# Preprint-to-Publication Lineage Resolver (`flintglade/preprint-publication-lineage-resolver`) Actor Resolve evidence-backed links among preprints, publications, versions, and corrections using official Crossref, Europe PMC, arXiv, bioRxiv, and medRxiv metadata. - **URL**: https://apify.com/flintglade/preprint-publication-lineage-resolver.md - **Developed by:** [Flintglade](https://apify.com/flintglade) (community) - **Categories:** Automation, Developer tools, Other - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.02 / lineage check This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Preprint-to-Publication Lineage Resolver Resolve evidence-backed links among preprints, publications, versions, corrections, and related records while keeping confirmed provider relations separate from bibliographic candidates. ### What this does not do - No plagiarism detection. - No author identity profiling. - No claim that similar titles prove publication lineage. - No full-text comparison. - No citation network crawl. - No automatic merging of works. ### Sources The Actor calls only official Crossref, Europe PMC, arXiv, and bioRxiv/medRxiv APIs. Europe PMC requests `resultType=core`; arXiv identifier work is grouped into `id_list` batches of at most 50; and bioRxiv plus medRxiv is complete only after both applicable probes terminate. It does not scrape search engines or publisher pages. Every edge carries provider evidence and a record locator. Source contracts and attribution are in `source_contracts/` and `SOURCE_POLICY.md`. ### Input Submit 1-200 works using DOI, PMID, arXiv ID, bioRxiv DOI, or title/first-author/year metadata. The smallest public input is: ```json {"works":[{"arxivId":"1706.03762","publishedDoi":"10.5555/3295222.3295349"}],"maxCandidates":5,"requireConfirmed":false,"concurrency":1} ```` The arXiv record has no official DOI or journal reference and the supplied DOI is absent from Crossref, so this example is expected to terminate without a confirmed edge. User-supplied identifier pairs are search hints, never confirmation evidence. ### Output Each work produces a submitted-work graph node, provider nodes, typed edges, confirmation state, component candidate scores, conflicts, official evidence locators, and suggested human checks. Candidate records are scored only against the submitted work; two or more surviving candidates are ambiguous. Paid graph artifacts are stored and added to the manifest only after `charged_count == 1`. A final uncharged run-summary row reports counts by substatus, warning count, and the artifact-manifest link. ### Pricing The exact primary event is `lineage-check`, priced at $0.02 per terminal work lineage. Confirmed, candidate-only, ambiguous, and definitive no-link results are chargeable. Invalid input and provider failures that prevent a terminal result are not. A 10-work run costs at most 10 × $0.02 = $0.20, plus any low platform start charge shown by Apify. ### State Version 0.1 is stateless. It writes only run-scoped dataset and key-value-store records; it does not merge works or maintain a baseline. ### Partial failures and negative results An explicit official relation can confirm a lineage when one applicable source completes; failures from other sources remain in errors and warnings. Candidate-only and ambiguous rows remain non-confirming leads. A terminal `no_link_found` claim requires at least two applicable completed sources; skipped/not-applicable providers do not count. The combined bioRxiv/medRxiv adapter is terminal only after both probes terminate and preserves each probe's real status. `requireConfirmed` preserves candidates but marks a deterministic refusal. ### Resources Minimum 256 MB, default 512 MB, maximum 1024 MB, and hosted timeout 300 seconds. Concurrency is limited to 8 and provider bodies to 3 MB. Two hundred arXiv identifiers require at most four paced `id_list` requests. ### Data handling Inputs and official response-derived metadata are processed for the run. No credentials are accepted. Delete the run dataset and key-value store in Apify to remove retained outputs. See `PRIVACY.md`. ### Rights and attribution Metadata rights and availability remain with each provider. Outputs preserve source attribution and do not redistribute full text. See `SOURCE_POLICY.md`. ### Limitations Provider metadata can lag or conflict. Similarity scores are leads, not identity proof. Confirmed status requires an explicit official relation or canonical identifier identity. ### Acceptance evidence The checked-in acceptance corpus contains hash-verified official response fixtures, 30 reviewer-labelled explicit pairs with per-pair source/index/field provenance, 20 stored reviewed negatives, and named title/total threshold-boundary cases. Tests compute confirmed-edge precision from emitted graph edges rather than reconstructing expected output from resolver behavior. ### Support and changelog Email support@flintglade.com. See `SUPPORT.md` and `CHANGELOG.md`. # Actor input Schema ## `inputSchemaVersion` (type: `integer`): Fixed input contract version; leave set to 1. ## `works` (type: `array`): Scholarly works to resolve. Runtime validation requires at least one identifier or title per object. ## `candidateSources` (type: `array`): Official APIs to query; at least two applicable sources must terminate before billing. ## `maxCandidates` (type: `integer`): Maximum candidate edges returned per