Cell.com Search Scraper

This actor extracts research article listings from Cell.com search results. Provide a search URL and get structured article data including titles, authors, journals, publication details, and citation information.

What It Does

• Search-based Extraction: Enter any Cell.com search URL to scrape matching articles
• Automatic Pagination: Continues through multiple pages until reaching your limit
• Rich Article Data: Collects comprehensive information about each article

What You Get

Each article record includes:

• Title and full article URL
• PII (Publisher Item Identifier) for unique identification
• Journal name, volume, issue, and pages
• Publication date
• Article type (Research article, Review, etc.)
• Access type (Open Access, Open Archive, etc.)
• Author names
• PDF download link
• Scopus citation count and link when available

How to Use

1. Open Cell.com and perform your search
2. Copy the URL from your browser's address bar
3. Paste it into the searchUrl field
4. Set maxItems to control how many results to collect
5. Run the actor

Example Output

[
  {
    "searchUrl": "https://www.cell.com/action/doSearch?type=quicksearch&text1=heli&field1=AllField&pageSize=25&startPage=1",
    "pii": "S2405844022005709",
    "title": "Family function and life satisfaction of postgraduate medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic: the mediating role of meaning in life and depression",
    "articleUrl": "https://www.cell.com/heliyon/fulltext/S2405-8440(22)00570-9",
    "pdfUrl": "https://www.cell.com/heliyon/pdf/S2405-8440(22)00570-9.pdf",
    "journal": "Heliyon",
    "volume": "Vol. 8",
    "issue": "Issue 4",
    "pages": "",
    "itemDate": "Published online: April 16, 2022",
    "articleType": "Research article",
    "accessType": "access-type open-access",
    "authors": [
      "Zewen Huang",
      "Lejun Zhang",
      "Junyu Wang",
      "Lu Xu",
      "Tingting Wang",
      "Yan Tang",
      "and others"
    ],
    "scopusUrl": "https://www.cell.com/scopus/S2405-8440(22)00570-9",
    "scopusCited": "Cited in Scopus: 12",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-02-05T02:02:20.771Z"
  },
  ...
]

Use Cases

• Build research article databases and catalogs
• Track publications by topic or journal
• Collect citation data for bibliometric analysis
• Create literature review datasets from search results
• Monitor new publications in specific research areas

Tips

• Use Cell.com's built-in filters (journal, date range, article type) before copying the URL for better results
• Set a reasonable maxItems limit to balance data volume and runtime
• Articles are automatically deduplicated by PII identifier