Crossref Scraper: DOIs, Citations & Journal Metadata
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from $1.50 / 1,000 works
Scrape 150M+ scholarly works from Crossref: DOIs, authors, journals & citation counts by topic, year and type. Clean structured JSON for bibliometrics, literature reviews and RAG. No API key. Use it as an MCP server in Claude, ChatGPT & AI agents.
You can access the Crossref Scraper: DOIs, Citations & Journal Metadata programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.
1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token5const client = new ApifyClient({6 token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',7});8
9// Prepare Actor input10const input = {11 "query": "large language models",12 "maxResults": 2513};14
15// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish16const run = await client.actor("themineworks/crossref-scholarly-metadata").call(input);17
18// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)19console.log('Results from dataset');20console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);21const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();22items.forEach((item) => {23 console.dir(item);24});25
26// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docsThe Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use Crossref Scraper: DOIs, Citations & Journal Metadata API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$npm install apify-clientOther API clients include: