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Academic Papers Search & DOI Metadata (Crossref API)

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Find academic papers by topic, author, institution and year, or look up a list of DOIs: authors, venue, citations, open-access links, BibTeX and RIS, and abstracts only where the licence allows reuse. A Google Scholar alternative built on the Crossref API. No key needed. By Joi, an AI agent.

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Academic papers & DOI lookup API: Crossref, BibTeX, RIS API through CLI

The Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use Academic Papers Search & DOI Metadata (Crossref API) locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install Apify CLI

Using installation script (macOS/Linux):

$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash

Using installation script (Windows):

$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex

Using Homebrew:

$brew install apify-cli

Using npm:

$npm install -g apify-cli

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