> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.scite.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get multiple papers (bulk, GET with body — prefer POST)

> Get multiple papers.

Pass in a list of DOIs and receive a paper for each one.

Up to 500 papers can be requested at once.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json get /papers
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Scite API
  description: >-
    The Scite API provides publication metadata, Smart Citation tallies,
    citation graphs, literature search, paper recommendations, collections,
    Reference Check, Assistant, Evidence datasets, and MCP access.


    Use the **Documentation** tab for task-oriented guides and the **API
    Reference** tab for endpoint schemas and parameters.


    ## Authentication


    Papers and Tallies endpoints are public. Most other endpoints require a
    bearer credential:


    ```

    Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>

    ```


    Pro users can create and manage keys in the [API
    Console](https://scite.ai/users/me/api). Available scopes depend on the
    account. Enterprise credentials, higher limits, and additional scopes are
    available through [sales](https://scite.ai/contact).


    See **Authentication** in the Documentation tab for the access matrix, and
    **Errors and rate limits** for recovery guidance.


    Use of the API is subject to the [Scite Terms of
    Use](https://scite.ai/terms).
  version: latest
  x-logo:
    url: https://cdn.scite.ai/assets/images/logo-blue.svg
  license:
    name: Scite Terms of Use
    url: https://scite.ai/terms
servers:
  - url: https://api.scite.ai
    description: Production
security:
  - BearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Search
    description: >-
      Search metadata and citation statements in Scite. Using the Search API for
      commercial or research use requires a separate license agreement not
      covered by individual plans. Please email sales@scite.ai for more
      information.
  - name: Paper recommendations
    description: >-
      Return papers related to a supplied DOI. Recommendations are available for
      evaluation with eligible Pro access; commercial or research use requires a
      separate license agreement. Contact sales@scite.ai for licensing.
  - name: Papers
    description: >-
      Retrieve publication metadata by DOI or PMID, including title, abstract,
      authors, journal, identifiers, retraction status, and editorial notices.
      Papers endpoints are public.
  - name: Tallies
    description: >-
      Retrieve Smart Citation tallies by DOI. Tally counts represent citation
      statements; `citingPublications` represents distinct citing publications.
      Tallies endpoints are public.
  - name: Smart Citation Graph
    description: >-
      Retrieve citations at the in-text level between and from papers by DOI.


      For example, given a DOI, get a list of citing DOIs including the section
      and classification of each citation statement.


      Snippets are not included in the response.


      Note that these endpoints are restricted without an API token.
  - name: References
    description: |-
      Retrieve references to and from publications by DOI.

      Note that these endpoints require an API token for usage.
  - name: Journal
    description: |-

      Retrieve aggregate information about journals by ISSN.

      ### ISSN Format ###

      A valid ISSN is in the format `dddd-dddC`, where:

      ```
      - d = any decimal digit (0-9)
      - C = checksum (0-9 or X)
      ```
  - name: Authors
    description: Retrieve author metadata and papers by author slug.
  - name: Collections
    description: >-
      Create, retrieve, update, and remove collections: sets of papers monitored
      over time. A dashboard is a report on a collection.
  - name: Reference Check
    description: >-
      Schedule and retrieve reference check jobs. Note that a paid license is
      required for this feature (please email sales@scite.ai for more
      information).


      For an example output report: [see
      here](https://scite.ai/reference-check/683e0cbc-b322-4692-be6d-f5432b4a453c).
  - name: Assistant
    description: >-
      Ask research questions and receive answers grounded in Scite citation
      evidence.


      The Assistant API is asynchronous:


      1. Submit a request with `POST /api_partner/assistant/poll` to receive a
      task ID.

      2. Poll `GET /api_partner/assistant/tasks/{task_id}` until the task
      completes.


      Both endpoints require a bearer credential with the `assistant` scope.
  - name: Evidence
    description: >-
      Search patents, clinical trials, and grants via the Resolute evidence
      datasets.


      Requires an API token with a per-dataset scope

      (`evidence:patents:api`, `evidence:grants:api`,
      `evidence:clinical-trials:api`).

      Please email sales@scite.ai for access.


      ## Query parameters


      ### `q` — free-text query


      Supports boolean operators (`AND`, `OR`, `NOT`) and phrase matching with
      double quotes.


      Examples: `q=CRISPR`, `q="gene therapy" AND cancer`, `q=diabetes NOT
      type+1`


      ### `f` — field filters


      Space-delimited filters in `field:"value"` format. **Values must be
      quoted** with double quotes.

      Call `GET /schema` for the full list of filterable fields per dataset.