work. ## `requireConfirmed` (type: `boolean`): Return candidates but mark refusal when no confirmed relation exists. ## `includeVersions` (type: `boolean`): Retain arXiv and provider version identifiers in graph nodes. ## `concurrency` (type: `integer`): Maximum work-level concurrency from 1 through 8; arXiv requests remain globally paced. ## Actor input object example ```json { "inputSchemaVersion": 1, "works": [ { "arxivId": "1706.03762", "publishedDoi": "10.5555/3295222.3295349" } ], "candidateSources": [ "crossref", "europe_pmc", "arxiv", "biorxiv" ], "maxCandidates": 10, "requireConfirmed": false, "includeVersions": true, "concurrency": 4 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `defaultDataset` (type: `string`): No description ## `artifactManifest` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "works": [ { "arxivId": "1706.03762", "publishedDoi": "10.5555/3295222.3295349" } ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("flintglade/preprint-publication-lineage-resolver").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "works": [{ "arxivId": "1706.03762", "publishedDoi": "10.5555/3295222.3295349", }] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("flintglade/preprint-publication-lineage-resolver").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "works": [ { "arxivId": "1706.03762", "publishedDoi": "10.5555/3295222.3295349" } ] }' | apify call flintglade/preprint-publication-lineage-resolver --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=flintglade/preprint-publication-lineage-resolver", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Preprint-to-Publication Lineage Resolver", "description": "Resolve evidence-backed links among preprints, publications, versions, and corrections using official Crossref, Europe PMC, arXiv, bioRxiv, and medRxiv metadata.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "4XY2gXDJ3OUunW9Y5" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/flintglade~preprint-publication-lineage-resolver/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-flintglade-preprint-publication-lineage-resolver", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/flintglade~preprint-publication-lineage-resolver/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-flintglade-preprint-publication-lineage-resolver", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/flintglade~preprint-publication-lineage-resolver/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-flintglade-preprint-publication-lineage-resolver", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "works" ], "properties": { "inputSchemaVersion": { "title": "Input schema version", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Fixed input contract version; leave set to 1.", "default": 1 }, "works": { "title": "Works", "minItems": 1, "maxItems": 200, "type": "array", "description": "Scholarly works to resolve. Runtime validation requires at least one identifier or title per object.", "items": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "doi": { "title": "DOI", "description": "Known DOI for the work.", "type": "string", "maxLength": 300 }, "publishedDoi": { "title": "Published DOI", "description": "Possible published DOI search hint; never confirmation by itself.", "type": "string", "maxLength": 300 }, "pmid": { "title": "PMID", "description": "PubMed identifier containing digits only.", "type": "string", "pattern": "^[0-9]+$" }, "arxivId": { "title": "arXiv ID", "description": "Modern or legacy arXiv identifier, optionally with a version suffix.", "type": "string", "maxLength": 100 }, "biorxivDoi": { "title": "bioRxiv or medRxiv DOI", "description": "Preprint DOI registered by bioRxiv or medRxiv.", "type": "string", "maxLength": 300 }, "title": { "title": "Title", "description": "Bibliographic title used only for candidate discovery.", "type": "string", "minLength": 3, "maxLength": 1000 }, "firstAuthor": { "title": "First author", "description": "First-author search hint used only for candidate scoring.", "type": "string", "maxLength": 200 }, "year": { "title": "Year", "description": "Publication or preprint year search hint.", "type": "integer", "minimum": 1900, "maximum": 2100 } } } }, "candidateSources": { "title": "Official candidate sources", "minItems": 1, "uniqueItems": true, "type": "array", "description": "Official APIs to query; at least two applicable sources must terminate before billing.", "items": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "crossref", "europe_pmc", "arxiv", "biorxiv" ] }, "default": [ "crossref", "europe_pmc", "arxiv", "biorxiv" ] }, "maxCandidates": { "title": "Maximum candidates", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 20, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum candidate edges returned per work.", "default": 10 }, "requireConfirmed": { "title": "Require confirmed", "type": "boolean", "description": "Return candidates but mark refusal when no confirmed relation exists.", "default": false }, "includeVersions": { "title": "Include versions", "type": "boolean", "description": "Retain arXiv and provider version identifiers in graph nodes.", "default": true }, "concurrency": { "title": "Concurrency", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 8, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum work-level concurrency from 1 through 8; arXiv requests remain globally paced.", "default": 4 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```