Zenodo Scraper

Extract research records from Zenodo — CERN's open-access repository with 3M+ scholarly outputs including publications, datasets, software, posters, presentations, and more. No API key required.

What Does Zenodo Scraper Do?

Zenodo Scraper gives you structured access to the Zenodo research repository via its public REST API. You can:

• Search the full Zenodo catalog by any keyword or phrase
• Filter by resource type (dataset, paper, software, etc.), access rights, date range, and sort order
• Fetch a specific record by its Zenodo ID or DOI
• Browse all records belonging to a Zenodo community

Each record includes the title, authors, description, keywords, resource type, access rights, license, publication date, community membership, file counts, and the direct Zenodo URL.

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Output Fields

Field	Type	Description
zenodoId	Integer	Zenodo numeric record identifier
doi	String	Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
title	String	Record title
creators	Array	List of creators with name, affiliation, orcid
description	String	Abstract or description (HTML stripped)
keywords	Array	Author-supplied keywords
resourceType	String	Type of resource (publication, dataset, software, etc.)
subtype	String	Sub-type (e.g. article, preprint, figure)
accessRight	String	Access level (open, closed, embargoed, restricted)
license	String	License identifier (e.g. cc-by-4.0)
publicationDate	String	Publication date (YYYY-MM-DD)
communities	Array	Zenodo community IDs this record belongs to
fileCount	Integer	Number of attached files
totalFileSizeBytes	Integer	Total size of all attached files in bytes
zenodoUrl	String	Direct URL to the record on zenodo.org
scrapedAt	String	UTC timestamp when the record was scraped

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Input Configuration

Modes

Mode	Description
search	Full-text search across all Zenodo records
byRecordId	Fetch one specific record by its Zenodo numeric ID
byCommunity	Browse all records within a specific Zenodo community
byDOI	Find a record by its DOI string

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
mode	Enum	search	Operating mode
query	String	—	Search query (mode=search)
recordId	String	—	Zenodo record ID (mode=byRecordId)
communityId	String	—	Community slug (mode=byCommunity)
doi	String	—	Full DOI (mode=byDOI)
resourceType	Enum	Any	Filter by type (publication, dataset, software, etc.)
accessRight	Enum	Any	Filter by access (open, closed, embargoed, restricted)
sortBy	Enum	bestmatch	Sort order for results
fromDate	String	—	Filter by publication date ≥ (YYYY-MM-DD)
toDate	String	—	Filter by publication date ≤ (YYYY-MM-DD)
maxItems	Integer	50	Maximum number of records to return (1–1000)

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Example Inputs

Search for climate change datasets

{
  "mode": "search",
  "query": "climate change",
  "resourceType": "dataset",
  "accessRight": "open",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Fetch a specific record by ID

{
  "mode": "byRecordId",
  "recordId": "10234567"
}

Browse a community

{
  "mode": "byCommunity",
  "communityId": "zenodo",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Find by DOI

{
  "mode": "byDOI",
  "doi": "10.5281/zenodo.10234567"
}

Search within a date range

{
  "mode": "search",
  "query": "machine learning",
  "fromDate": "2023-01-01",
  "toDate": "2024-12-31",
  "sortBy": "mostrecent",
  "maxItems": 200
}

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Use Cases

• Literature reviews: Collect papers and preprints across any research domain
• Dataset discovery: Find open datasets for any scientific field
• Software citation: Locate software deposits and their metadata
• Community monitoring: Track new uploads to specific Zenodo communities
• Open science analytics: Analyze publication trends, license adoption, and access patterns
• Research metadata enrichment: Enrich reference lists with full Zenodo metadata

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Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need a Zenodo account or API key? No. Zenodo's public API is free and requires no authentication.

How many records can I scrape? Up to 1,000 records per run. For larger datasets, Zenodo provides OAI-PMH and full data dumps at zenodo.org/oai2d.

What does the open access right mean? Open access records have files freely available to download. Closed and restricted records may only return metadata.

Can I search by author name? Yes — use the query field with Elasticsearch syntax: author:"Smith, John" or creators.name:Smith.

Are file download URLs included? Not directly. Use the zenodoId to construct the API URL: https://zenodo.org/api/records/{zenodoId}/files.

How fresh is the data? Zenodo's API serves live data. Records scraped reflect the current state of the repository.

What communities are available? Visit zenodo.org/communities to browse thousands of communities across all scientific disciplines.