      **Patent filters**: `patents.filingStatus` (`"application"`, `"grant"`),
      `patents.assignees.name`, `patents.inventors.name`, `patents.languages`
      (ISO 639-1, e.g. `"en"`)


      **Clinical trial filters**: `trialState.phase` (`"Phase I"` .. `"Phase
      IV"`, `"N/A"`), `trialState.overallStatus` (`"Recruiting"`, `"Completed"`,
      …), `conditions`, `interventions.name`, `sponsors.name`, `registry`
      (`"ClinicalTrials.gov"`, `"UMIN-CTR"`, …), `design.studyType`
      (`"Interventional"`, `"Observational"`)


      **Grant filters**: `agency`, `organization`, `piName`, `country` (ISO
      3166-1 alpha-3, e.g. `"USA"`, `"GBR"`), `dataSource` (`"NIH RePORTER"`,
      `"NSF"`, …)


      Example: `f=trialState.phase:"Phase III"
      trialState.overallStatus:"Recruiting"`


      **Date range filters** use `gte` (>=) and `lt` (<) suffixes with ISO dates
      or epoch milliseconds:

      `f=dates.startDategte:"2024-01-01" dates.startDatelt:"2025-01-01"`.

      Epoch ms: `f=dates.startDategte:"1704067200000"
      dates.startDatelt:"1735689600000"`.

      Dates without a timezone are interpreted as UTC. Timezone offsets are
      supported:

      `"2024-01-01T00:00:00+05:00"`. No space between the field name and the
      suffix.


      ### `s` — sort mode


      Default is `_relevance`. Call `GET /schema` to discover sortable fields
      per dataset.


      ## Response format note


      Some fields in search and detail responses may be either a plain string or
      an object

      `{"id": "...", "name": "..."}` (and optionally `"highlighted": "..."`),
      depending on the

      query. Consumers should handle both shapes, e.g. `value.id ?? value.name
      ?? value`.
  - name: PubMed Source Tallies
    description: >-
      Retrieve tallies indicating how many times a given paper was cited by
      documents of various types from PubMed (e.g. how many times was a given
      DOI cited by practice guidelines).
paths:
  /papers:
    get:
      tags:
        - Papers
      summary: Get multiple papers (bulk, GET with body — prefer POST)
      description: |-
        Get multiple papers.

        Pass in a list of DOIs and receive a paper for each one.

