> ## 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.

# Papers & Authors

> Look up publication metadata by DOI or PMID, and author-level metadata and citation statistics.

These endpoints resolve a DOI or PMID to full metadata: title, abstract, authors with affiliations, journal, retraction status, and editorial notices. Pair with [tallies](/guides/smart-citations) for citation data.

**Need an API key?** On Pro, create one in the [API Console](https://scite.ai/users/me/api). Creating a key doesn't grant every optional scope; see [Authentication](/authentication) for feature access. For higher limits or managed credentials, [contact sales](https://scite.ai/contact).

## Get a single paper

```bash theme={null}
curl 'https://api.scite.ai/papers/10.1038/nature12373' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>'
```

## Get multiple papers

```bash theme={null}
curl -X POST 'https://api.scite.ai/papers' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"dois": ["10.1038/nature12373", "10.1126/science.1157784"]}'
```

Up to 500 DOIs per request. A GET variant also exists for compatibility; prefer POST for larger lists.

## Resolve a PMID to a DOI

```bash theme={null}
curl 'https://api.scite.ai/papers/resolve-pmid/23851394' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>'
```

## Get papers citing a target

```bash theme={null}
curl 'https://api.scite.ai/papers/sources/10.1038/nature12373' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>'
```

## Author metadata

Look up an author's publications and aggregated citation statistics by author slug:

```bash theme={null}
curl 'https://api.scite.ai/authors/georg-kucsko-mvlovd/papers' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>'
```

| Endpoint                            | Purpose                                       |
| ----------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| `GET /authors/{author_slug}/papers` | Author metadata and papers                    |
| `GET /authors/{author_slug}/stats`  | Aggregated citation statistics for the author |

<Note>
  `author_slug` isn't something you construct from a name, it's a Scite-generated identifier (name plus a random suffix, e.g. `georg-kucsko-mvlovd`). Get it from the `authorSlug` field on author objects returned by [paper lookups](#get-a-single-paper) or [search](/guides/search) results. An unrecognized slug returns `404 {"detail": "Slug not found"}`.
</Note>

## Related

* [Smart Citations guide](/guides/smart-citations): get tallies once you have a DOI
* [Search and recommendations](/guides/search#get-recommended-papers): discover related papers from a DOI
* [Errors and rate limits](/errors-and-rate-limits): handle missing papers and invalid requests