OpenCitations Quick Citation Graph
Scrape the OpenCitations INDEX (1.6B links) by DOI. Get all citing papers, cited references, dates and self citation flags. No API key. Free tier. Works in Claude, ChatGPT and any MCP agent for citation graphs and literature reviews.
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Start the "OpenCitations Quick Citation Graph" task
The OpenCitations Scraper | Citations & References by DOI Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like DOIs to look up and max results per doi, to match your specific use case.
Receive the "OpenCitations Quick Citation Graph" output
Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as source doi, direction, citing doi, and more.
Integrate into your workflow
The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also run the "OpenCitations Quick Citation Graph" task via API.
