📚 SSRN Scraper

Want SSRN research papers and preprints in a spreadsheet? This scraper makes it easy.

Use structured filters — better for AI agents — or paste an input_url. When input_url is set it overrides the filters.

SSRN is a large open research library for working papers and early-stage research. This actor returns up to 2000 rows per run.

💡 Perfect for...

• Researchers: Export titles, authors, and abstract snippets for a keyword or network.
• Dashboards: Track new SSRN hits without paging the site.
• Market research: Slice preprints by subject network or search phrase.
• Data analysts: Export structured rows with public paper URLs.
• 🤖 AI Agents: Power Claude, Cursor, Codex, the Hermes Agent, and OpenClaw workflows with live SSRN results.
• 📚 RAG Systems: Feed titles, authors, and abstract snippets into retrieval pipelines.
• 🔗 AI Workflows: Plug into LangChain, AutoGPT, CrewAI, and similar stacks.

✨ Why you'll love this scraper

• 🔗 Input URL or Filters: Paste an SSRN search, network, or paper URL, or pick the same filters as the site. input_url always wins when set.
• 🎯 Website-Matched Filters: Keyword and subject / network from the homepage picker.
• 🌐 Listing cards: Title, authors, date, and an abstract snippet when the card shows one.

📦 What's inside the data?

id, url, title, authors, date, abstract

🚀 Quick start

Option A: paste https://www.ssrn.com/. Option B: type a keyword or pick a network and set max_results.

Input Example (filters):

{
  "query": "finance",
  "subject": "ern",
  "max_results": 100
}

Input Example (URL):

{
  "input_url": "https://www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en/ern/",
  "max_results": 100
}

Output Example:

{
  "id": "4812937",
  "url": "https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4812937",
  "title": "Corporate Finance and Market Structure",
  "authors": "Jane Example, John Example",
  "date": "2026-03-12T00:00:00Z",
  "abstract": "We study how early-stage research papers spread across open networks..."
}

Output fields:

Field	Description
id	SSRN paper id.
url	Public paper page.
title	Paper title.
authors	Author names when shown on the card.
date	Posted or revised date as a full date and time when shown.
abstract	Short abstract text when the card shows one.

📋 Input reference

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
input_url	string	No	—	SSRN search, network, or paper URL. Overrides every filter.
query	string	No	—	Same as the site search box.
subject	dropdown	No	all	Research network from the homepage picker.
max_results	integer	No	50	Maximum rows (1–2000).