ieeexplore.ieee.org APIieeexplore.ieee.org ↗
Search and retrieve academic papers, journal metadata, full-text sections, and reference lists from IEEE Xplore's digital library via a structured REST API.
curl -X GET 'https://api.parse.bot/scraper/494809ae-a9d9-4264-aeaa-a0655dd58dbc/search_papers?rows=5&query=machine+learning' \ -H 'X-API-Key: $PARSE_API_KEY'
Search for papers, journals, and conferences by keyword query. Returns paginated results with article metadata including titles, authors, abstracts, citation counts, and publication info.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| page | integer | Page number (starts at 1) |
| rows | integer | Results per page (max 100) |
| queryrequired | string | Search keyword or phrase |
| sort_type | string | Sort order: relevance, newest, oldest, most-cited, paper-citations |
{
"type": "object",
"fields": {
"records": "array of article objects with articleTitle, articleNumber, authors, publicationYear, citationCount, abstract, doi, and more",
"totalPages": "integer total number of pages",
"totalRecords": "integer total number of matching results"
},
"sample": {
"data": {
"records": [
{
"doi": "10.1109/ISML60050.2024.11007439",
"authors": [
{
"preferredName": "Nadimpalli Madana Kailash Varma"
}
],
"abstract": "In bustling urban cities...",
"contentType": "IEEE Conferences",
"articleTitle": "Machine Learning-Enabled Smart Transit: Real-Time Bus Tracking System for Enhanced Urban Mobility",
"articleNumber": "11007439",
"citationCount": 3,
"publicationYear": "2024"
}
],
"totalPages": 60000,
"totalRecords": 497265
},
"status": "success"
}
}About the ieeexplore.ieee.org API
The IEEE Xplore API exposes 6 endpoints for searching and retrieving scholarly content from the IEEE digital library, covering conference papers, journals, and magazines. With search_papers you can query by keyword and sort by relevance, citation count, or publication date. Individual papers return over a dozen metadata fields including DOI, author affiliations, ORCID identifiers, keyword groups, and citation metrics.
Search and Paper Metadata
The search_papers endpoint accepts a required query string and supports pagination via page and rows (up to 100 results per page). The sort_type parameter accepts relevance, newest, oldest, most-cited, or paper-citations. Each record in the records array includes articleTitle, articleNumber, authors, publicationYear, citationCount, abstract, doi, and publication details. The totalRecords and totalPages fields let you walk through the full result set systematically.
Per-Paper Detail and Full Text
get_paper_details takes an article_number and returns a richer payload: isOpenAccess flag, keywords grouped by type (e.g. IEEE terms, author keywords), metrics with citation and download counts, author objects carrying affiliation, bio, and orcid, plus startPage and endPage for print-location tracking. get_paper_full_text_sections returns an array of sections, each with a title and content string. For open-access articles this includes the full HTML text; for subscription-gated papers the response covers the abstract section only.
References and Journal Browsing
get_paper_references returns an ordered references array where each entry includes the citation text, a title, IEEE Xplore links when the cited work is indexed, and a googleScholarLink. For browsing the publication catalog, browse_journals accepts an optional content_type filter (periodicals, books, or conferences) and returns publication objects with publicationNumber, allYears, and isOpenAccess. To retrieve articles from a specific issue, call get_journal_articles with a punumber (from browse_journals) and, once you have the available issue list, add the issue_number to retrieve the article records for that issue.
- Building a literature review tool that aggregates citation counts and abstracts for a keyword-defined research topic.
- Tracking publication trends over time by sorting
search_papersresults bynewestoroldestand grouping bypublicationYear. - Extracting author affiliation and ORCID data from
get_paper_detailsto map institutional research output. - Constructing reference graphs by following
get_paper_referenceslinks across multiple IEEE-indexed papers. - Monitoring open-access availability of a journal's articles using the
isOpenAccessfield frombrowse_journalsandget_journal_articles. - Populating a citation database by combining
doi,citationCount, andkeywordsfields across a large search result set. - Filtering conference proceedings by content type using
browse_journalswithcontent_type=conferencesto scope downstream article retrieval.
| Tier | Price | Credits/month | Rate limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/mo | 100 | 5 req/min |
| Hobby | $30/mo | 1,000 | 20 req/min |
| Developer | $100/mo | 5,000 | 250 req/min |
One credit = one API call regardless of which marketplace API you call. Exceeding the rate limit returns a 429 response. Authenticate with the X-API-Key header.
Does IEEE Xplore have an official developer API?+
What does `get_paper_full_text_sections` actually return for a paywalled article?+
sections array contains the abstract section only. Open-access articles return the full HTML content divided into named sections such as Introduction, Methodology, and Conclusion. The isOpenAccess field from get_paper_details tells you in advance which case applies.Does the API return author profile pages or citation graphs across authors?+
get_paper_details returns author objects with name, affiliation, bio, and ORCID for each listed author, and get_paper_references links out to referenced works. Dedicated author profile pages (publication lists, h-index) are not currently an endpoint. You can fork this API on Parse and revise it to add an author-profile endpoint.Is there a limit to how many results `search_papers` can return per request?+
rows parameter accepts a maximum of 100 results per request. Use page alongside totalPages to paginate through the full result set when total matches exceed 100.Does the API cover IEEE standards documents or only journals and conference papers?+
content_type parameter in browse_journals. IEEE standards documents are not currently exposed as a distinct content type. You can fork this API on Parse and revise it to add a standards-specific browsing endpoint.