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A collection is a set of papers you monitor over time. Collections alert you to new supporting or contradicting citations, flag retractions, and give you a living view of how a research area is developing. Use them to track your own publications, monitor another group’s output, or stay on top of a field. A dashboard is a report on a collection. Create collections from a list of DOIs or a search query through this API, via MCP, or in the Scite UI, which also imports from Zotero, Mendeley, or a CSV of DOIs. A collection created anywhere is available everywhere: use it as context in the UI, the API, or MCP. Need an API key? On Pro, create one in the API Console. Creating a key doesn’t grant every optional scope; see Authentication for feature access. For higher limits or managed credentials, contact sales.

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Working with collections

If both dois and query are provided, query takes precedence. Collection write operations (create/update/delete) require an API key with write scope; see Authentication.
If you get a 403 User not authorized on a Collections call even with a valid key, your account may not have Collections access enabled. Email sales to check.