works_citing_paper
Retrieve papers that cite a specific academic work using OpenAlex API, with options to sort by citation count or publication date for research analysis.
Instructions
Retrieves works that cite a given paper from the OpenAlex API.
Args: paper_id: An OpenAlex Work ID of target paper. e.g., "https://openalex.org/W123456789" sort_by: The sorting criteria ("cited_by_count", or "publication_date"). page: The page number of the results to retrieve (default: 1).
Returns: A JSON object containing a list of papers+ids citing the specific paper, or an error message if the retrieval fails.
Input Schema
Name | Required | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
page | No | ||
paper_id | Yes | ||
sort_by | No | cited_by_count |