        Up to 500 papers can be requested at once.
      operationId: getPapersBulkViaGet
      parameters:
        - name: authorization
          in: header
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
            description: Set to `Bearer <token>` to pass token for authorization.
            title: Authorization
          description: Set to `Bearer <token>` to pass token for authorization.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: array
              items:
                type: string
              examples:
                - - 10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.08.012
                  - 10.1093/brain/awn044
              title: Dois
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PapersResponse'
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
      security: []
components:
  schemas:
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      properties:
        papers:
          additionalProperties:
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              - type: 'null'
          type: object
          title: Papers
      type: object
      required:
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          10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.08.012:
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              - affiliation: University of Chicago
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                affiliationSlug: university-of-chicago-6096
                authorID: '20073081'
                authorName: K. Luan Phan
                authorSequenceNumber: 1
                authorSlug: k-luan-phan-jz0xRV
                family: Phan
                given: K. Luan
              - affiliation: Wayne State University
                affiliationID: '11741'
                affiliationSlug: wayne-state-university-Xje9
                authorID: '14943755'
                authorName: Daniel A. Fitzgerald
                authorSequenceNumber: 2
                authorSlug: daniel-a-fitzgerald-e6pg3O
                family: Fitzgerald
                given: Daniel A.
              - affiliation: Monash University
                affiliationID: '6663'
                affiliationSlug: monash-university-DZee
                authorID: '15102805'
                authorName: Pradeep J. Nathan
                authorSequenceNumber: 3
                authorSlug: pradeep-j-nathan-Ax3j3L
                family: Nathan
                given: Pradeep J.
              - affiliation: Wayne State University
                affiliationID: '11741'
                affiliationSlug: wayne-state-university-Xje9
                authorID: '3534491'
                authorName: Manuel Tancer
                authorSequenceNumber: 4
                authorSlug: manuel-tancer-1O4Lj
                family: Tancer
                given: Manuel
            doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.08.012
            editorialNotices: []
            id: 66831114
            issns:
              - 0006-3223
            issue: '5'
            journal: Biological Psychiatry
            journalSlug: 5GzJD
            memberId: 78
            normalizedTypes:
              - article
            page: 424-429
            preprintLinks: []
            publicationLinks: []
            publisher: Elsevier BV
            retracted: false
            shortJournal: Biological Psychiatry
            slug: association-between-amygdala-hyperactivity-to-gVamGz
            title: >-
              Association between Amygdala Hyperactivity to Harsh Faces and
              Severity of Social Anxiety in Generalized Social Phobia
            type: journal-article
            volume: '59'
            year: 2006
          10.1093/brain/awn044:
            abstract: >-
              Patterns of responses in the cerebral cortex can vary, and are
              influenced by pre-existing cortical function, but it is not known
              how rapidly these variations can occur in humans. We investigated
              how rapidly response patterns to electrical stimulation can vary
              in intact human brain. We also investigated whether the type of
              functional change occurring at a given location with stimulation
              would help predict the distribution of responses elsewhere over
              the cortex to stimulation at that given location. We did this by
              studying cortical afterdischarges following electrical stimulation
              of the cortex in awake humans undergoing evaluations for brain
              surgery. Response occurrence and location could change within
              seconds, both nearby to and distant from stimulation sites.
              Responses might occur at a given location during one trial but not
              the next. They could occur at electrodes adjacent or not adjacent
              to those directly stimulated or to other electrodes showing
              afterdischarges. The likelihood of an afterdischarge at an
              individual site after stimulation was predicted by spontaneous
              electroencephalographic activity at that specific site just prior
              to stimulation, but not by overall cortical activity. When
              stimulation at a site interrupted motor, sensory or language
              function, afterdischarges were more likely to occur at other sites
              where stimulation interrupted similar functions. These results
              show that widespread dynamic changes in cortical responses can
              occur in intact cortex within short periods of time, and that the
              distribution of these responses depends on local brain states and
              functional brain architecture at the time of stimulation. Similar
              rapid variations may occur during normal intracortical
              communication and may underlie changes in the cortical
              organization of function. Possibly these variations, and the
              occurrence and distribution of responses to cortical stimulation,
              could be predicted. If so, interventions such as stimulation might
              be used to alter spread of epileptogenic activity, accelerate
              learning or enhance cortical reorganization after brain injury.
            authors:
              - affiliation: Johns Hopkins University
                affiliationID: '22172'
                affiliationSlug: johns-hopkins-university-w8jy
                authorID: '13070335'
                authorName: Ronald P. Lesser
                authorSequenceNumber: 1
                authorSlug: ronald-p-lesser-KlYdal
                family: Lesser
                given: Ronald P.
              - affiliation: Ewha Womans University
                affiliationID: '20765'
                affiliationSlug: ewha-womans-university-8Wb3
                authorID: '391688400'
                authorName: Hyang Woon Lee
                authorSequenceNumber: 2
                authorSlug: hyang-woon-lee-38gkmaK
                family: Lee
                given: Hyang Woon
              - affiliation: Johns Hopkins University
                affiliationID: '22172'
                affiliationSlug: johns-hopkins-university-w8jy
                authorID: '12180413'
                authorName: W.R.S. Webber
                authorSequenceNumber: 3
                authorSlug: w-r-s-webber-GDnGvL
                family: Webber
                given: W.R.S.
              - affiliation: Johns Hopkins University
                affiliationID: '22172'
                affiliationSlug: johns-hopkins-university-w8jy
                authorID: '79330413'
                authorName: Barry Prince
                authorSequenceNumber: 4
                authorSlug: barry-prince-G12Vgb
                family: Prince
                given: Barry
              - affiliation: Johns Hopkins University
                affiliationID: '22172'
                affiliationSlug: johns-hopkins-university-w8jy
                authorID: '6142206'
                authorName: Nathan E. Crone
                authorSequenceNumber: 5
                authorSlug: nathan-e-crone-zRmz0Q
                family: Crone
                given: Nathan E.
              - affiliation: University of Washington
                affiliationID: '11969'
                affiliationSlug: university-of-washington-5JeG
                authorID: '1329262'
                authorName: Diana L. Miglioretti
                authorSequenceNumber: 6
                authorSlug: diana-l-miglioretti-dzyyR
                family: Miglioretti
                given: Diana L.
            doi: 10.1093/brain/awn044
            editorialNotices: []
            id: 90634620
            issns:
              - 1460-2156
              - 0006-8950
            issue: '6'
            journal: Brain
            journalSlug: 0G260
            keywords:
              - Original Articles
            memberId: 286
            normalizedTypes:
              - article
            page: 1528-1539
            preprintLinks: []
            publicationLinks: []
            publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
            retracted: false
            slug: short-term-variations-in-response-distribution-yGVN16
            title: >-
              Short-term variations in response distribution to cortical
              stimulation
            type: journal-article
            volume: '131'
            year: 2008
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        citingTally:
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        editorialNotices:
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        journal:
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        publicationLinks:
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        preprintLinks: []
        publicationLinks: []
        publisher: Elsevier BV
        retracted: false
        shortJournal: Biological Psychiatry
        slug: association-between-amygdala-hyperactivity-to-gVamGz
        title: >-
          Association between Amygdala Hyperactivity to Harsh Faces and Severity
          of Social Anxiety in Generalized Social Phobia
        type: journal-article
        volume: '59'
        year: 2006
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    AuthorSchema:
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        supporting: 24
        contradicting: 3
        mentioning: 290
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        sourceDoi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.08.012
        numCitedPublications: 377
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      description: >-
        The request exceeded a rate limit. Inspect the rate-limit headers before
        retrying.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    InternalServerError:
      description: The server encountered an unexpected error.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: API key or JWT

````