Zenodo Search: Open Research Datasets, Papers & Software

Search Zenodo, CERN's open repository, by keyword and record type. Returns title, DOI, creators, resource type, publication date, license, access status, keywords, views/downloads and the record link. Free public API, no key.

What does Zenodo Search do?

Search Zenodo records: title, DOI, authors, type, license, publication date and download links.

What can you use it for?

• Find open datasets and code for a topic.
• Track research outputs with DOIs.
• Feed literature and dataset catalogues.
• Check license and access before reuse.

Why use this Actor?

• Fast and cheap: lightweight HTTP-based Actor with no browser, so runs finish in seconds and cost very little.
• No API keys or accounts needed for the data source (see notes below).
• Clean, structured JSON that you can export as CSV, Excel, JSON or XML, or pull through the Apify API and integrations.
• Scheduling, webhooks and integrations: run it daily and send results to Google Sheets, Slack, Zapier, Make, n8n or your own API.

Input

Configure the run in the Input tab (all fields have sensible defaults).

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
query	string	yes	-	e.g. climate, protein structure, covid dataset.
type	string (publication / dataset / software / image / video / poster / presentation / lesson)	no	-	Optional type filter.
maxResults	integer	no	50	Maximum number of results.

Example input

{
  "query": "climate",
  "maxResults": 50
}

Output

Results are stored in the default dataset. Download them from the Output tab or via the API.

Example result

{
  "id": 6050259,
  "title": "Murrayon hastatus",
  "doi": "10.5281/zenodo.6050259",
  "type": "Taxonomic treatment",
  "publicationDate": "2017-06-28",
  "creators": "Kaczmarek, Łukasz",
  "license": "cc-zero",
  "accessRight": "open",
  "keywords": "Biodiversity, Taxonomy, Animalia, Tardigrada, Eutardigrada, Parachela, Macrobiotidae, Murrayon, Murrayon hastatus",
  "views": 98,
  "downloads": 46,
  "url": "https://zenodo.org/records/6050259",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-27T05:48:29.329Z"
}

Output fields

Field	Type	Example
id	number	6050259
title	string	"Murrayon hastatus"
doi	string	"10.5281/zenodo.6050259"
type	string	"Taxonomic treatment"
publicationDate	string	"2017-06-28"
creators	string	"Kaczmarek, Łukasz"
license	string	"cc-zero"
accessRight	string	"open"
keywords	string	"Biodiversity, Taxonomy, Animalia, Tardigrada, Eutardigra...
views	number	98
downloads	number	46
url	string	"https://zenodo.org/records/6050259"
scrapedAt	string	"2026-09-27T05:48:29.329Z"

How much does it cost?

The Actor is billed by Apify according to the pricing shown on the Pricing tab of this page. Runs are small and fast, and the Apify Free plan includes monthly platform credits so you can try it at no cost. You can set a maximum cost per run, and the Actor stops cleanly when that limit is reached.

Notes and limitations

• Only publicly accessible metadata is returned.

Tips

• Start with a small test run, then scale up the input.
• Use Schedules to automate recurring runs and Webhooks or Integrations to deliver the data where you need it.
• Call the Actor from your code with the Apify API or the official JavaScript and Python clients.

FAQ

What record types exist?

Publications, datasets, software, posters, presentations, images and more.

Feedback

Found a bug or need an extra field? Open an issue from the Issues tab of this Actor and it will be looked at quickly.

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