get_citations
Get Citations
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Retrieve citation relationships for a paper.
Returns either papers that cite the given paper (incoming) or papers
that the given paper cites (outgoing).
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| paper_id | string | yes | Unique identifier of the paper. |
| direction | string | no | Citation direction — "incoming" (papers citing this one) or "outgoing" (papers this one cites). Default "incoming". |
| limit | integer | no | Maximum number of citations to return (default 20). |
| offset | integer | no | Pagination offset. |
| token | any | no | Bearer token for authenticated requests. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"properties": {
"paper_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Unique identifier of the paper."
},
"direction": {
"default": "incoming",
"type": "string",
"description": "Citation direction — \"incoming\" (papers citing this one)\nor \"outgoing\" (papers this one cites). Default \"incoming\"."
},
"limit": {
"default": 20,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum number of citations to return (default 20)."
},
"offset": {
"default": 0,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Pagination offset."
},
"token": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"description": "Bearer token for authenticated requests."
}
},
"required": [
"paper_id"
],
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": false
}