scholar-citations

To find references and citations for a research paper, you can fetch its citation graph from the OpenAlex API using identifiers like DOIs, arXiv IDs, or PMIDs to retrieve both prior works and citing articles.

Yes, you can trace citations using a DOI or arXiv ID. The tool automatically normalizes OpenAlex W-ids, DOIs, arXiv IDs, PMIDs, and related URLs to fetch the correct citation data.

The best way to filter citing papers by year and citation count is to apply minimum publication year and minimum citation count limits during the OpenAlex API query to surface high-signal follow-ups.

You need a Python 3.11+ runtime and internet access to api.openalex.org to fetch OpenAlex citation data. An optional OPENALEX_EMAIL can be provided for polite-pool identification in the User-Agent.

Citation graph traversal aids literature discovery and gap analysis by mapping a manuscript's intellectual ancestry and descendants, allowing you to identify key prior work and influential follow-ups for reviewer context.

A limitation when fetching large citation graphs from OpenAlex is that results are constrained by applied limits, minimum publication year, and minimum citation count filters to manage the volume of returned references and citing works.