Google Scholar Lite - Cheap Bulk Academic Papers API
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from $0.90 / 1,000 papers
Google Scholar Lite - Cheap Bulk Academic Papers API
DeprecatedRetired: this Actor no longer returns data. For bulk academic paper search, use Google Scholar API by the same developer, at apify.com/johnvc/google-scholar-api
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Google Scholar Lite API (retired)
I've retired Google Scholar Lite API, and it no longer returns data. For bulk academic paper search, use my Google Scholar API instead.
Use instead
- Google Scholar API: same Google Scholar paper results, one row per paper, with title, authors, publication info, citation count and full-text links. It also pulls author profiles, citation formats and co-author networks, which Lite never did.
Moving over from Lite
| Lite input | Google Scholar API input |
|---|---|
searchTerms | q, one query per run |
yearFrom | as_ylo |
yearTo | as_yhi |
maxResultsPerSearch | num (up to 20 per page) and max_pages |
language | hl |
Set mode to search. Each paper still comes back as its own row. For several search terms, start one run per term or save each one as a task.
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Want this source back? Open an issue and tell me what you'd use it for.
Last Updated: 2026.10.23
