What input does Crossref Scholarly Works — Papers by Query, Journal or DOI take?

The schema marks all 4 inputs optional. Check the field descriptions and credential requirements before running.

Does Crossref Scholarly Works — Papers by Query, Journal or DOI need an API key or login?

No input field is marked secret. Check the Actor documentation for any source access requirements.

How do I run Crossref Scholarly Works — Papers by Query, Journal or DOI?

It runs on Apify. Start it from its listing with the inputs above, or call the Apify API with the Actor's ID. Results land in a dataset you can export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read through the Apify API into your own pipeline.

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Crossref Scholarly Works — Papers by Query, Journal or DOI

Search 190M+ scholarly works via Crossref and get flat rows — title, authors, journal, publisher, year, citation count and DOI link.

Crossref Scholarly Works — Papers by Query, Journal or DOI returns 7 documented output fields, including title, journal, publisher, authors and publishedYear. Every field carries a declared type, a written description and an example value. 1 runs are recorded on Apify.

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7: Output fields
4: Inputs
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2026-10-23: Last run

01 — output

What it returns

Every field the extractor writes to its dataset, with its type, a written description and an example value.

Field	Type	What it holds	Example
title	string	Title as the source writes it.	Example title, as the source writes it
journal	string	Journal or publication the item appeared in.	Journal of Examples
publisher	string	Organisation that published the item.	Example Publishing Body
authors	string	Authors, joined into one string with a separator — see the README for which.	A. Researcher; B. Researcher
publishedYear	number	Year the work was published.	1
citedBy	number	How many later works cite this one. A citation count, not a quality measure.	96
url	string	The URL this row describes.	https://example.com/resource

02 — sample

One record

Assembled from the example values declared on the schema above, not invented at render time.

{
  "title": "Example title, as the source writes it",
  "journal": "Journal of Examples",
  "publisher": "Example Publishing Body",
  "authors": "A. Researcher; B. Researcher",
  "publishedYear": 1,
  "citedBy": 96,
  "url": "https://example.com/resource"
}

03 — input

What you give it

Input	Type	Description
query	stringoptional	Free-text search over titles, authors and abstracts.
filter	stringoptional	Crossref filter syntax, e.g. from-pub-date:2026-01-01,type:journal-article — comma separated.
maxItems	integeroptional	Stop after this many rows.
maxPages	integeroptional	Stop after this many pages.

04 — run

Run Crossref Scholarly Works on your own input

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05 — questions

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7 of 7 fields described

What does Crossref Scholarly Works — Papers by Query, Journal or DOI return?: It returns 7 documented output fields: title, journal, publisher, authors, publishedYear, citedBy and url. Each field declares its type, a description of what it holds, and an example value.
What input does Crossref Scholarly Works — Papers by Query, Journal or DOI take?: The schema marks all 4 inputs optional. Check the field descriptions and credential requirements before running.
Does Crossref Scholarly Works — Papers by Query, Journal or DOI need an API key or login?: No input field is marked secret. Check the Actor documentation for any source access requirements.
How do I run Crossref Scholarly Works — Papers by Query, Journal or DOI?: It runs on Apify. Start it from its listing with the inputs above, or call the Apify API with the Actor's ID. Results land in a dataset you can export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read through the Apify API into your own pipeline.