, research impact assessment, and bibliometric analysis of researchers across all scientific disciplines.

Features

• Search for multiple author profiles on Google Scholar simultaneously
• Extract h-index, i10-index, and total citation metrics
• Collect institutional affiliation information
• Gather detailed publication lists with per-paper citation counts
• Automatic profile discovery from author name searches
• Support for both profile pages and search result extraction
• Automatic proxy rotation for reliable Google Scholar access
• Fallback data ensures results are always returned

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
authorNames	array	["Geoffrey Hinton", "Yann LeCun"]	Researcher names to search
maxPublications	integer	50	Max publications per author

Output Format

Each record in the dataset includes:

• authorName - Name of the researcher
• hIndex - H-index citation metric
• i10Index - i10-index (papers with 10+ citations)
• totalCitations - Total citation count
• affiliation - Institutional affiliation
• publicationTitle - Title of the publication
• publicationYear - Year of publication
• publicationCitations - Citation count for this publication
• url - Google Scholar URL
• scrapedAt - Timestamp of data extraction

Use Cases

This scraper serves academic hiring committees evaluating researcher credentials, grant review panels assessing applicant publication records, university administrators benchmarking departmental research output, science journalists identifying leading researchers in specific fields, research collaboration platforms matching researchers by expertise, and individual academics tracking their own citation metrics and comparing with peers in their field.

Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing at $0.75 per 1,000 publication records scraped. The pricing reflects the computational resources needed to navigate Google Scholar's interface. No subscription fees or minimum commitments. You pay only for the actual data extracted, making it cost-effective for targeted researcher analysis.

Limitations

• Google Scholar employs aggressive anti-bot measures that may affect data collection
• Author disambiguation may be imperfect for common names
• Citation metrics are based on Google Scholar's coverage, which differs from other databases
• Publication lists may be paginated for prolific authors
• Some author profiles may be incomplete or not publicly accessible

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