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Academic Papers Scraper – arXiv, PubMed, OpenAlex & Crossref

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Search academic papers in arXiv, PubMed, OpenAlex, Crossref and Semantic Scholar with one query - a Google Scholar alternative with no captchas. Get titles, authors, abstracts, DOIs, citation counts, venues and open-access PDF links. Filter by year, sort by citations, look up DOI lists.

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$1.00 / 1,000 papers

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You can access the Academic Papers Scraper – arXiv, PubMed, OpenAlex & Crossref programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

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1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "query": "large language models",
10    "sources": [
11        "openalex",
12        "arxiv",
13        "crossref",
14        "pubmed",
15        "semanticScholar",
16    ],
17    "maxItems": 10,
18}
19
20# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
21run = client.actor("openharvest/academic-papers-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
22
23# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
24print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
25for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
26    print(item)
27
28# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Academic Papers Scraper – arXiv, PubMed & OpenAlex API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Academic Papers Scraper – arXiv, PubMed, OpenAlex & Crossref API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

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