Academic Research Data API
Collect metadata from research papers, citation networks, and academic databases for literature reviews and scientometric analysis.
How It Works
Target academic sources
Access public research repositories, preprint servers, and academic search engines.
Extract paper metadata
Pull titles, authors, abstracts, citation counts, and publication details from research listings.
Build research datasets
Create citation graphs, topic maps, and literature databases for systematic reviews.
Quick Start
curl -X POST https://alterlab.io/api/v1/scrape \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"url": "https://arxiv.org/search/?query=machine+learning",
"extract": {
"papers": [{
"title": "string",
"authors": "string[]",
"abstract": "string",
"date": "string",
"arxiv_id": "string"
}]
}
}'Need an API key? — no credit card required.
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Pricing
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Your first scrape.
Sixty seconds.
$1 free credit — up to 5,000 scrapes. No credit card.
Just a POST request.
No credit card required · $1 free credit, up to 5,000 scrapes · Balance never expires